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Ten years ago, a Panasonic GH4 retailed for about $1500 AUD. Today, a GH6 retails for $3700 with a street price of $2800, so with any luck, the newly announced G9 II will drop from the expected retail of $3300 to around $2500 over time. Only a few days ago, I was mulling over the future of m43 in my kit, and whether I should stop investing in high end lenses and put that money towards fleshing out my L mount kit.
The G9 II body is completely different from the old G9/S1 style, now using the S5 II body. It's essentially a micro four thirds version of the S5 II, with phase detect hybrid AF, and all the video codecs of the more expensive GH6, but without the latter's ability to pump out raw video through HDMI. The picture profiles even include v-log, which was an extra purchase with the G9 and S1. I'm a bit disappointed that they changed to this body style, as I love the top display on the G9.
Reviews so far are very positive, with the issues of poor dynamic range in stills in lower ISO's being solved, and autofocus being the best in a m43 camera ever, perhaps even better than the OM Systems OM-1. It will track people, animals, even cars and motorbikes.
Action and birds in flight photographers will love the 60fps raw burst mode with pre-shutter buffer capture, and the two UHS II card slots should handle the data input well. Wedding and event photographers will note that the G9 II's ability to lock on to a subject like bride or groom is greatly improved over previous models.
I love my G9, but I'd also love better autofocus, as well as 4k 120p in 10bit 420 with v-log, which the G9 II has. This will really elevate the video work I do, but will also mean buying more 128GB cards, or using a SSD for video capture, another feature of this very well specced camera. Phase detection might also mean that Canon EF lenses will focus better via Speedbooster, it's a brave new world.
I wont preorder, but will likely get one after a year or so, when prices come down and bugs are sorted out, and that will set me up for another four or five years at least. The G9 II answers my questions about the future of m43 in my workflow.
The G9 II body is completely different from the old G9/S1 style, now using the S5 II body. It's essentially a micro four thirds version of the S5 II, with phase detect hybrid AF, and all the video codecs of the more expensive GH6, but without the latter's ability to pump out raw video through HDMI. The picture profiles even include v-log, which was an extra purchase with the G9 and S1. I'm a bit disappointed that they changed to this body style, as I love the top display on the G9.
Reviews so far are very positive, with the issues of poor dynamic range in stills in lower ISO's being solved, and autofocus being the best in a m43 camera ever, perhaps even better than the OM Systems OM-1. It will track people, animals, even cars and motorbikes.
Action and birds in flight photographers will love the 60fps raw burst mode with pre-shutter buffer capture, and the two UHS II card slots should handle the data input well. Wedding and event photographers will note that the G9 II's ability to lock on to a subject like bride or groom is greatly improved over previous models.
I love my G9, but I'd also love better autofocus, as well as 4k 120p in 10bit 420 with v-log, which the G9 II has. This will really elevate the video work I do, but will also mean buying more 128GB cards, or using a SSD for video capture, another feature of this very well specced camera. Phase detection might also mean that Canon EF lenses will focus better via Speedbooster, it's a brave new world.
I wont preorder, but will likely get one after a year or so, when prices come down and bugs are sorted out, and that will set me up for another four or five years at least. The G9 II answers my questions about the future of m43 in my workflow.
