@Mimirsan battery life shows a marked improvement. You can comfortably film a 90 minute gig (constant) like I did last night with half battery spare.

@jjj_ri_usa And you can lock down tracking as in (below)

@Driftwood How is the battery life? The GH2's was weak im hoping this has been improved!

@Vitaliy I do not quite understand what you ment. Who seems to be fixed to save some $?

In the interview with Panasonic sales Manager Matthias Matthes, he said, that the GH3 woud stop recording, drop one frame and then continue to record. But maybe this is with the 4 GB limit, when the camera continues to write the video in a new file, once reached the 4GB limit. Not with thw 29:59 recording time limit.

Yep that a confirm on the > 30 min PAL problem.

I quite like some of the Creative Control modes.

I've only had the GH3 for about 36 hours. So far I am very happy. However, it is true that the EVF has issues. I've used a GH1 for 3 years. It's EVF is decent, and I never noticed anything 'unusual' with it.

The EVF on my GH3 will have out of focus areas on the edges, if you are not viewing perfectly straight in, and, that does often happen. But, in my limited experience, this has only happened when viewing MENUs. I've yet to notice this effect when framing shots using the viewfinder. I know that seems strange, but...

Still, for a $1299 camera, it seems like it should have a had a better optical design to the EVF. It is annoying when navigating the menus, but it is not a deal breaker for me.

I've almost NEVER used the LCD screen on my GH1. I'll probably start using the OLED screen on the GH3 for navigating menus.

Perhaps this is a QC issue, and some people have EVFs that are worse than others? But, for me, when viewing menus, it is annoying, but not terribly bad. And, so far, I've never noticed this effect when framing a shot.

PS: Yes, I've adjusted the diopter to get best results for my eyes, but, I still seeing the annoying out of focus fringes on the far edges of the EVF, but, only when viewing menus.

I'm sure it will need an app update as the app was out before the GH3 was a twinkle in an engineers eye.

If everyone who buys a GH3 hits them with email requests they might expedite. If they still have staff left.

I'm hoping for a 6mnth firmware update with focus peaking. I'll miss my varavon loupe on the GH3 for focussing.

I do like the look of some of the GH3's features, but I am struggling to come to terms with the pricing for the UK consumer.. (a typical example)

Current price for GH3 body only on Amazon uk = £1610.41 or $2578.00 Current price for GH3 body only on Amazon us = $1299.00 or £811.23

Isn't anybody else concerned about price trends?

It would be nice to find out the best uk/eu prices or I may need to wait to see if it can be hacked to make the ntsc/pal switchable.

@driftwood, as a gentle and begging reminder, you know that a lot of people here is waiting for your test (the chicken photos comparing gh3 vs gh2) in 1080p !!

Got my GH3 this morning, it just feels a lot more solid than I was expecting, even the shutter sounds a bit more pro. I am giving the battery a full charge before I head out with it into the cold December sunshine

I have ordered the battery grip, but does anyone know if it comes with an extra battery ?

For you lucky dudes that now have the camera, how is the manual? I ask because I found the GH2 manual quite abysmal and often had to search out the answer in an online forum.

@jules @driftwood

Move to proper topic about Loupe.

Hardware 'review' question.. Anyone with a new GH3 also own a Varavon Loup EX? Am assuming with larger body, these Loupes won't work on the GH3.. Can someone confirm?