Comments
About its oparations, the GH3 has moved
farther forward from the GH2. With a bigger handgrip, improved arrangements of
buttons, bigger battery and an excellent touchscreen, we won’t hesitate even
for a little while to say that the GH3 is one of the most intuitive CSCs we
have ever used. The camera is well supported by a good selection of lenses and
there are no fewer than 17 Panasonic G-series lenses to expand the system from
wideangle 7mm lenses right through to 300mm zoom telephoto. With Wi-Fi now
built into the camera, it can skip the step of uploading your images to the
computer before attaching them to an email or posting them to social media
channels. Moreover, the idea of being able to see exactly what the screen
displays on your phone or tablet is absolutely fantastic and this could really be
preferred by wildlife photographers who like to work as secretly and quietly as
possible.
The GH3 challenges DSLRs at a similar price
in the way it processes and controls, but how about image quality? In
isolation, the detail that is resolved by the 16MP sensor is very considerable
and until you compare side by side the results with a camera that uses an APS-C
sized sensor, you will realize that there is less detail in the GH3’s files at
100%.
Setting the highest sensitivity, we would
be proud to shoot at ISO 3200 and ISO 6400 with some noise reduction applied.
So let’s turn back to our initial question about whether the GH3 is ready to challenge
its DSLR competitors or not, and our answer is yes. Both shooting and recording
video is an interesting experience with the GH3 and with the overall score of
92%, it leaves with a Gold Award.
Opponents
Olympus
OM-D E-M5
Price: $1,814
The GH3’s closest CSC opponent is the
Olympus OM-D. It has a 16MP sensor and also uses Micro Four Thirds lenses.
Olympus
OM-D E-M5
Samsung
NX20
Price: $1,262
With built-in Wi-Fi like the GH3, the Samsung
NX20 is another opponent, but it is not supported by as many lenses.
Samsung
NX20
Nikon
D7000
Price: $1,318
Nikon’s D7000 also has a 16MP sensor,
shoots at 6fps and provides a similar ISO range that runs from 100 to 25,600.
Nikon
D7000
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Advantages
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The LCD display is one of the fastest camera
touchscreens that we have ever used.
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High-speed, 6fps continuous shooting
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Comprehensive set of video functions
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Powerful and stable build quality
Disadvantages
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The viewfinder is not completely sharp at the
edges.
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The camera sometimes locks in playback mode
(new firmware is expected to solve this problem).
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There’s no option to star rate your images in
the camera.
Comments
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Features: 19/20
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Performance: 18/20
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Design: 19/20
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Image quality: 18/20
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Value: 19/20
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Test score: 92%
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