Last May, Panasonic renewed its dedication to Micro Four Thirds cameras by saying the Lumix GH5 II and teasing the GH6 which missed its 2021 arrival however is lastly right here in early 2022 with the most important megapixel rely on a Micro Four Thirds sensor to this point and a few impressively upgraded video capabilities.

Although hybrid shooters proceed to nibble away on the market share of devoted digital video cameras, the brand new Lumix GH6 doesn’t water down its nonetheless taking pictures capabilities to cater to each disciplines. It’s the primary Micro Four Thirds digital camera to characteristic a sensor with over 20-megapixels of decision with a brand new 25.2-megapixel Panasonic Live MOS sensor. The digital camera’s highlights embrace a high-speed sign readout to assist cut back rolling shutter results when recording video, a large dynamic vary, and a brand new Venus Engine processor the corporate guarantees is sort of twice as highly effective to facilitate in-camera picture processing like noise discount.

The GH6 ISO vary goes from 100 to 25,600 and may be additional dropped to ISO50 in photograph mode, but it surely tops out at 12,800 in video mode. When utilizing the digital camera’s mechanical shutter, steady taking pictures can hit 14 frames per second, however when opting as a substitute for the GH6’s digital shutter, that jumps to 75 frames per second. And for these wanting greater than 25.2MP stills, the GH6 additionally contains a High-Resolution Mode that makes use of the digital camera’s picture stabilization performance to barely shift the sensor with a purpose to seize eight photographs in fast succession which might be stitched collectively to supply a 100MP composite.

The Lumix GH6’s stay viewfinder makes use of a 3.68-million pixel OLED show whereas a three-inch, 1.84-million pixel swiveling touchscreen LCD on the again may be adjusted and angled with out interfering with hooked up USB or HDMI cables, that are joined by Bluetooth and wi-fi for transferring knowledge or working the GH6 remotely with out wires.

But most individuals within the GH6 can be upgrading for the digital camera’s video capabilities. It can seize 4:2:2 C4k (Cinema 4K) 10-bit video at 60p whereas concurrently outputting the identical sign over HDMI to an exterior recorder for practically limitless recording time, a characteristic that’s made potential via an built-in cooling fan. The GH6 can even seize 4:2:0 5.7K 10-bit video at 60P for these needing a slight decision enhance, or 4:2:0 5.8K 10-bit video at 30P (or 4.4K at 60P) in a squeezed anamorphic 4:3 format that makes use of all the sensor whereas previews seem unsqueezed and letterboxed on the digital camera’s screens in real-time.

For shooters needing larger body charges, the Lumix GH6 can even seize 4:2:0 10-bit video at 120P, or drop right down to HD resolutions to spice up video seize charges to 240P and past.

The new Panasonic Lumix GH6 will formally go on sale someday in mid-March with the physique promoting for $2,200 whereas a bundle packaged with a Leica D12-60mm f/2.8-4 equipment lens will elevate the worth to $2,800. That’s $500 costlier than final 12 months’s Lumix GH5 II, however the GH6 is focused extra at video professionals.