The new Panasonic Lumix G9 camera has been launched
this week and is now available to pre-order for €1,729 (body only) and will
start shipping to customers during January 2018. Equipped with a GH5’s
20.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor the new G9 is capable of recording video footage
in 4K Ultra HD resolutions at 60 frames per second and a 4:2:0 8-bit at150Mbps
data rate. The Lumix G9 is all-weather mirrorless camera designed for high
speed shooting and is the evolution of the Lumix GH5.
The Panasonic Lumix G9 offers 6.5 stops of shutter
speed compensation and includes a small LCD status panel on the top that
communicates all your current settings, similar to that included on pro-level
DSLRs. While offering 12fps (AF-S) or 9fps (AF-C) continuous shooing using the
mechanical shutter, and a colossal 60fps (AF-S) using the electronic shutter
(and 20fps in AF-C). When you add the new 80 megapixel high-resolution mode on
top of all the other functionality, as well as 4K movie recording, it’s easy to
see how the Lumix G9 is a stills photographers’ mirrorless camera providing a
bridge to the higher end DSLR cameras
