Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
Lumix DMC-G3
Panasonic
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4592 x 3448
- ISO
- Auto, Intelligent ISO, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 4.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60fps) 1280 x 720 (60, 30 fps), 640 x 480 (30fps), 320 x 240 (30fps))
- Format
- AVCHD, Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.4× (0.7× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 460,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 336 g (0.74 lb / 11.85 oz)
- Dimensions
- 115 x 84 x 47 mm (4.53 x 3.31 x 1.85″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini HDMI Type C)
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional DMW-RSL1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →