$1299?!?!

Too expensive! If Panasonic want me to buy one it should be $750 body only! ;-D

Clearly Panasonic are aiming for the Dslr crowd in the design of the GH3 rather than its own entity. Aiming for new customers.

Guys dont expect 4.2.2 itll be 4.2.0 you know it.

Also does it matter if it (rumoured) has a Sony sensor? Sony make great sensors. :-p

I think the "leaks" are basically due to the Sony announcements and to remind the GH3 coming.

So VK...

You are going to 'hack' this one? Because I just LOVE that build quality. The GH2 was like using a box of tissues.

Now all we need are some high end lenses... Looks like I will be saving up for Olympus! :-(

@PhilipBloom I would have been surprised if it were not. :)

Genesis definitely came across a lot better than the leaked promo video, so I am glad it was up so soon after, but I did not think that the timing was a reaction to that.

Specially for Philip.

Release from PB before NDA end does not mean that PB broke NDA. It means exactly that is written, that feature had been releasedh full Panasonic approval!) before NDA ceased to exist and people who had been involved in testing started telling opinions and tech details. Period.

We fully understand that it was sanctioned.

PB still do not answer any questions concerning GH3. And openly state that he is under NDA still.

The latest official news about the Panasonic restructuring its image sensors department as a part semiconductor business were presented in July: http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.de/2012/07/panasonic-in-transition.html There have been specifically mentioned, that Panasonic plants to enter mobile imaging with its MOS sensors. However, the rumors are that the LX7 was already fabricated by some other manufacture (in fact, Aptina is among the candidates). The G5 sensor, even though it lacks the multi-aspect capability is made by Panasonic. As for the GH3, let's wait and see. The "foreign"-sensor rumor can be just a FUD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt).

@John_Farragut The main alternative is staying with the GH2 instead of opting for the new features.

I think most of us would be happy to upgrade as long as the price was reasonable and we did not lose any features/functionality. I think many are apprehensive about the possibility that there may have been things that are not as good on the GH3 as the GH2 - an apprehension that has been triggered by the possibility of a single-aspect ratio sensor from another manufacturer, etc.

Hopefully our fears are unfounded and the GH3 will be able to do everything the GH2 does except better, in which case it mainly becomes a waiting game on the price for some.

But the 600D and 6D both are two full-frame competitors at a slightly higher price-point and if you go higher than that there is a ton of competition: most notably the BMCC.

Anyway, I am not saying the GH3 will not be a good camera. I am just saying there is a lot more pressure now on the Monday press conference with a lot of anxiety while there had mainly been anticipation before.

@igorek7 @mozes I hope you are right. Let's see if they can turn this around when they have our attention. :)

The G5 has many similarities, sensor size, EVF, framerates, etc.

Price :/ Hard to say cause final specs could soften the blow. We are used to the GH2 being less refined, having fewer features than SLR, but cheaper, and powerful enough in video to make up for it. But the GH3 might have a Sony sensor, so if the picture just looks like the picture out of a NEX-6 which also has a lot of GH3 features 16MP sensor, Wifi, etc - you will compare the price. The NEX-6 body is $850.

The GH3 is more of a package than a NEX-6 but how $$$ more?

Also feeling sensor anxiety!

@vicx

We'll hear good things tomorrow and some not very good things. But overall pretty positive, according to my sources.

1860mAh battery (think GH2 was 1200) + OLED, so battery life will b greatly improved.

@Jizzyjones That is good news. At the moment I am waiting to see how the ATC 15,000 MAH fares on the GH2, though.

@matthere Difficult to look at it given how differently video is supported on it (framerates, bitrates, etc.)

Hard to set up a launching campaign worst than this. It seems they managed to demolish all the good hype created in the last few weeks. Anyway the lack of multi-aspect sensor is something really bad. It was one of the unique features of the GH line and now seems to be gone. pretty disappointing.

And the price is for body only version? WHAT?! and the shutter is just 1/4000. how could this be a pro-body? craziness.