A reputed company electronics company always promises to have the best electronic products with the world. Panasonic is a brand name of electronics and cameras and always deserves the best reviews from their clients.

And the Panasonic Compact System Camera GF series is like one of those series of compact system cameras which are really appreciated by the camera lovers and the camera geeks. The earlier version of the Panasonic Compact System Camera GF micro four thirds compact system camera series which is the Panasonic Compact System Camera GF3 was able to get a huge appreciation from all sorts of people.

Recently Panasonic has decided to release another member of the Panasonic Compact System Camera GF series. When they named it they skipped the next available number, 4, naming it instead Panasonic GF5 which is the new Panasonic Compact System Camera of their GF Series.

The differences between the GF3 and GF5 Panasonic Compact System Cameras are minimal but the GF5 series brings out some new some advanced features.

Summary of differences between Panasonic Compact System Camera GF3 and GF5

1. Both the GF3 and GF5 have the 12 MP sensor, but Panasonic  has told that the 12 MP sensor used in the micro four thirds GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera is improved when compared to the  GF3 and that it performs quite very well in low light and high contrast situations. To improve the JPEG quality they have introduced a new processing engine which is called Venus VII HD2. For the noise reduction a new technique has been introduced by Panasonic called 3DNR.
2. As per Panasonic automatic focus of the micro four thirds GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera is better when compared to the micro four thirds GF3 camera.
3. The MP4 format videos are now possible with the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera and it is now also possible to record the audio via microphone which stays on top of the set.
4. Eight new art filters have been integrated in the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera
5. The display got updated from 460k dot to 921k dot and got the touch screen controls like in the GX1 Panasonic Compact System Camera.
6. Number of frames per second grows from 3.2 to 4.

Panasonic made the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera more reliable at capturing JPEG pictures with the Venus VII HD2 processor and 3DNR technology. The GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera also features high quality video recording capabilities. It can record 1920×1080 60i HD quality videos in AVCHD format. A dedicated button on the top of the set is placed for capturing video with the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera. It is also possible to record videos in MP4 quality and can be viewed directly by the PC or can be transported via memory card or other stuffs.

Photos of the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera with 14-42 X lens

Panasonic GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera with 14-42 X lens and integrated flash

Panasonic GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera with 14-42 X lens

Panasonic GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera with 14-42 X lens white body

 Price of the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera

The price of the GF5 Panasonic Compact System Camera is of US$750,which comes with the compact 14-52mm X kit lens. You can also get the bulky GF5 with the older 14-42mm lens but this is not really going with the idea of a small and compact cameras envisioned in this Panasonic Compact System Camera .