The Surprisingly Appealing Panasonic FZ300 which just got announced

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"4K video is a huge part of the FZ300 experience. You can record 4K/UHD (3840 x 2160) video at 30p or 24p with full-time AF, manual controls, zebra stripes, 'cinelike' gamma, and much more - all at a bit rate of 100Mbps. If that's a bit too much, 1080/60p and lower resolution modes are also available. If you want to produce slow motion clips, there's a mode which records at 120 fps (1280 x 720). As mentioned earlier, the FZ300 combines optical and digital image stabilization to produce a 5-axis hybrid IS system, though as we've already noted that only kicks in when shooting HD (and lower resolution) video."


If you look past its fixed lens and tiny sensor (similar to a camcorder), then this appears to be a kick ass camera and at very low price! I won't buy it now, but when it comes on sale at half price in a year or two? Hell yeah. (its RRP at release is already under six hundred dollars)


4K video, weather sealing, 25-600mm zoom, constant f/2.8, 'cinelike' gama, 100Mbps, zebras, manual controls, 120fps @ HD, 5 axis stabilisation, mic jack input, and more!!


This could be a wonderful run and gun camera for a reporter, or as a back up camera to keep in the car. (need to grab a quick shot but it started dumping with rain? No problem with the FZ300! Got to get a very far away shot that you didn't bring a quite long enough lens for? No problem with the FZ300! Want a wide angle B cam to shoot 4K in an interview so you can punch in later? No problem with the FZ300! etc etc.... This won't ever be a camera which is perfect at any one specific thing, but will serve as a wonderful jack-of-all-trades to keep around in your tool kit "just in case")


http://www.dpreview.com/articles/10...-know-about-panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz300?slide=8
 
This is close to a perfect 'starter 4K' camera.

My only initial quibble: Would like to have seen Pani put a higher frame rate slo-mo capability in this cam.
 
The FZ1000s lens is 25-400 but recording 4K 37-592mm,it seems the FZ300 or FZ330 in some parts 4k video recording wont be 37 to just under 800mm,if this is true whats different about this camera.
 
constant 2.8 as opposed to variable 2.8-4
1/2.3" sensor as opposed to 1" sensor
I'm sure there's more but that stands out to me
 
I always like to remind people that it seems silly to convert focal length to 35mm but not f-stop. In fact it seems like false advertising for them to call this a 25-600mm f2.8 camera... Expect performance similar to a 25-600mm f16 lens if you are comparing to ff35 (dof, low light, etc).
 
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