Panasonic-Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. Press text on 43rumors.

Lenstip conclusion:

I haven’t tested such an excellently corrected lens for a very long time, a lens which can provide resolution records already from the maximum relative aperture and had not even one small optical slip-up in our test. I wish there were more such instruments on the market.

Photographyblog conclusion:

Perhaps inevitably for such a unique lens, the price tag of £2699 / $2999 will instantly turn off more casual users, but this could be all the lens that any serious bird, wildlife and sports photographer may ever need…

Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

Robin Wong posted his full Panasonic G9 review. His conclusion:

I did enjoy using the Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 tremendously. It is a high-performing camera, filled with impressive features that just work. The image quality is excellent. The continuous AF is one of the best I have seen on a Micro Four Thirds camera, and the Dual IS 2 surprised me while shooting dangerously slow shutter speeds hand-held. The bright and high resolution EVF was so pleasing to use and the camera confidently nails images one after another.

I do, however, dislike the default color profile of the G9 and found the JPEG to be poor in handling high ISO images. This is a minor problem considering I mostly shoot RAW and post-process images to my liking. The AF suffers a minor hiccup in extremely low light conditions (which the LX100, GH4 and GM1 never had any issue) but this happens so rarely that it shouldn’t be a cause for concern.

The Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 is highly recommended for Micro Four Thirds shooters who want the best for all photography needs. And for those looking to venture into mirrorless from the DSLR camp, the G9 should sit high on your list of considerations.

Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. AmazonDE. Wex UK.

This is the very first GH5s unboxing video. I really cannot miss to post that one :)

Preorders:
GH5s at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and Panasonic.

The new 16mm Sigma lens is now shipping in EU and USA at Wex UK, Amazon Germany, BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

DPreview is testing the new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens and writes:

My impression is that the Sigma is sharper, two thirds of a stop faster and comparably priced to the Olympus 17mm F1.8. However, I don’t think it’s quite as easy a win as that makes it sound. The Olympus is significantly smaller and features the lovely snap-back manual focus clutch and linear manual focus system (faux-cus by wire, perhaps?), both of which are definite bonuses. So, while I’d find it hard to choose between the two, I probably wouldn’t rush out to replace a 17mm if I had one, not least because I personally prefer the narrower angle-of-view that the extra 1mm brings.

1mm in the opposite direction is the Panasonic 15mm F1.7. It usually retails for around $100 more than the Sigma, despite being rated as half a stop slower. Again it’s smaller than the Sigma, meaning it handles better on a smaller camera body. Similarly, the 15mm offers a neat operational advantage over the DN, at least for Panasonic shooters: the lovely Leica M lens style front aperture ring (worth the extra $100 on its own, in my opinion and well worth lobbying Olympus for firmware support for, if you’re on that side of the system). Optical performance is perhaps a step up from the Sigma, leaving the 16mm F1.4 DN DC as an attractive extra option for Micro Four Thirds but not an absolute must-have, from my perspective.

Richard writes:

This is a continuous / unedited 5 minutes+ video autofocus test: Panasonic GH5S vs GH5 vs G9 vs G85 All videos were shot at 4K24P, face detection, otherwise all default settings.
Panasonic has just sent me the new firmware 1.0 for the Panasonic GH5S so I thought it’s a good time to re-test the autofocus tracking performance in video mode again as the last time was done on firmware 0.2.
This time I’ve compared 4 of latest Panasonic cameras together including the big 3 GH5,GH5S and G9 and my own G85
– Panasonic Lumix GH5S (firmware 1.0) | Leica DG 12-60mm f/2.8-4
– Panasonic Lumix GH5 (firmare 2.2) | Leica DG 12-60mm f/2.8-4
– Panasonic Lumix G9 (firmware 1.0) | Leica DG 12-60mm f/2.8-4
– Panasonic Lumix G85 (firmware 1.2) Lumix 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6

So what do you think about GH5S’s video mode autofocus performance? Is it better than the other three cameras?

Wanna see more of the new G9? Here are two new video tests!

Panasonic Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. AmazonDE. Wex UK.
GH5s at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and Panasonic.
Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

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Preorders:
GH5s at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and Panasonic.

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One stop forward, one step back? Panasonic launch the GH5s (Philip Bloom).