Review

https://www.pocket-lint.com/cameras/reviews/panasonic/142737-panasonic-lumix-g9-review-the-finest-mirrorless-camera-that-money-can-buy

Review

http://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-g9

Manual

https://dlc.panasonic-europe-service.com/EUDocs/GetDoc.aspx?did=258017&fmt=PDF&lang=en&src=3&uilang=en-GB&model=DCG9EB

Dpreview doesn't do the Panasonic G9 justice but you can still read their so called review if you desire:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dc-g9

Only a quick mention (from many they've omitted to write about the it). The G9's EVF has a magnification of 0,83x equivalent in 35mm terms, making it the absolute biggest viewfinder you can find in any digital DSLR or mirrorless camera to date (with the exception of medium format ones). :)

For those interested in a quick user experience review:

I just received the Panasonic G9 that I've preorderd some time ago.

It's hack of a camera!

The first impression was, WOW this stays so good in the hand that I don't what to let it go. Leaving th jokes aside, I think it has the best ergonomy I've ever laid my hand on, period!

Then I looked through the viewfinder: WOW again! This is huuuge (an cinema like experience). It's sharp from center to the corners, very bright, with very accurate colors and great resolution. I also couldn't spot the dots, so it's life like.

Then I tried to take the first image with my Leica Noctocron: WOW for the third time! It has a blazing fast AF. It's hard to tell how fast it is, course it's that fast. :)

Image quality it's like expected: to my taste up until ISO 3200 very god and ISO 6400 good. In utter emergency I'd maximum go until ISO 12800.The JPG quality is fantastic and I will definitely use this camera in RAW + JPG mode, for best quality and convenience.

My real life measurement found a maximum of 2 and 2/3 DR stops in the highlights and 5 DR stops in the shadows, besides the usual 8 DR stops in the corrected exposed image. Resulting in a 15,6 total DR stops. For my taste I would call a 4 stops of shadows DR very usable and above 2 DR stops in the highlights, a little bit over 14 very usable stops of DR. The measurements where done at ISO 100.

OBS: I did not measure the DR as DXO does. I simply underexposed one stop after another then recovered the shadows in post. The same in highlights but with more precision after 2 full stops of overexpose (in 1/3 to 1/3 increments) + the default 8 stops found in the correct exposed image.

The video quality is beyond expectations. The 4K is very detailed, with great colors and nice DR. Up until ISO 3200 It's hard to spot the noise and at ISO 6400 you see it but it's low. I can definitely use this camera up until ISO 6400 (included) without any worries in the noise department. The maximum ISO I would use is 10.000 cause at maximum 12800 value I see some color shifts which I tend to avoid.

Stabilization seams to work very well with the Leica Noctocron but I was not so interested in finding it's limits, yet.

In short, the Panasonic G9 is a great pleasure to use.

Samples

https://www.dpreview.com/samples/4777923155/gallery-update-panasonic-lumix-dc-g9

Panasonic DC-G9EG-K for $1559 EUR

https://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B077BV4P31/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

@Vitaliy Any chance of future firmware update for V-LOG, LOG GAMA, 10 bits and 4:2:2, ALL-I codecs etc?

I kinda prefer g9 colors over gh5. or hack possibility? :)

https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/newproduct/1099804.html

Can the 30 min time restriction be bypassed like in the G7?

Panasonic G9 Field Test Part I:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2018/01/24/panasonic-g9-field-test-part-i-can-the-micro-four-thirds-camera-keep-up-wit