Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
Lumix DMC-GH3
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
- 4608 x 3456
- ISO
- Auto, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 25600
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 23
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 20.0 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
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 30, 25 24 fps) 1280 x 720 (60, 50, 30, 25fps), 640 x 480 (30, 25fps
- Format
- MPEG-4, AVCHD, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.34× (0.67× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 614,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 540
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 550 g (1.21 lb / 19.40 oz)
- Dimensions
- 133 x 93 x 82 mm (5.24 x 3.66 x 3.23″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini HDMI Type C)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional DMW-RSL1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →