The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK is one of the recent Micro Four Thirds mirrorless interchangeable lenses produced by the Japanese brand Panasonic and sold in a kit with the 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6. Inside the box, you will find a lens hood, a USB cable, a CD with the software, the belt, the lithium-ion battery and charger. The camera has a good quality / price ratio, and you can buy it at a price about $599.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK – Ergonomics and Processing
The body, made of plastic, is built with care, is compact and lightweight, sober and professional look similar to that of an SLR. The buttons on the back are easily accessible, as well as programmable and allows a quick change basic setting without having to go into the menu.
The shooting mode dial, presents a number of options: In aperture priority, shutter priority S, P, Programmed, Manual and other automatic for those just starting out. The combined optical, unfortunately, is of lower quality than the camera body, there is a feeling of little strength, the zoom range is not very fluid. It might be a bit more to the situation.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK – Features
It features a 16 megapixel sensor and a new image processor Venus Engine that provides excellent noise reduction. The focus is very fast even in low-light conditions, and also the firing frequency is a remarkable 7 frames per second. Through the new OLED electronic viewfinder (obviously not compare with a light) there is an excellent view of the scene, which is well-defined and contrasted with its 1,440,000 pixels.
Moreover, always from it, you can review your shots. Depending on whether you approach or turn away from the camera body, you enable / disable the viewfinder and the LCD monitor, the one to the exclusion of the other. The 3-inch touch screen is sensitive and responsive. With excellent resolution and brightness, it is also foldable and can therefore, easily take in all situations, without having to assume uncomfortable positions.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK is also equipped with an integrated Wi-Fi module, not really easy to set up, but still handy for sharing images and control the camera remotely via smartphones and tablets both iOS devices (the iPhone is compatible not only 5S) and Android. To do this, of course, you first need to download free from the app store from Panasonic.
To take council to use the manual mode and would avoid the scenes, not really optimal. You can save photos in raw format, raw jpeg and jpeg. I find it very convenient ” Quick Menu ” with which you can assign to each of the five buttons on the back, the five most frequently used functions.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK – Performance
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK returns-quality images, with a good dynamic range, excellent color and exposure, even if it sometimes is not always perfect. The multi-zone metering system works very well. The images in jpeg have natural colors with a good amount of detail and a nice contrast. As regards the sealing at high ISO, we can obtain well-defined images up to 2500/3200 ISO, above you start to see the loss of quality.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK – Conclusion
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KK is a camera suitable for those looking for something more handsome than a compact, but lighter than an SLR. It is a simple and intuitive camera, especially with so many features and convenient to carry around, has pretty much everything you could want.
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