The opportunity to try out the few days ago Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 offered itself in typical tourist practice, during a nearly three-hour city tour in the group gallop through Vienna. We received the same as the predecessor Lumix GF5 (44.5 points in the test) – to the smallest system cameras of the Lumix GF6 in the hand, and went it.
Practical operation
The housing of the new Panasonic Lumix GF6 shows a high-quality design and gives a solid impression. Thanks to a well-developed handle, the GF6 is more grippy than the G5. The new Lumix digital camera proved to be easy to use despite its compact design.
Fast response
Practical right is the good, old, with the Panasonic Lumix GF6 re-introduced mode dial on the camera. It allows fast selection of the various manual and automatic exposure options up to pan panorama as well as two user combinations (C1, C2) stored by the user.
Picture gallery
The new rotary switch on the shutter is handy, for example, if you want to quickly adjust the exposure compensation, but also involves the risk of accidental activation when you are not careful when handling with the digital camera. The handling of the Panasonic Lumix GF6 is also facilitated by the LCD monitor, which is tilted 180 ° upwards around the horizontal axis, as well as the LCD monitor, which can be tilted slightly obliquely downwards, for example when recording from lower or higher perspectives. In portrait format, however, you can photograph it at most around the corner. The LCD monitor with its resolution increased to 346.666-RGB pixels provided a sharp and mostly recognizable picture. An external viewfinder, as it does not exist for the GF6, would be nice anyway.
Versatile, safe exposure
The operation of numerous functions by touch screen works in principle very well, but remains a matter of taste, since it can always happen again and again to unintentional changes of settings, if one does not hit the point on the wobbly Fiaker or touch the touchscreen accidentally. If you do not like it, you can also disable the touchscreen function.
The Panasonic Lumix GF6 was ready for use after switching on, and also the AF reacts Panasonic-typical very nicely fast. Spontaneous snapshots mastered the GF6 promptly, like the one from the musician Balkan Trio, taken out of the Fiaker. As an AF point of criticism during the short practice test, only the fact that the autofocus with the AF tracking tracking system in the riding hall sometimes had difficulties to find his goal or to follow him. Now, however, a horse-finder is not particularly high-contrast, and the not yet final firmware of the test camera may have played a role.
The pre-firmware is also the reason for holding back with a final judgment on the picture quality of the 16-megapixel sensor of the Panasonic Lumix GF6. The first recordings, which have been produced during a round-trip with daylight and "normal" sensitivities, make a very good impression. At sensitivities about ISO 3.200, Panasonic hopefully until the final firmware still a way to further optimize the detailed drawing.
During the exposure, the intelligent multi-field measurement of the Panasonic Lumix GF6 proved to be so accurate under various conditions, such as particularly high-contrast or backlight motifs, that the desire to try out one of the possible alternatives of integral or spot measurement did not occur at all Br>
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It was fun to experiment with the various digital effects and filters of the Panasonic Lumix GF6. If you want to be safe, choose the recording option "RAW + JPG", then he always has a genuine original. While choosing an effect or its possible variation sometimes takes a moment to get to where you want to go in the touch menu, pressing the "iA" button allows the fast, spontaneous return to the safe at any time Automatic mode when it matters. The full-HD video recording (1920x1080 / 50i) can be activated just as quickly thanks to its own fast-start button. A try of the WLAN and NFC functions of the Panasonic Lumix GF6 was not possible in the short time.
In the first practice test of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6, it was found that the term "entry-level camera", as the GF6 could be called due to its positioning in the Lumix-G system, is an understatement. The Lumix GF6 proves to be a well-equipped multi-function tool. With its intelligent automatic functions and settings, it will surely lead to fast success.
However, the Panasonic Lumix GF6 is just as good, thanks to its high quality, reliable exposure, fast autofocus and many individual possibilities of intervention and adjustment. More ambitious photographers who are looking for system camera qualities - without ever having to drag the large DSLR cutlery.
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LUMIX GF6 Current shooting video
The combination of the Lumix GF6 with the Powerzoom Lumix G-Vario 3.5-5.6 / 14-42 mm Asph./Power OIS is a combination of the Lumix GF6 and the DMC- GF6X is offered. For more information on the measurable qualities of the Lumix GF6 with final firmware, please check the detailed ColorFoto test as soon as possible. As Panasonic announced the announcement of the Lumix GF6, the camera is scheduled to come on the market in May 2013.
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