Panasonic has removed the curtain at Photokina to show to the rest of the world their latest baby, the Lumix GH2. There’s a 16 megapixel Live MOS sensor, SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card slot, Micro Four Thirds mount, 23 points of auto focus tracking, face detection and so on that will make you drool. ISO range from 160 to 12,800, hot shoe accessory mount, 3-inch twistable rear LCD, mini HDMI output, a 2.5mm remote / external microphone input and a 1080/60i movie mode, or record 1080/24p at 24Mbps (the highest in AVCHD format). What’s even special is the ability to take 3D photos with Panasonic’s new interchangeable 3D lens.

The GH2 will ship in black and silver by “early December,” with a body-only model going for $899.95, a 14-42mm bundle going for $999.95 and a 14-140mm bundle for $1,499.95.

Along with the announcing of the GH2, Panasonic also introduced three new interchangeable lenses for its G Series of cameras, and as predicted, one of those is the world’s first interchangeable 3D lens, the H-FT012. It features two optical systems installed within the diameter of the lens mount, creating stereo images from the left and right lenses that are then processed with a 3D image processing system. The company claims that there’s no time lag between left and right images, even when shooting objects in motion, and naturally, all images produced from it will display just beautifully on your 3D Viera television. Also, a trifecta of firmware updates (detailed after the break) are slated for release this fall, with the most major of them enabling the Lumix G2 to play nice with the H-FT012 3D lens.

SOURCE via Engadget