Panasonic DMC-GX8 announced

Panasonic announced the new GX8 with some pretty nice specs for a M43 (micro 4/3) camera, 20mp's is a first for a M43. Dynamic range is supposed to be increased and new processing power is supposed to keep pace with the 16mp GX7's 6fps speed continuous AF. The Dual IS system, sounds very interesting. It combines sensor and optical lens stabilization.

It seems Olympus has gone to sleep and left Panasonic to do the innovation in the micro four thirds realm, not sure why Olympus has been so quiet, perhaps they are preparing a 20mp sensor from Sony also. If this f/.95 lens was AF, I would consider this option. Come on Olympus, give us some really fast primes. The lens options are not bad, but not good enough to budge me to the mount.

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20.3 MP Digital Live MOS Sensor

Venus Engine Image Processor

Micro Four Thirds System

Tilting 2.36m-Dot 0.77x OLED EVF

3.0" 1.04m-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen

4K UHD Video Recording at 30/24 fps

Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity with NFC

10 fps Shooting with AF-S and ISO 25600

DFD AF System, 4K Photo Modes

In-Camera Image Stabilization, Dual I.S.

Priced at $1198 body only, it will be a hard sell for a small sensor camera, but if image quality comes in high, it would be nice used with some of the fast primes from Panasonic and Olympus.

See the preview at DPReview here 

Ross
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