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Ordered this on April 24th from Amazon got tired of waiting and ended up getting it from Sammy's. I take well over 20,000 shots a year ( I have reached 43,000 on my G3 and its still going) I have had the GX1, G3, G5 and now the G6.
Spent a full day testing it and here are some results:
Better than the G5 in terms of IQ and sharpness by at least 30 percent and on par with the G3 but much better colors than the latter. The image quality of the G5 was a downgrade from the G3 in my testing over the past year and I tried 3 copies of the G5 and with the 14, 20, 14-42 and 45-150 lenses.
Better features than the G5 more filters/WiFi/NFC/time lapse/60p video Panasonic Image app, etc. etc.
The LCD is very clear and very accurate just like the G3 (the G5 was horrible in colors on the screen and did not accurately represent what you were taking a picture of).
Navigation through menus and the Touch Screen are much faster and shot to shot is faster than the G5 and G3.
Picture Quality is very sharp even in low light (see night shot on back porch).
The build at first seems a little more plasticky and lighter than both the G3 and G5 but after holding it and using it for a bit and picking it and carrying it around for a day, it seems the right balance doesn't tire your hands and doesn't seem like it will break easily oh and the battery compartment is a lot better than both the G3 and G5.
The 14-42 Kit lens is so much smaller than the previous ones and more solid (metal) it looks small just like the Olympus ones.
The video is also better on the G6 than the G5 by 20 percent.
Focus is also faster and more accurate on the G6 than both G3 and G5 and is very noticeable if you have used either of the older models for any length of time.
Overall the images come out really nice and sharp. Colors like red and blue and others are beautifully saturated.
I took higher ISO photos in ISO 1250, 1600, 2000 and 3200 and they are very clear indeed again much better than the water color effect the G5 had at only 1600.
The battery life is better than the G3 and around the same as the G5 which is pretty good.
I ordered the new F3.5 14-140 Lens and will probably wait forever for it, but seeing how that it is also a smaller lens compared to the prior 14-140 and m43 lenses in general are small you have a complete imaging machine in your hands !
My friends this camera has the best of everything you could want from a camera for the Family, enthusiast and even semi-pro, great image and video quality, cool filters, features like stop motion and time lapse, the ability to control and share images from a phone or tablet, nice compact lenses, snappy response.
Goodbye Dino-SLRs !!! you are too big, too heavy, too expensive and do not have better image quality and I am saying this after trying a bunch of Canons and Nikons.
******* UPDATE: 7/2/13
I tested some more features today and I am still convinced that this is the best compact camera to buy right now.
The new lens and subsequent in-camera software do a great job of eliminating practically all distortion ie. I am not seeing the outer parts of a picture curved like the previous kit lens.
Also I tried some tree/branches and do not see any Chromatic Aberration (purple fringing).
Panasonic's Auto Focus, AWB and exposure have always been excellent, but this camera really does an excellent job and the color reproduction is so close to what you see with your own eyes.
Time lapse works really well and is completely configurable.
Panorama this is the only camera that does this properly AND allows you to do 4 different directions left to right, right to left, up and down and down and up !!! I uploaded samples.
Panasonic seemed to have fixed problems that the G5 had with the flash indoors colors would come out too orange.
I used the WiFi feature with the Panasonic Image App from the Play Store on my Galaxy Note 2 to take pics and video and it is very fast.
The ergonomics of the camera are great, my hands are not getting tired of holding the camera and the grip is perfect.
If Panasonic made a camera like this with all these features that actually work and are not marketing gimmicks and popped in a nice big full frame sensor they would put Sony, Nikon and Canon out of business !
******* UPDATE: 7/12/13
Just received the new 14-140 F3.5 !
Again I got tired of waiting for Amazon and ordered it Tuesday night from PanaCam and received it Friday Morning !!
I now have probably the most full featured Camera Imaging machine available on the market !!!
The new 14-140 lens is not that big, its a little fatter and a little longer but balances the camera out perfectly.
I put a couple of pics to compare the size of the new lens next to the Kit lens.
I am going to spend the day shooting with it and post a review on the 14-140 lens Amazon page.
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