Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
Lumix DMC-GX8
Panasonic
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 20 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 5184 x 3888
- ISO
- Auto, 200-25600 (expands down to 100)
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 100
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 49
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Image stabilization notes
- Dual IS uses sensor and lens-shift (when available)
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Maximum shutter speed (electronic)
- 1/16000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 10.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 3840 x 2160 (30p, 24p), 1920 x 1080 (60p, 30p), 1280 x 720 (60p, 30p), 1280 x 720 (30p), 640 x 480 (30p)
- Format
- MPEG-4, AVCHD
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.54× (0.77× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,040,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC card
- Battery description
- Lithium-ion battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 330
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 487 g (1.07 lb / 17.18 oz)
- Dimensions
- 133 x 78 x 63 mm (5.24 x 3.07 x 2.48″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes (Water and Dust resistant )
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (wired and via smartphone)
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Sources and dates
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