Panasonic Lumix GH6

At a glance

£1,999 body only

● 25.2-million-pixel Four Thirds sensor

● ISO 50-25,600 (extended)

● 3.68m-dot electronic viewfinder

● 1.84m-dot tilt and free-angle touchscreen

● 5-axis in-body stabilisation

● Up to 5.7K 60fps video recording

After overshadowing Panasonic’s announcement of the Lumix GH5 II, the long-anticipated GH6 is finally here. There were many questions in the build up to its release. Would it shoot 8K video? Would it have phase detection autofocus? Woud it ditch the Micro Four Thirds mount? And now we know the answer is a resounding ‘no’ on all three counts.

Each iteration of GH camera has heralded a new age for both Lumix and hybrid cameras as a whole. The original GH1 brought HD video to the G-series cameras. The GH2 gave creators more choice in terms of frame rates, introducing 50i and 60i Full HD recording. The GH3 added 60p Full HD video, headphone and mic sockets, and weather sealing, making it a much more serious tool for filmmaking than any of its rivals. With the GH4, the introduction of 4K video made it a benchmark camera that helped to solidify the GH line as a serious option for advanced creators as well as professionals. The GH5 swanned into the fray with gravity-defying stabilisation, proving you really could run and gun without the need for additional gear such as gimbals.

So what’s the generation-defining feature of the GH6? All of the codecs. The GH6 gives creators almost every conceivable codec that they may want to shoot on, from 200fps Full HD to 5.7K 60fps. To top it off, you can also record 5.7K video at up to 30fps in Apple ProRes format, in-camera. The range of quality codecs and the inclusion of full fat V-Log places the GH6 firmly in the cine camera realm. But