(up to 1/16,000 with electronic shutter) bulb to 2 minutes 1/160 sec. (10fps with electronic shutter and focus fixed on the first frame)"Ħ0-1/4,000 sec. (8fps with focus fixed on first frame 40fps with electronic shutter)" (8.5fps with focus and exposure fixed on the first frame and no IS)" The hybrid sensor shift/optical image stabilization system also works well with the kit lens, as does the sensor-shift-only which you get with other lenses such as the fast Olympus primes I shot with. Overall, though, the continuous shooting performs well enough for the needs of enthusiasts.
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But it also failed to focus on anything more frequently than I expected.
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Most of the time it produced a reasonable number of in-focus shots, and like most systems, it would occasionally lose the tracking or focus on something other than the subject. However, the continuous-autofocus accuracy seemed hit-and-miss for burst shooting (it's fine in video). LUMIX GX85 4K Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera Kit, 12-32mm Lens, 16 Megapixels, Dual Image Stabilization, Electronic Viewfinder, WiFi - Black. Its tested continuous shooting rate of 6.6 frames per second with autofocus for more than 40 shots or raw or JPEG is better than average, and even sustains a solid burst with raw+JPEG. Panasonic's DFD (Depth from Defocus) autofocus technology is generally fast and accurate, and that holds true in the GX85 for individual shots it locks focus and shoots quickly enough for most uses in bright and dim light.
LUMIX DMC GX85 ISO
You can regain some detail by processing raw at all ISO sensitivities, though the tradeoff is some grain. The new version of the company's Venus image-processing engine which is in the GX85 has moire-reduction built in to compensate.
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Cameras use them to blur edges slightly, which removes some color artifacts (moire and false color) that would normally appear, but you sacrifice sharpness. A sharper imageĪlthough it's 16 megapixels rather than the new 20.3MP sensor that's in the higher-end GX8, it's a version of the Four Thirds-size sensor that forgoes an antialiasing filter (aka OLPF). And in the UK, you can get it in a dual-lens configuration with the 12-32mm and 35-100mm lenses for £730. Like many Panasonic cameras, it's not available in the US as a body-only version, but you can get it that way in the UK and Australia for £510 and AU$1,100. The kit with Panasonic's collapsible 12-32mm f3.5-5.6 (24-64mm equivalent) lens runs $800 and AU$1,200 in the UK, the model is the GX80, and costs £600 for the same kit. With an electronic viewfinder, fast continuous shooting and 4K video, it fits right into that camera's demographic: an enthusiast-friendly model with a feature set that should also appeal to families and travelers at a reasonable price.