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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Indoor Crops
16 Megapixels
Electronic View Finder
High ISO: ISO 6400 or more is available at full-resolution.
Level: Measures camera tilt and helps to keep the horizon level.
Continuous Drive
Full 1080p HD Video: 1920 x 1080 resolution or more but less than 4K.
Manual Controls: Both fully-manual (M) and semi-automatic modes (T and V).
Custom White-Balance: Specifies exactly what should be white to the camera.
Action Photography: Shutter speeds of 1/1500 or more.
Night Photography: Reaches shutter-speeds longer than 4 seconds.
Hotshoe: Allows external flash units to be attached.
Spot Metering
Accepts Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC), SDHC and SD memory.
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Discontinued: No longer produced by the manufacturer. May still be in stock or found used.
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 is compared to the Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus OM-D E-M5, the top-performing Micro Four-Thirds camera to date. These are 100% unmodified crops from their respective cameras. Each camera was calibrated to produce the highest quality JPEG image possible. Aperture, ISO and WB were set on camera.
| Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 | Olymus OM-D E-M5 |
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 ISO 160 |
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 ISO 200 |
 ISO 200 |
 ISO 400 |
 ISO 400 |
 ISO 800 |
 ISO 800 |
 ISO 1600 |
 ISO 1600 |
 ISO 3200 |
 ISO 3200 |
 ISO 6400 |
 ISO 6400 |
 ISO 12800 |
 ISO 12800 |
The Panasonic shows a good performance but lags being the E-M5 by about one stop in terms of noise. It shows less local contrast due to a different tone curve and while neither camera gets colors right, the E-M5 is closer to reality. |
 ISO 25600 |
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Panasonic DMC-G5 Facts
Mirrorless digital cameraSensor-Size: 17 x 13mm
Actual size when viewed at 100 DPI
| 16 Megapixels Mirrorless | ISO 160-12800 |
| Micro Four-Thirds Mount 2X FLM | Shutter 1/4000-60s |
| 0.44" Built-in EVF 1.4 Megapixels (0.70X) | Full manual controls, including Manual Focus |
| Automatic Eye-Start sensor | Custom white-balance with 2 axis fine-tuning |
| 2 Axis Digital Level | Spot-Metering |
| Built-in Dust Reduction | Hot-Shoe |
| 6 FPS Drive, Unlimited Images | Lithium-Ion Battery |
| 1920x1080 @ 60 FPS Video Recording | Secure Digital Extended Capacity |
| 3" LCD 920K Pixels |
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