Our quick take

Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 MkII - 4.0 / 5

What’s new for round two?

  • New body design with dual dials and programmable buttons Higher-resolution LCD screen, now with touchscreen Marginally greater magnification in viewfinder Longer buffer for burst mode shooting Unlimited video recording, incl. 4K In-camera USB charging Adds 4K Photo modes

  • What is 4K Photo? Panasonic’s mode explained

Design and Performance

  • 0.39-inch, 2360k-dot OLED electronic viewfinder, 0.74x magnification 3-inch, 1240k-dot touchscreen LCD on vari-angle bracket 16x optical zoom lens (25mm-400mm f/2.8-4 equivalent) 5-axis hybrid optical image stabilisation (OIS) 12fps burst shooting, 30fps with 4K Photo

Picture Quality

  • 20-megapixel 1-inch CMOS sensor Venus Engine processing

To recap

Although the Mark II is a relatively soft update to the superzoom original, it gets a lot right: there’s a big and versatile zoom, good quality images and flexibility from both screen and electronic viewfinder. It’s less premium than its Sony competitor, but it is also more affordable.