Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2.
December 2010
(82%)
94 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
7 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very good photo quality (though see issues below)
Compact
Generally solid body (despite being plastic)
Comes in two colors
Flipout
Rotating 3inch touchscreen LCD display with high resolution
Great outdoor / low light visibility
Touch features for focusing
Taking photos
Operating menus
And image playback
Very large and sharp electronic viewfinder
Excellent live view implementation
Ins
Dedicated "film mode" button
100% LCD frame coverage
Uncompressed HDMI output
Multiangle swing and tilt LCD monitor
Auto focus in video mode
Digital SLR-style body will appeal to DSLR fans
Loads of exterior controls for adjusting still and video functionality
Full 1
920 x 1
080i HD video in AVCHD mode
High-quality "Cinema" mode gives 1080p video
At 24 fps
Higher-bandwidth rec...
Comfortable to hold
Excellent video quality
Speedy performance
Tilting foldout touchscreen
Interchangeable lenses
Innovative touchscreen controls for focusing
Best-in-class video quality
Full manual controls for both stills and video
Tilt-and-swivel 3-inch LCD touchscreen
Comfortable ergonomic grip
Hardware controls for fast access to most settings
Extremely fast autofocus
Compatible with optional 3D lens for still photos
Touchscreen LCD also can swivel and rotate away from camera
Extremely easy to use
Shoots sharp and bright photos
Camera offers quick response times
Camera design places most controls on top panel
Making it easy to use
Bestinclass video quality
Tiltandswivel 3inch LCD touchscreen
Extremely fa
Blazing autofocus. Faster bit rates for better HD video quality. Touchscreen tracking lets you pull focus in video using just your pinkie. Superb mic for outdoor shooting
Articulating display with generally good touch-screen interface
Variable frame-rate movie mode
High quality movies with continuous and quiet AF
Good quality stills - best from Micro Four Thirds to date
Very fast autofocus for stills and movies
Articulated
High res touch-screen display and superb finder
Small and light
But good ergonomics and customisation.
Current best contrastdetectionbased AF speed of any camera
Impressive image quality
Movie quality
The editors didn't like
Occasional underexposure and highlight clipping
Redeye somewhat of a problem
No removal tool in playback mode
Some artifacting at 1080/60i movie resolution
Buffer fills too quickly in continuous shooting mode
14 140 mm kit lens produces soft photos and is slow in terms of maximum aperture
Touch features don't add a lot to the shooting experience
Wishlist
Wireless flash support and a fluor
Lack of external controls
No headphone jack
Panasonic Broadcast
One Panasonic Way
Secaucus
NJ 07094
Www.panasonic.com
$900
Overly complicated and confusing camera takes a long time to figure out
Movie recording cuts off nearly a second beforethe start/stop button was pressed (easy to work around
But a nuisance nonetheless)
Differences between still and video frame sizes...
No optical viewfinder
No image stabilization
Only average image quality
Big for a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
No in-body image stabilization
Expensive
Might be better suited for video than stills
Camera is bulkier than most mirrorless models
Shutter makes a little noise
Even in "mute" mode
Price is high for an easytouse camera
With large 14140mm lens
Camera is heavy
Needs a tripod
Big for a mirrorless interchangeablelens camera
No inbody image stabilization
Featureladen to the point of feeling bloated. Pricey
Annoying AVCHD-imposed limitations for video
No way to lock AF area on touch screen
Middling battery life
Slow continuous shooting when continuous AF is enabled
Live view not available during continuous bursts above 3fps
Noisier images than good APS-C models at high sensitivities
Traditional DSLRs better for low light or fast action photography.
2.5mm mic jack (3.5mm preferred)
Plasticy finish
Image processing from ISO 1600 still leaves detail to be desired
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Blazing autofocus. Faster bit rates for better HD video quality. Touchscreen tracking lets you pull focus in video using just your pinkie. Superb mic for outdoor shooting
Featureladen to the point of feeling bloated. Pricey
Abstract: The camera with the best built-in EVF along with the most accessible manual controls and the highest quality video of all cameras that can take Leica M glass is the Panasonic GH2. Its electronic viewfinder is the best currently available, and making Live View shooting with...
Digital SLR-style body will appeal to DSLR fans, Loads of exterior controls for adjusting still and video functionality, Full 1,920 x 1,080i HD video in AVCHD mode, High-quality "Cinema" mode gives 1080p video, at 24 fps, Higher-bandwidth rec...
Overly complicated and confusing camera takes a long time to figure out, Movie recording cuts off nearly a second beforethe start/stop button was pressed (easy to work around, but a nuisance nonetheless), Differences between still and video frame sizes...
It's almost as unfair to call the 16-megapixel Panasonic GH2 an SLR-style camera as it is to call it a Compact System Camera (CSC). The Panasonic GH2 is actually a true photo/movie hybrid, straddling the ground between a still camera and a camcorder. A...
Touchscreen LCD also can swivel and rotate away from camera, Extremely easy to use, Shoots sharp and bright photos, Camera offers quick response times, Camera design places most controls on top panel, making it easy to use
Camera is bulkier than most mirrorless models, Shutter makes a little noise, even in "mute" mode, Price is high for an easytouse camera, With large 14140mm lens, camera is heavy, needs a tripod
Dedicated "film mode" button, 100% LCD frame coverage, Uncompressed HDMI output, Multiangle swing and tilt LCD monitor, Auto focus in video mode
Lack of external controls, No headphone jack, Panasonic Broadcast, One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094, www.panasonic.com, $900
With its HDMI output, multi-angle LCD, and the ability to auto focus in video mode, the Panasonic DMC-GH2 fixes many of the problems of previous HDSLRs, which makes this camera perfect for video enthusiasts. Dan Bruns is an Associate Multimedia Editor...
Leading the way in the non-dSLR interchangeable lens camera (ILC) revolution is Panasonic's Lumix GH2 digital camera. Although this is one of the largest EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) camera's on the market, it is still much smaller...
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 is a full-featured Micro Four-Thirds SLD which delivers good image quality and a generally solid performance. Image quality is characterized by low noise, good retention of details, excellent metering and nice colors. White...
