The new Panasonic Lumix G9 camera has been launched this week and is now available to pre-order for €1,729 (body only) and will start shipping to customers during January 2018. Equipped with a GH5’s 20.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor the new G9 is capable of recording video footage in 4K Ultra HD resolutions at 60 frames per second and a 4:2:0 8-bit at150Mbps data rate. The Lumix G9 is all-weather mirrorless camera designed for high speed shooting and is the evolution of the Lumix GH5.
The Panasonic Lumix G9 offers 6.5 stops of shutter speed compensation and includes a small LCD status panel on the top that communicates all your current settings, similar to that included on pro-level DSLRs. While offering 12fps (AF-S) or 9fps (AF-C) continuous shooing using the mechanical shutter, and a colossal 60fps (AF-S) using the electronic shutter (and 20fps in AF-C). When you add the new 80 megapixel high-resolution mode on top of all the other functionality, as well as 4K movie recording, it’s easy to see how the Lumix G9 is a stills photographers’ mirrorless camera providing a bridge to the higher end DSLR cameras.
- Body Only (RRP: £1,499 / €1,729)
- M Kit – Panasonic Lumix G9 & Panasonic 12-60mm Lens (RRP: £1,699/€1,929)
- L Kit – Panasonic Lumix G9 & LEICA 12-60mm Lens (RRP: £2,019 / €2,329)
Panasonic Lumix G9 Body specifications include :
– 20.2 megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor
– No Low-Pass Filter
– 80 megapixel equivalent High Resolution mode
– Large top-panel Status LCD monitor
– 6.5 stop in-body image stabilisation
– 5-Axis Dual I.S. with O.I.S lenses
– DFD (Depth from Defocus) technology
– World’s fastest AF speed of 0.04 seconds
– 20 fps (AF-C) and 60 fps (AF-S) continuous shooting
– 6K PHOTO & 4K PHOTO
– Largest-in-class OLED Live View Finder at 1.66x magnification ratio
– No blackout viewfinder even in high burst shooting
– EVF has 120fps high speed refresh rate & 0.005 sec lag
– 3.0 inch 1,040k-dot free-angle LCD touchscreen
– Magnesium alloy full die-cast front/rear frame body
– Splashproof, dustproof, freezeproof down to -10 degrees Celsius
– Dual SD Memory Card slots – both with UHS-II compatibility
– Bluetooth Low Energy & Wi-Fi connectivity
Panasonic LUMIX G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Lens:
– MFT 12-60mm / 24-120mm (35mm equivalent) f/3.5-5.6 wide-angle to telephoto lens
– Ideal for both landscape and portrait photography and more
– 11 lens elements in 9 groups (3 aspherical lenses and 1 ED lens)
– Circular aperture diaphragm with 7 diaphragm blades
– f/22 minimum aperture, maximum apertures: f/3.5 (wide) and f/5.6 (telephoto)
– Closest focusing distance: 0.2 metres (wide) and 0.25 metres (telephoto)
– 0.27x maximum magnification (0.54x – 35mm equivalent)
– POWER O.I.S. optical image stabiliser
– 58mm / 2.3” filter size
– Dust and splash-resistant design
Source: Panasonic