GH3 GH3 on hexacopter makes BBC-TV news history

[Peter J. DeCrescenzo]

For their first-ever use of a "hexacopter" drone to shoot a TV news story, the BBC reportedly selected the GH3 as the on-board camera.

Video and article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24709180
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24712136

Reference to GH3 reported here (reTweeted by Dan Chung):
https://twitter.com/JonntyBryant/status/395196760043552768

 

[Bern Caughey]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[nigelbb]

Interesting to note that the camera they are using is a Panasonic G6 with a Panasonic 14mm F/2.5 lens.

 

[Peter J. DeCrescenzo]

Interesting to note that the camera they are using is a Panasonic G6 with a Panasonic 14mm F/2.5 lens.

On closer inspection, I agree the camera body shown in the BTS video is not a GH3. For example, the little knob alongside the EVF doesn't match my GH3. It's definitely not a G6 either (buttons don't match).

The body & buttons appear to be identical to my GH2.

 

[nigelbb]

I was 90% sure that it is a G6 as I downloaded the video & stepped through a large image frame by frame while holding my G6 alongside the monitor. The 512x288 resolution isn't great so details aren't very visible & it is in a cage within a gimbal. Now I have reviewed it again the EVF doesn't look quite right for the G6 so as it's definitely not a GH3 the only other Lumix it can be is a GH2. It's definitely the 14mm F/2.5 lens.