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+Weather-resistantmagnesium-

alloybody

+Comfortablehandgrip

+Manylightweightlensesavailable

• NoISO^100 sensitivitysetting


• SingleSDcardslot


• Some buttons/dials are plasticky

For and against

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uccessorto theLumixGH2andannouncedat Photokinain

September2012,theLumixGH3haslongbeena popular

camerawithphotographersandvideographers.It wasa model

thatchangedmanypeople’sperceptionof MicroFourThirds

andofferedmuchmorebesidesits 16MPMOSsensorandextended

ISO125-25,600range.A keyfeatureat thetimewasitsabilityto shoot

FullHDvideoat upto 60fpswitha bitrateof 72Mbps.Thiscombined

withitsmicrophoneandheadphoneportsquicklysawit become

popularforsemi-professionalmovieproduction.A magnesium-alloy

die-castbodyandweather-sealedpanelsensuredthatit wasmuch

tougherthanitspredecessor.Attherearit presentsa 3in,614k-dot

variable-angletouchscreenandanOLEDEVFwith1,744k-dotequivalent

resolution.UnliketheGH2,it also introducedbuilt-inWi-Ficonnectivity.

Panasonic

Lumix GH 3

Ataglance

£220-£290

●16.1MPMicroFourThirdssensor

●ISO125-25,600(extended)

●Singlecardslot

●1.744-million-dot OLED EVF

●470g

What wesaid

●‘TheGH3’sclass-leadingvideo

featuresaresuretoplease

seriousmoviemakers.’

●‘It hasstrongcompetitionfrom

otherCSCswithbuilt-inEVFs,

suchastheOlympusOM-D

E-M5,SamsungNX20and

theSonyNEX-7.’

●‘Panasonicclearlyviewsits

CSCsasa viablealternativeto

a DSLRsystem.’

●‘Thesensorprovidesthebest

low-lightperformancefroma

Four Thirds camera to date.’

Whattopay

HeadtoMPB.com,typeLumix

GH3intothesearchbarand

you’llfinda goodselectionof

second-handexamples.Just

beforethisissuewenttopress

thereweretenGH3stochoose

fromin variousconditions.

Modelsinspectedtobein ‘good’

conditioncostbetween£220

and£240.PanasonicLumix

GH3sin ‘likenew’conditionwith

a battery,charger,strap,and

manualrequireyoutospend

around £25 more.

Howit farestoday

Sixanda halfyearshavepassed

sincetheGH3waslaunched.

In thistimetheGHserieshas

advancedgreatly,butthat’snot

tosayyoucan’tgetgreatresults

outof theGH3todayprovided

you’reawareof itslimitations.

Thelow-lightperformance

doesn’tmatchthatof today’s

GH5andtheresolutionof the

screenisn’tfantastic.It wasalso

thelastGH-seriescamerato

onlyhaveFullHDvideo,with4K

beingintroducedontheGH4.

Newalternatives

TheGHserieshascontinued

toevolve,withtoday’s20.3MP

GH5takinga similarstanceat

appealingtoenthusiastsand

prosshootingstillsandvideo.

It providesbroadcast-standard

10bit4:2:24Krecordingat

30fps,alongwithhigh-quality

4Kcaptureat 50/60p.Buttons

areplentifulandintegratewell

witha 3.2in,1.62-million-dot

vari-angletouchscreen.Optical

puristscan’tfailtobeimpressed

bythe3.68-million-dot EVF.

GOLD

SECOND-HAND CLASSIC

TheGH3wasPanasonic’sflagship

camerain2012.Todayitcanbe

picked up for £220 in used condition

USED CAMERAS Testbench

See over to find out what Panasonic Lumix GH3 owners have to say

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(via MPB.com)

TheGH3’schunkyhandgriplets

yougeta goodsolidgraspof

the camera in your right hand

TheGH3hasnofewerthanfive

customisable function buttons