When I think about it the "open gate" concept is better on a 4:3 sensor. Or better a square sensor like the 8:7 aspect ratio in the GoPro Hero 11 action cam. Make the GH6M2 with square open gate and PDAF. :-p

@IronFilm - I know. And open gate makes more sense on a sensor with a squared aspect ratio.

BTW: DP review drodles around the Panasonic PDAF future.

I think there is a rather universal feeling that GH6 should have been implemented with PDAF.

@mitkoo

The rationale here was that the GH6 sensor might have (so far) unused PDAF points. I believe that the GH6 is the only recent camera by Panasonic not using a Sony sensor. Thus there was hope that Panasonics partner had developed this new sensor with PDAF points as well.

The Lumix S series S5M2 on the other hand seems to use a Sony sensor with PDAF as before.

I guess this is the age old conspiracy theory that Panasonic was not able to secure PDAF sensors from Sony due to some sort of disagreement. While Panasonic claims they have not used PDAF sensors beacuse these points can degrade the image quality.

Soon we will see if any future GHx series camera uses a Sony sensor or not. Currently the official listing from Sony does not list any sensor above 20 MP.

That guy in Japan, who is I.. notice I never followed up on that video, after the release. Had no intention of getting into a .. "Well, actually, it's really still coming, but Panasonic.. blah blah blah, insert your hate mail here" thing. Never wanted to be part of the hype machine, just heard some information from someone in the loop.

It's hard to imagine any GH series being released from here on out without PDAF. The rest of the G series, is another story.. time will tell.

Yeah, I am not sure if I will have time to go this year, but someone told me the local rep wants to talk to me. Guessing he just wants to show me the S52, but who knows. BTW, in regards to whether Panasonic wants everyone over to full frame, it's something I have considered, but dismissed, based on 2 facts, 1) There are no true entry level full frames, and 2) The G9 is by far the most popular Panasonic professional camera in Japan. I am primarily talking nature and birding, but I know quite a few professionals that have regular galleries and calendars who use that camera as their bread and butter. I would go to far to say I see more G9's than Canon bodies most days, and they sometimes outnumber Nikon bodies which are despite sale numbers, outnumber Canons by quite a bit. Japan's motto of "if it isn't broke, don't fix it". The G9 is far too successful locally to ditch that line, even if Panasonic stepped away from the GH line (still very unlikely imho). If I was wagering on a CP+ surprise announcement it would be a G10 or equiv will be announced at CP+.. and I would be damn tempted by that camera.. except I imagine the price will likely be stupid high on release. If Panasonic really wanted to impress me, they would release an ultra fast long prime for the Micro four thirds system. Like a 300mm f2 with a built in 1.4xtc. Size be damned they could sell it for basically whatever they want, cause anyone that's been using a G9 for birding with the means and ability to lift it, would jump on that lens. They could utilize fresnel optics, to make it lighter, brighter, and not too ridiculous in size.

yeah, I am definitely not expecting that type of lens. Just saying, it would be great to see Panasonic step into the light and surprise people with something unexpected and bit magical. F2 is where that little sensor starts to breathe and hold its own against aps-c. It's never quite set right with me that early on there were these fast micro four thirds lenses from panasonic and talk about how light the system can be.. but they never just once pulled out a truly fast tele lens for the system in nearly 1.5 decades! F2 is actually my compromise. If Aps-C can do a 200mm F2.. how about the 300mm f1.8 for micro four thirds. Something like a sexy coffee can, declicked just because it's again not expected. I know I dream crazy dreams.. but fun crazy dreams sell..