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Thanks to a chance encounter I was able to very briefly try a GH3 this week in Barcelona. The camera was on loan from Panasonic and not available to the public to try, it was part of the private beta test program but they very kindly let me give my impressions of it after a brief 20 minute play with the camera behind closed doors. Again this was not the final…

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/49944730[/vimeo] This week I was loaned a GH3 body for a short time at Photokna by Panasonic. This test footage was shot in 1080/25p ALL-I mode at 72Mbit, with two slow mo-sequences of Pocahontas and the juggler shot in AVCHD 1080/50p at 50Mbit. I also had a go at grading the GH3 footage with Peter Patten of Apple.

Above: Inoue helped conceive the GH3 and was a mechanical designer on the well regarded Panasonic L1 (inset) For my hands on test of the Panasonic GH3 pre-production model read this! Yoshiyuki Inoue is the senior engineering planner at Panasonic. A mechanical designer on the Panasonic L1 back in the Four Thirds days, that camera is now fondly rememberd for a beautiful optical viewfinder, Leica M style build and cutting edge design.…

Panasonic’s Philipp Wolf showed me the inner-workings of the new GH3 at Photokina today. I was then let loose with the camera to shoot some test footage in 1080/25p ALL-I and 50Mbit 1080/50p mode. This camera was running firmware version v0.4 and so by no means final yet. What I found impressed me.

Updated version: 17.36 GMT Described by Panasonic as a semi-professional ‘creative HD hybrid’ and a flagship model for the company, the Panasonic GH3 is finally here – 2 years after the GH2 arrived. The official unveiling answers some of the mysteries too.

Click the icon to follow EOSHD on Twitter for live updates I will be travelling to Cologne in the afternoon for Photokina 2012 which starts on Tuesday. Tomorrow is the press day where all the new cameras and lenses go official. It will be a fast moving day so be sure to follow me on Twitter for live updates.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/49420579[/vimeo] Could this be the moment Panasonic finally get the wider acceptance they deserve for the GH line? Here’s the first promotional short movie shot on the Panasonic GH3 by Philip Bloom.

Above – the new GH3 (click image to enlarge) First sample videos will be uploaded here – https://vimeo.com/groups/gh3 The GH3 will be revealed on Monday September 17th at a Panasonic press conference in Cologne, home of this year’s Photokina 2012. EOSHD will be there when the show opens on Tuesday to get all the juicy hands-on details.