Panasonic announces the GH3

This past week camera companies have gone on a rampage and announced quite a few cameras that they will be releasing in late 2012. The one that stood out to me the most is Panasonic, who announced the much awaited GH3. The GH2 became a giant in the indie film making community because of its hack which game the camera many features found in more expensive video cameras, but the most important being the ability to shoot at a much higher bit rate than intended. Because of this hack, the GH3 video was even compared to the RED Epic, which is a much better cinema camera used to shoot movies such as The Hobbit and The Amazing Spider-Man.  Along with many new features, this new GH3 also has the ability to shoot 60 frames per second at 1080p, which even the full framed cameras like the 5D Mark III and D800 can't even do. This 60fps at 1080p seems like the future standard of all new DSLRs. 

An image taken with the GH3. 

A short film shot with the GH3. 


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Also, Hasselblad announced their new H5D series medium format camera which "will be available as models with 40, 50, and 60 megapixels as well as 50 and 200 megapixel Multi-Shot versions and will start shipping in December 2012," according to fstoppers. The cameras can only shoot photos, but if you're interested in buying one, be ready to cash out a lot of money because the cheapest comparable model to the H5D-40 is the H4D-40 and it begins with the low-low price of $17,000 without the lens.