Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3

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81% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, portability, price, reliability

94% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

image quality, performance

portability, usability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Excellent video quality and features. 6.2fps continuous shooting. Snappy autofocus. Sharp vari-angle touch-screen LCD. EVF. Built-in flash. Wi-Fi. Dustproof and splashproof design.

Pricey. Lags behind competition at high ISOs. EVF is choppy in low light.

The GH3 can connect to your home network or a hotspot. When working in this mode, you can also push images to Panasonic's cloud service for online storage, or to post images and videos to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa, and Flickr. To access any of...

Sensational video quality ; Good stills image quality ; Solid, sealed metal construction without the camera becoming too heavy ; Lots of external control points ; Plenty of customization ; Caters well to both videographers and stills shooters ; Good...

No focus aids available when shooting video ; Electronic viewfinder has distinct color cast and disappointing optics ; Noise reduction at high ISO rather clumsy ; JPEG color response a little underwhelming ; Wi-Fi can be awkward to set up

The GH3 offers the best video quality of any camera we've ever seen and does a pretty good job of making it available to a wide range of users. This footage is available without external recorders, making it ideal for in-the-field shooting as well as...

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is the most complete mirrorless camera to date in terms of features, performance, customisability and image quality, and in terms of video capability it has a clear lead over both its compact system and DSLR rivals. At £1100...

Professional quality video in a compact body; Still image quality ranks with the best mirrorless models and even some prosumer DSLRs; Fast autofocus; Rugged, weatherized camera build; Reasonably priced for its advanced feature set; Large selection of...

Not as compact as most mirrorless cameras; Live View not available during high speed bursts; High ISO image quality and dynamic range not quite as good as top APS-C cameras

Panasonic's flagship GH-series cameras have been widely praised for their video capabilities, and have long been in demand from professional videographers and filmmakers. However, the product engineers behind the company's latest compact system camera,...

Very massive, robust new body based on a magnesium-alloy chassis ; Nice color reproduction ; Increased dynamic range (compared to the forerunner GH2) ; Professional handling due to robust body, many function elements, setup dials, and so on ;...

Some aliasing and moiré effects in videos

Rugged body. Excellent image quality

Large body size rivals DSLRs

User-friendly UI and handling ; Comprehensive physical controls ; Complementary touch-screen controls ; High image quality in raw ; Powerful video recording features

Electronic viewfinder slightly dim ; Only a single memory card slot ; JPEG noise looks artificial at high ISO

If one had to redesign a modern-day DSLR, it might very well resemble the Panasonic Lumix GH3. (Perhaps that’s why Panasonic is re-branding their mirrorless cameras and calling them DSLM cameras, or Digital Single-lens Mirrorless.)

Weatherproof construction and great controls ; Wide range of movie formats with high bit rate encoding up to 72Mbps ; Big, bright, stable 16:9 1,744k dot OLED EVF ; External mic and headphone sockets ; Interval shooting and HDR modes ; Excellent still...

Not weather proof when flash is in use ; Wi-Fi slow and unreliable for image transfer in my tests ; Average continuous shooting for a semi-pro body ; Rear control wheel difficult to operate

The Panasonic Lumix GH3 is a worthy succesor to the GH2. The redesigned sensor and updated processor provide a raft of enhancements to its video capabilies which will delight existing GH series owners, some of whom have been relying on firmware hacks...