Covering Micro Four Thirds Cameras & Lenses

The Panasonic GH5s announcement isn’t far off now (January 8th) and it should be an exciting camera for videographers. Photorumors has the inside scoop on the camera’s specs and they look pretty good. Hopefully, the camera lives up to the hype around it and the reputation of the GH line.

• Effective pixels: 10,280,000 pixels (as reported the Panasonic GH5s will be designed for low light performance similar to the Sony A7SII)
• Total number of pixels: 11,930,000
• 4/3 LiveMOS sensor, primary color filter
• Digital zoom: 2x, 4x
• Extra tele conversion: max 2.0x for pictures, 2.1x for motions pictures
• Focus modes: AFS/AFF/AFC/MF
• Autofocus mode: Face/Eye detection/Tracking/225 area focusing/Custom/1 area focusing/Pinpoint
• 12 fps (10 fps RAW 14 bit)
• ISO: 160-51,200
• Extended ISO: 80-102,400
• Minimum Illumination: approx 5 lx
• Mechanical shutter speed: B (max 30 min), 60 sec – 1/8,000
• Electronic shutter: 1 sec – 1/16,000
• Motion pictures shutter: 1/25 – 1/6,000
• Metering range: EV 0 to EV 18
• Exposure compensation: -5 EV to + 5 EV (1/3 EV steps)
• RAW pictures: 14 bit/12 bit
• MP4 (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, ACC)
• Flash sync: 1/250
• Light metering system: 1728-zone multi-pattern sensing system
• LCD screen: 3.2″ TFT LCD (3:2), 1,620,000 dots, touchscreen
• Viewfinder: OLED (4:3), 3,680,000 dots with diopter adjustment (-4 to +3), magnifications approx: 1.52x, 0.76x
• Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
• Bluetooth 4.2
• Battery charger: Panasonic DMW-BTC13
• AC adapter: Panasonic VSK0815F
• Battery: Panasonic DMW-BLF19PP
• Two memory card slots
• 4k photos
• HDMI Type A / USB 3.1
• Dimensions: 138,5×98.1×87.4
• Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C (14°F to 104°F)
• Stereo mic, USB 3.1, HDMI Type A, remote, TC in/out
• Monaural speakers
• Dust-proof and splash-proof body
• SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card (double slot recording function available)

Panasonic has a scheduled CES press conference on January 8th at 10 am pacific time.

via Photorumors

Panasonic will have a press event on January 8th 10 am pacific time. The Panasonic GH5s is expected to be announced at this event so stay tuned for details then. The press kit will be around the time of the event here.