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Panasonic Lumix GH5 - 5.0 / 5

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Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: Design and operation

  • 98.1 x 87.4 x 138.5mm; 725g; weatherproof body Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lens mount Dual SD card slots (to side of body)

Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: Finder and screen

  • OLED viewfinder (3,680k dots; 0.76x mag) Vari-angle LCD (3.2-inch; 1,620k dots)

Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: Autofocus performance

  • 225-point autofocus system with variety of modes AFS/AFF/AFC/MF focus type selector 5-axis in-body image stabilisation

Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: 6K Photo

  • 6K Photo, 18-megapixel stills from 30fps video 12fps 20-megapixel shooting (raw & JPEG; to 100 frames)

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Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: 4K video smarts

  • 4K at 60/50fps (4:2:0 8-bit internal) 4K at 30/25/24fps (4:2:2 10-bit internal) 1080p up to 180fps for slow-mo capture 3.5mm mic in; 3.5mm headphones out External recording: USB-C and HDMI out Hybrid log gamma (HLG) capture update in the future

Panasonic Lumix GH5 review: Image quality

  • 5-axis in-body image stabilisation 20-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor New Venus image processing engine

To recap

Sure, it might be pipped in stills quality by the Fujifilm X-T2, but for video features and quality the Lumix GH5 is untouchable at this price point.