2019-09-01_TechLife

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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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.