The first Sharpness test of Panasonic GX80 / 85 is now out. Photographer Wasabi Bob shared first few clicks captured from the Panasonic GX80 camera. According to Panasonic the recently announced GX80 camera has 10% more resolving power than any other Panasonic camera till date due to the absence of low-pass filter.
Panasonic GX80 Sample Image 1
image credit – Wasabi Bob
Now take a look at the test shots below
image credit – Wasabi Bob
AT 100% crop of the flower, the image is showing decent amount of details. Take a look at one more image below
Panasonic GX80 Sample Image 2
Panasonic GX80 undoubtedly showing more details at 100%, take a look at the cropped portion of the image.
image credit – Wasabi Bob
The camera really give excellent details when viewed at 100%.
Panasonic announced GX80 camera today, the camera features 16MP sensor and ISO range from 200-25600 (expendable upto 100). Panasonic GX80 is first Panasonic camera that doesn’t have built-in low-pass filter, hence users can now enjoy more details in still images and in 4K video. The camera arrives with electromagnet-driven shutter mechanism that prevents blur from shutter shock.
The camera can record 4K videos at 30 fps and also features post focus feature. The GX80 uses same DFD AF system of Panasonic GX8. The Dual IS system of the camera works very well and up to 4.5 stops of shake reduction.
On the rear side of the camera we have 2764K-dot equivalent electronic viewfinder, and its 3″ 1.04M-dot touch screen
More and more information related to Hasselblad upcoming cameras coming out everyday, few days ago we have reported that Hasselblad is planning to announce Many New Products this Year according to Financial Times.
Now today we came to know that the Hasselblad H6D coming in two Variants – H6D-50 and H6D-100. Both camera will have Sony made CMOS sensors, the H6D-50 will have 50Megapixel CMOS sensor and H6D-100 will have 100 CMOS sensor respectively.
Back on September 12th, 2012 Hasselblad announced flagship H5D, The H5D Series is available in three variants namely 40, 50 and 60 megapixels as well as 50 and 200 megapixel Multi-Shot versions, all the three variants uses CCD sensor and and gives limited ISO performance.
The 2014 CP+ show the Hasselblad announced one more variant Hasselblad 5Dc. The H5D-50c world’s first fully integrated medium format camera system to use CMOS sensor technology.
Finally the very first Specification of Sony A7R III Leaked today and if we believe it then upcoming A7R III camera will uplift the entire high-resolution full frame competition to a new level.
The to be announced Sony A7R III camera will feature a 70-80 MP Super high resolution sensor and improved image stabilization system, the camera will officially arrive with new 24-70 F2.8 GM Lens.
Take a look at what Sony Japan Mangers said
A7RIII the new sensor will be between 70 – 80 Megapixels. They are working on improved IBIS as well. Although officially the new lenses per the 24-70 F2.8 GM and the others have been tested for QC at 60+ Megapixels and 6K+ Video they achieve even better results than that.
Well we were expecting Sony A7R III in 2016 since Sony updates its A7 series camera every year. The Sony A7R III was announced on back June 2015 with 42 MP and built in 5-axis image stabilization system.
We have already told you on March 30 that Hasselblad is planning to announce Many New Products this Year. According to latest rumor surfaced over the web Hasselblad is planning to announce H6D Medium format camera soon. We don’t know the core specification of the camera but we do expect the Hasselblad will use Sony made CMOS Medium format sensor for H6D.
The H6D camera will be a successor of H5D-60 camera that uses a 60MP CCD sensor, due to the CCD sensor inside the camera the ISO remains limited to 800 only. With the introduction of CMOS sensors inside the H6D we may see a major uplift in the ISO range of upcoming camera. Stay with us more coming…
Spend some time with the – Hasselblad H5D 60 DSLR Camera
Based on latest rumor surfaced over the web we may see a Panasonic GH series camera prototype with 8k video recording on this September 2016 or may be just a development announcement. According to the tipster of the rumormill, the 8K capable GH series camera is scheduled to be launched on 2018, earlier it was planned to release on 2020.
Take the information published today with grain of salt. Since the news is coming from a unconfirmed source.
Series of Rumors
On May 21st, 2015 – Panasonic revealed its future plans of 8K video, including 4K at 60fps and 120fps, take a look at a snapshot what ephotozine writes
“Panasonic announced plans for future 4K and 8K video and photo features, including 4K at 60fps and 120fps, as well as the ability to take 33 megapixel still images from 8K video footage. They say they are planning to have this technology ready for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. No further information was given at the time.“
February 29th, 2016 – We have published Panasonic GH5 / GH6 Coming with 6K Video on September 2016, The news surfaced over the web via Japanese publication Nikkan, according to the magazine the camera will arrive with 6K video recording @ 30frames per second.
Today (4/4/2016) – Panasonic changes its road-map and planning to announce 8K camera on 2018, instead of 2020.
Sony RX10 III and Canon G3X features same size of 1″ sensor , but the do have some variations in the core specification, let’s find out.
Sony RX10 III vs. Canon G3X – Specification Comparison
Features/ Models
Sony RX10 III
Canon G3X
Megapixel
20 megapixels
20 megapixels
Sensor size
1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm)
1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm)
Optical Zoom
25X
25x
Aperture range
F2.4 – F4.0
F2.8 – F5.6
Macro Range
3 cm
5cm
Image processor
Bionz X
DIGIC 6
Image Stabilization
Optical
Optical
AF system
Contrast Detect
Contrast Detect
AF Points
25 AF points
31 AF points
ISO
Auto, 125 – 12800 (expands to 64-25600)
Auto, 125-12800 (expands to 25600)
Shutter Min/ mix
30-1/32000
30 – 1/2000
Continuous shooting speed
14 fps
5.9 fps
Video
4K @ 30Fps
1920 x 1080 (60p), 1280 x 720 (30p), 640 x 480 (30p)
Display
3.0″ 1.228m-Dot Tilting Xtra Fine LCD
3.2″ tilting 1620k TFT LCD screen
Viewfinder
Electronic
Electronic
Hot shoe
Yes
Yes
Wireless
WiFi and NFC
with NFC
Battery life
420 Shots
300 shots
Dimensions
133 x 94 x 127 mm
123 x 77 x 105 mm of
Weight
1051 g g
733 g
Sensor
Both camera does feature 20MPO 1″ sensor , but if we look in details we will find the difference from beginning. The Sony RX10 III features a 20.1MP 1″ Exmor RS CMOS sensor, which utilizes both back-illuminated and stacked technologies on the other side we have Canon G3X camera that uses a traditional 20 MP CMOS sensor and it is still unconfirmed that it uses BSI back-illuminated technology or not, however the ISO range of both the camera is same and we can’t comment on image quality until we see High ISO test between these two camera.
Sony RX10 III
Canon G3X
1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) CMOS
1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) CMOS
Utilizes both back-illuminated and stacked technologies
back-illuminated (unconfirmed)
Still Images: JPEG, RAW Movies: AVCHD Ver. 2.0, MP4, XAVC S
Still Images: JPEG, RAW Movies: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Lens:
The Aperture Range: We can clearly see that Sony RX10 II lens is 0.04 stop brighter than the G3X, that will sure create a noticeable difference under test environment.
Capture better Macro with Sony RX10 III – The Sony RX10 III allows you to go more closer to ur subject, the Sony RX10 III features macro closeup ramge of 3cm on the other side the Canon G3X is limited to 5cm of macro closeup.
Take a look at the table for lens specification comparison
Sony RX10 III
Canon G3X
Optical: 25x
Optical: 25x
Clear Image Zoom: 2x
Digital: 4x
Digital: 4x
EFL: 8.8-220mm (35 mm equivalent: 24-600mm)
EFL: 8.8-220mm (35 mm equivalent: 24-600mm)
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar, 18 elements in 13 groups 6 Aspherical, 8 ED
No detailed info
Aperture f/2.4 (W) – 4 (T) to f/16
Aperture: f/2.8 (W) – 5.6 (T)
Lot of detailed information available about the Sony RX10 III lens, however we are were unable to drag out the details of Canon G3X at the moment.
Based on Lens specification we the Sony Wins the match.
Video
Sony RX10 III
Canon G3X
Video Max Res: 3840 x 2160p: 30 fps, 24 fpsUp to 4 GB or 29 Minutes
Video Max Res: 1920 x 1080p: 60 fps, 30 fps, 24 fpsUp to 29 Minutes 59 Seconds
Sony RX10 III does have upper hand when we talk about Video quality, Sony RX10 III features 4K video recording with advance audio controls.
Audio Capture
The Sony RX10 III clear wins in audio capture section since the camera gives more options more users
Sony RX10 III
Canon G3X
Audio: AAC LC, AC3, Dolby Digital 2ch, Linear PCM (Stereo)
Audio: AAC LC
Shutter: Sony features Hybrid shutter and advance image processor and that’s why the continuous shooting speed of RX10 III touches upto 14 fps mark whereas the continuous shooting speed of Canon G3X remains limited to 5.9 fps. The Max shutter range of Sony RX10 III is also high (1/32000) compared to Canon (1/2000).
Battery life: The battery life is also very important thing, Sony RX10 III will allow you to capture 120+ more compared to Canon G3X (420 vs 300).
Verdict: The Sony RX10 III sensor uses back-illuminated + stacked technologies combined with bit bright lens made by Zeiss and another biggest advantage is Sony RX10 III is able to record 4k video whereas the Canon remains limited to Full HD video only and traditional CMOS sensor
For still shooters as well as Videographers we recommend you to buy Sony RX10 III camera..
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