I shot with the GH5 a couple weeks ago (review http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/panasonic-lumix-gh5-camera-review) - and still image quality was superb. From the instagram pic it looks like there is an M43 flash trigger. Will be great if that's included - but I doubt it (for the video-centric reasons above).
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Excellent review! My concern is the size: the GH5 might be too chunky for me.
Excerpt from the review: "The Panasonic GH5 sits taller and is much thicker than the E-M1 Mark II and A7R II, especially when you take into account the larger eyecup around the electronic viewfinder. It also weighs the most, coming in at 1.6lbs, compared to the E-M1 Mark II’s 1.27lbs and the A7R II’s 1.38lbs. "
The Nauticam housing for the Sony a7rii is huge, imo, for a mirrorless. The GH5 Nauticam housing is probably even bigger. The image quality of micro four thirds can't touch that of the a7rii, imo, so doesn't a bigger camera and housing defeat the main purpose -- i.e smaller and lighter -- of using MFT cameras for underwater photography?
If you do just photography, I would not necessarily go for a GH5, more likely a A7RII. The key strengths of the GH5 are its quite tasty video capabilities - nowhere near matched by any other reasonably compact cam at this moment. Some serious autofocus issues have now been acknowledged by Panasonic and remain to be fixed, but I definitely keep a close eye on it for video :-)
The GH5 housing looks to be close to the same size as the GH4 housing, but Nauticam did switch to a 2 piece design vs 1pc how past M43 housings have been, which is probably due to camera size. GH5 housing size is likely more compact the A7SII housing due to port size. Here a picture of Chris Dimitrius with the GH5:
I actually got into M43 due to video quality over camera size, however size was a consideration. 5 years ago when I made the switch from camcorders to M43 I was almost set on the 5DMkII but fell in love with the video of the GH2. I'm happy with my choice and although the GH line is getting a little heftier, it's still pretty compact.
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Finally! Tripod legs mounts feature integrated the housing!
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Finally! Tripod legs mounts feature integrated the housing!
I pre-ordered mine on 5 Jan. Picked it up Tuesday from Reef Photo. Diving with it this weekend. Can't wait.
I pre-ordered mine on 5 Jan. Picked it up Tuesday from Reef Photo. Diving with it this weekend. Can't wait.
Cool. I hope you'll post some sample footage. Can you tell me if the display can be seen in it's entirety through the back of the housing? In the photos it looks like the left side my be obstructed.
Cool. I hope you'll post some sample footage. Can you tell me if the display can be seen in it's entirety through the back of the housing? In the photos it looks like the left side my be obstructed.
The display is just a bit toward the left side of the window but clearly visible. I dove with it yesterday and had no issues.
