@Vitaliy_Kiselev

I dont need advanced features. I just need basic exposure tools and good 4k 60P. Sharper EVF and better AF would be nice too.

"Panasonic would have to look for other customers" +1

$1999.99 is hard to swallow too. Too many other options to pay that much.

You all must remember 3 things.

Earthquake in Japan x2, this means the are recovering yet and need to make profit, since RD is in Japan, also mayor manufacturing of critical components.

Appreciation for the need of a new type of customer. Semi pro - pro, grate results bang for buck the best pay extra for same LSI fully implemented type.

They also said that prices will rise since 2017, on all cameras. Im not surprise mothefuckers (alo nick diaz ufc comment) I expected prices above 2500 easy. You will pay for it cos there is no other cam doing this stuff at any price point. Not in a proper implementable way available for the masses. Its no easy cake Panasonic ! after 4 generations you have established as mayor quality reference in DSLR and CSC market. Now charge your premium.

But after all, it make sense, since they can profit more from what those who make money making high quality with cheap tools for cheap prices. "content creators" for web applications and stuff! Lol. Thats a new market that never existed before.

And those who need that pay check for that past work, will pay for GH5 since it brings more, for better result and stuff.

You will pay since i dont see anything going against this specs easy 8 months.

Ill buy 2,

bung for buck no competition. internal 10 bit makes me really think about leaving those RED dragon siting on rental since lots of delivery are made finally on 10 bit 4:2:2. even final master for client is not over this, since they hate "big file size" lol.

If this baby can deliver 13 stops and really bring 10 bit color grading, men this is a killer for many rental products, just saying.

Now if marketing can bring "new 12 bit 4:2:2" 16 bit 4:4:4 "con compressed codecs more, well, there you go with the loop again!

@Scot

I do not see how it can be $1999 considering many similar things with Olympus and current prices trend.

GH4 price already made big holidays in local Panasonic branches due to margin, but still sales was good, actually they excepted around 4x less sales. As far as I understand their mood here they hope for much more.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev They may expect much more, but at greater than $1,999 they will get much less.

If the Olympus E-M1 Mk II sells well at $1,999 then I can see Panasonic thinking that higher is the way to go, but WHEN it tanks Panasonic and Olympus may be stuck watching their competitors scoop up a good portion of their consumer base.

There's no way Olympus is gonna sell a lot of EM1s for 2k - go over 43rumors and see the shitstorm in the comments. A handful of fanboys defending Oly's decision, while 99% of other people banging their heads in disbelief as to why a m43 camera costs much more than A6500 or XT2, not to mention D750 or A7II . Asking 1,5k was bordering on crazy, 2k is simply ridiculous.

I suspect GH5 will cost the same, but it may be saved by a fantastic 422 10bit video. I don't think it will sell well for more than 2k, though. Seems like a psychological barrier for a small chip camera.

@brudney I love Olympus, but Olyboys are very fanboys, E+M1II could cost U$5,000 and they buy it.

The closest thing to the supposed GH5 specs currently on the market would be the FS5, and that's twice this supposed $3K price for the GH5, and is only 10-bit at 1080p. To get 10-bit 4:2:2 4K you have to go up to an FS7, at triple the price. Even in small-sensor, zoomy camcorders, you're spending way more than $3K to get 10-bit 4:2:2. So I don't get the comparisons to 8-bit cameras, no matter their sensor size: you have to compare apples to apples.

Whether or not 10-bit 4:2:2 is necessary or useful for you in particular, or even most people, is irrelevant really. That still leaves lots of people who do want/need it and will pay for it, and have been paying for it for years in other cameras. Those who don't want/need it can buy the cheaper models, and always have.

The real issue here is that at $3K, the GH5 isn't really a GH anymore, it should be the next line up. If it was called the GV-Pro, and there was an 8-bit GH5 at $1800-2000, nobody would be complaining. As it sits now, with the GH5 at $3K, there's just way too big of a gap between it and the G85.

I don't think the GH5 will be $3K, though. $2.5K at most. And that still leaves too big of a gap in the lineup.

@endotoxic Good Diaz quote!...but that was Nate. Was I the only one who had him winning 3 rounds to 2 over Conor McGregor?!

Trying to determine what the lowest possible price Panasonic could theoretically charge doesn't do me much good, as they're never going to do that. I prefer to plan for what the camera will actually cost me.

You are wrong here. Scientist sponsored by capitalists long time ago already discussed how bad it can be if public knew not only final cost of production, but same cost for all suppliers and all intermediates. As they called it - it could be real bomb under ruling class and corporations.

Ah, so if I fly to Japan tomorrow, go to Panasonic HQ, and use my elite corporate espionage skills to liberate their production cost figures, they'll be so embarrassed that they'll release the GH5 at $699?

If you will provide prove of such cost few things happen almost instantly - few top managers won't longer work for Panasonic and GH5 will be shelved and replaced by some new premium camera, in this case with body made of pure indium and covered in natural alligator leather :-)

Lotta pants-shitting over the price/specs of a camera when neither have even been released. Besides, who cares what the launch price is, other that it just might mean you have to wait a bit.

Like wait 6 months before getting strange rumors that Panasonic is going out of business in cameras and slow disappearance of cameras with prices going up :-)

If you're just making cat videos, GH4 is well under $1000 now, and you'll probably be able to pick up a G85 for $500 if Panasonic can't fix the IBIS stickiness issue.

It is good to know that GH4 still suitable for something. Cat videos is also good thing. :-)