Panasonic has announced that it has developed a new digital single lens mirrorless (DSLM) Camera Lumix GH5 that is capable of recording smooth, high-precision 4K 60p/50p and faithful 4:2:2 10-bit 4K video for the first time in the world.

It also features ‘6K Photo’ which extracts approximately 18-megapixel still images from ultra high-quality video with approximately 9 times the pixel count of Full-HD.

The new Lumix GH5 is scheduled for commercialisation and introduction to the global market in early 2017.

Panasonic has been committed to the development of innovative digital cameras under the theme “Create a new photo culture in the digital era”, the company said. The world’s first DSLM camera DMC-G1 was introduced in 2008 and the subsequent DMC-GH1 achieved the world’s first Full HD video recording in 2009.

In 2014, Panasonic introduced the DMC-GH4, which realised 4K 30p/25p video recording for the first time in the industry. At the same time, Panasonic proposed a new and unique method of photography called ‘4K Photo’ which allows users to capture fleeting photographic moments that even the eyes cannot catch in 4K resolution at 30 fps to save as high-quality photos.

As a result, the DMC-GH4 is highly acclaimed for its exceptional performance in both photography and videography by a wide range of professional users worldwide – not only photographers but also cinematographers in the film production field, as well as emerging photo/video-hybrid creators.
 
By advancing Panasonic technologies, such as digital signal processing and heat dissipation, and packing them into the compact, lightweight body of a DSLM camera, the Lumix GH5 enables 4K 60p/50p and 4:2:2 10-bit 4K video recording, which has never before been achieved, the company said.

With this unprecedented video recording performance, Panasonic aims to further capitalise on the strength that it has achieved in the film production industry.

In the Lumix GH5, the conventional ‘4K Photo’ function is dramatically advanced to form ‘6K Photo’ which lets the user cut a still image out of ultra high-quality approximately 18-megapixel video with approximately 9 times the pixel count than Full-HD. Taking advantage of its high-speed, long-time burst shooting capability, spur-of-the-moment shots can be saved in beautiful photos with higher resolution that complies with larger-sized printing by substantially increasing the resolution from approx.8-megapixel (4K PHOTO) to approx.18-megapixel (6K PHOTO*2). Furthermore, approx.8-megapixel 4K Photo images can be captured at 60 fps.

The Lumix GH5 goes on show at Photokina 2016, which will be held at Koelnmesse, Germany, from September 20 to 25, together with the new Leica DG Vario-Elmarit F2.8-4.0 Lens Series. Achieving both high optical performance and a compact size, the lens series includes a new 12-60mm standard zoom lens, 8-18mm wide zoom lens and 50-200mm telephoto zoom lens that will be showcased as a reference exhibit at the Panasonic booth. - TradeArabia News Service