Panasonic Says the G9 II is Physically Large to Balance Better for Wildlife Photography

Panasonic Says the G9 II is Physically Large to Balance Better for Wildlife Photography

One of the main advantages of Micro Four Thirds is that the cameras and lenses can be much smaller because the sensor is more compact. It is seen by some as odd, then, that the G9 Mark II is so physically large; or at least as large as Panasonic’s full-frame S5II. Speaking to PetaPixel during … Read more

Half of Panasonic S5 II Buyers are Much Younger Than Expected

Half of Panasonic S5 II Buyers are Much Younger Than Expected

Credit: Panasonic Nearly half of the people who have bought the Panasonic Lumix S5 II and S5 IIX are in their 20s and 30s, much younger than Panasonic expected ahead of the cameras launching early this year. In an interview published by Phile Web and shared by Digicame-Info, Toshiyuki Tsumura, vice president of Panasonic’s Imaging … Read more

Panasonic is Adding 12-Bit RAW HDMI Out to the Lumix G9 II

Panasonic is Adding 12-Bit RAW HDMI Out to the Lumix G9 II

Panasonic will release a firmware update for the Lumix G9 II that will allow the camera to send Blackmagic RAW and ProRes RAW over HDMI to a compatible recorder. Panasonic says the goal of this update, firmware version 2.0, is to give the G9 II the ability to be more flexible and adapt to more … Read more

Battle of the Best Micro Four Thirds: OM System OM-1 vs Panasonic G9 II

Battle of the Best Micro Four Thirds: OM System OM-1 vs Panasonic G9 II

With the recent release of the Panasonic G9 II, we’ve been hearing a lot of you ask how it compares to the OM-1. We are happy to report that we have that answer. When Japan Industrial Partners acquired the Olympus line of products and announced a new flagship camera to be released under the OM … Read more