2019-09-01_TechLife

(Greg DeLong) #1
PANASONICHASARGUABLYdonemore
thananymanufacturerwithmirrorless
technology.It launchedthefirstmirrorless
camera,afterall,andthereafterit expanded
itsG-seriesofcamerasandlensesinmany
differentdirections,notablydevelopingsome
ofthemostpopularvideo-centricmirrorless
optionswe’veseenyet.
Thefocusmaynowbeonwhatthecompany
doeswithitsnewerS series,havingrecently
launchedtheS1RandS1,buttheS seriesis not
a replacementforthemoreestablishedline;the
demandforsmaller,lighterandmoreaccessible
modelsliketheG95is stillthere.

FEATURES
Panasonic has been using 20.3MP Four
Thirds sensors inside its G-series cameras for
some time, and the G95 is the latest recipient.
While some may see this as being behind the
24/26MP that’s standard across many other
cameras at the same price point, it is at least a
step up from the 16MP sensor found inside
the G85.
This is actually the same sensor that’s found
inside the G9, which is still the company’s
flagship photo-oriented camera in the series,
and it works across an ISO range of ISO200-
25,600. As on previous models using this
sensor, Panasonic has omitted an optical

low-pass filter to enable it to capture crisper
details, and image stabilisation is built into the
body too.
This system can be used as-is when the lens
you’re using lacks image stabilisation, although
if you partner it with a stabilised lens the two
systems will work together; this technology is
known as Dual I.S. 2, and it promises five-axis
correction to a maximum of five stops, and this
appears to be unchanged from the G85.
The older G85 offers 4K video recording,
and the Panasonic G95 /G90 continues this,
although the new model is decidedly more
video-centric than before.
For a start, it includes a VLog-L profile to

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PANASONIC G
$1,
http://www.panasonic.com
CRITICAL SPECS
20.3MP LiveMOS; Micro
Four Thirds lens mount;
3-inch vari-angle LCD,
1,040k dot display; 9fps
(6fps with C-AF) burst
shooting; Contrast-Detect
AF with Depth From
Defocus (DFD); 4K video;
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth; Approx.
290 shot battery; Approx.
533g (including battery
and card).

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Panasonic G


THE G95 / G90 BEEFS UP PANASONIC’S G SERIES.
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Panasonic’s new G
features the same sensor
as the G9.
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