This review follows on from our detailed 'First Look' article that was published in March 2017. We have now been allowed a longer time with a production-quality GH5 plus the Leica-branded DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. (H-ES12060E) lens , which is reviewed separately.

For the past couple of years my own personal and work camera has been a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 mirrorless camera. Easy to use, but with a great deal of power; my experience with it is necessarily going to partly inform this review of its successor at the top of the Panasonic digital camera heap:...

First class video and photo performance; fast and accurate focus; twin cards; excellent glass on tested model; highly flexible view screen

Quite the price increase since the DMC-GH4; still got the "Display" button in an place where it gets tripped accidentally

No single company has pushed 4K video like Panasonic. Its GH series has represented the best blend of sharp photos and pro-grade video in a single package.

The Panasonic GH5 is a wonderful successor to an already great hybrid still & video camera. Sporting a new 20MP sensor, faster processor, a very deep buffer, dual UHS-II SD slots, 4K video up to 60p, 10-bit internal video recording, 6K Photo mode and much more, the Panasonic GH5 is well-deserving of...

20MP sensor; Better per-pixel sharpness; Very good, slightly improved dynamic range and high ISOs; Stellar 4K video up to 60p with no crop; 6K Photo; Dual UHS-II SD slots; Good battery life for its class, New 20-megapixel sensor offers noticeably higher resolution than predecessor, Better per-pixel...

Buffer is deep, but slow to clear; Expensive; Menus still confusing; No optical low-pass filter means greater risk of moire; No built-in flash, Stills susceptible to moiré and other aliasing artifacts due to lack of OLPF, No high-res composite mode, Buffer clearing could be faster, No built-in...

I use this camera for my youtube channel and when I travel. The video and the photos are absolutely wonderful. I shoot in 4k and in 1080p it works wonderfully. Check out my youtube channel Sly Gittens and you can see some of the work I have shot with the GH5.

Panasonic's GH series of compact system cameras (CSCs) have been the hugely popular with amateur and independent filmmakers ever since the GH1 burst onto the scene in 2009. The GH4 made the leap to 4K in 2014, and with its outstanding picture quality, sublime ergonomics and a bumper set of features...

Outstanding video quality; Pro-level video features; Superb ergonomics for photos and video

New features will be beyond some users' needs; Photo noise levels slightly higher than from direct competitors; More expensive than the GH4

The Panasonic Lumix GH5 is a new flagship compact system camera featuring 4K 60p/50p and internal 4K 30p 4:2:2 10-bit video recording, a new 20.3 megapixel sensor with no low-pass filter, and upgraded 6K Photo function which extracts 18 megapixel images from a 30fps burst.

Quality of build is impeccable. A very worthwhile upgrade was the insertion of image stabilisation. The upgraded resolution on the EVF is really quite spectacular with very few other models on the market that can equal this. 6K video with capability to extract 18M stills is an excellent innovation.

As an actor/ filmmaker and photographer, this type of dslr has been long awaited. there's so much one can say about this camera. Been working with some of the big cams out there, RED etc, this delivers.

I did write a lengthy review for you but unfortunately when I submitted it down below it came up with an error and lost it all. I would have liked to rewrite it but it's taken me a couple of hours to compose and I'm not sure whether the same thing will happen again. Sorry.....