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Panasonic Lumix DMC G5
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DxOMark Sensor Scores

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Overall Score[?]
61
Portrait
(Color Depth)[?]
21.4 bits
Landscape
(Dynamic Range)[?]
11.6 Evs
Sports
(Low-Light ISO)[?]
618 ISO

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Type Hybrid 
Announced 2012-07-18 
Indicative price (USD) 650  
Sensor type CMOS 
Resolution 4624 x 3472  
Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) 16.05  
Sensor size (mm) 13.0 x 17.3 
Color filter array RGB 
Pixel pitch (µm) 3.74  
Bits per pixel 12.0 
Focal length multiplier 2.00 
Aspect Ratio 4:3 
ISO latitude  160 - 12800 
Shutter type Mechanical 
Fastest - Slowest speed (s) 1/4000 - 60.0  
Frame rate (fps) 20, 6, 3.7 or 2  
Live view  Yes 
Stabilization  No 
Firmware  
Dust cleaningYes 
Mount typeMicro 4/3  
Weight (gr)  
Battery type Li-ion, Battery Pack, 7.2V 1.200mAh 
Battery weight (gr)  
Tropicalization No 
Camera material Plastic 
Mount material Metal 
View finder type Electronic 
View finder magnification 0.7 
View finder coverage 100 
Mirror lockup  
View finder diopter -4.0 to +4.0 
Monitor type LCD 
Monitor size 3 
Monitor pixel 920000 
Articulated screen Yes 
Touch screen Yes 
Contrast screen  
Low-pass filter  
Focus mode Yes 
Autofocus modes AFS (Single), AFF (Flexible), AFC (Continuous), MF 
Number of autofocus points 23 
Exposure bracketing  
Exposure compensation  
Drive modes Single, Continuous (SH: 20 frames/sec (4M), H: 6.0 frames/sec (with AFS), M: 3.7 frames/sec (with Live View), L: 2.0 frames/sec (with Live View)), Self-time (10 sec, 3 images / 2 sec / 10 sec) 
Buffer size 9 (RAW) 
Recording medium SD / SDHC / SDXC 
Image format JPEG, RAW (RW2), MPO 
White balance bracketing 3 exposures in blue/amber axis or in magenta/green axis 
Connectivity USB 2.0 High Speed, mini HDMI TypeC, AV (Monaural Type, NTSC / PAL, NTSC only for North America) 
Bluetooth No 
3G No 
Sound recording Yes 
External micro No 
Histogram Yes 
GPS No 
Video Yes 
Maximum format image video 1920 x 1080 / 60 
Full HD Yes 
Live autofocus Yes 
Video file format AVCHD and MP4 
Video codec  
Video stabilisation  

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Color response
Sensitivity metamerism index
ISO 17321 		75
 
White balance scales R raw 2.28
G raw 1
B raw 1.76
 
    R sRGB G sRGB B sRGB
Color matrix as defined in ISO standard 17321 R raw 1.91 -0.87 -0.04
G raw -0.19 1.68 -0.49
B raw 0.12 -0.88 1.76

Full Color Sensitivity: Noise covariance ellipses in CIE 1931 Lab color space
Select ISO : 160
(ISO are manufacturer ISO)
 
Select luminance : 30








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Comments
Added by speculatrix |  August 20, 2012

am eagerly awaiting this!

I am contemplating the G3 or G5 and whilst I think the latter is a worthwhile upgrade on features, there is quite a price premium, and I wouldn't want to pay it if the sensor wasn't a significant upgrade. thanks.

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