![]() ![]() Very good sharpness overall, with only minor edge-enhancement artifacts on high-contrast subjects. Use these numbers to compare with other cameras of similar resolution, or use them to see just what higher resolution can mean in terms of potential detail. We weren't able to extract significantly more resolution by processing the Panasonic G9's RW2 file using Adobe Camera Raw, and the ACR conversion also shows much higher color moiré which is practically nonexistent in the camera JPEG. (Some might argue for higher, but lines begin to merge and aliasing artifacts begin to interfere at these limits.) Complete extinction of the pattern occurred between 3,500 and 3,600 lines per picture height in both directions. ![]() In a best-quality camera JPEG, our laboratory resolution chart reveals sharp, distinct line patterns to just over 2,700 lines per picture height horizontally, and to about 2,750 lines in the vertical direction. Despite the bright appearance of the mannequin's white shirt, very few highlights are actually blown which is quite good, though there are some very deep shadows that contain very good detail, but are discolored with a greenish tint. Exposure accuracy was about average, as the camera required +0.7 EV compensation to keep facial skin tones reasonably bright. Skin tones were realistic in our "Sunlit" Portrait shot, with a healthy-looking pinkish tint. In simulated daylight, the Panasonic G9 performed quite well. Natural colors overall, with a tendency toward high contrast under harsh lighting. (Our test lighting for this shot is a mixture of 60 and 100 watt household incandescent bulbs, a pretty yellow light source, but a very common one in typical home settings here in the U.S.) The Panasonic G9 required +0.3 EV exposure compensation here, which is about average for this shot. The Manual (Custom) white balance setting produced very neutral results. Results with the Incandescent setting were much too warm, with a strong orange-yellow cast. Indoors, under normal incandescent lighting, color balance was warm with the default Auto white balance (AWB) setting, however when AWBc was selected, colors were more neutral though with a slight magenta tint. Average amount of exposure compensation required. Very good color balance with the Manual setting. Warm color casts with default Auto and Incandescent white balance settings. See thumbnails of all test and gallery images See full set of test images with explanations That's slightly better than average hue accuracy these days. The G9's mean "delta-C" color error after correction for saturation was 4.67 at the base ISO of 200 (100 is an extended ISO). ![]() The typical Panasonic yellow to green shift and desaturation still exists producing slightly dingy yellows, but it's not as pronounced as some earlier models. The Panasonic G9 shifted orange toward yellow moderately and yellow toward green mildly, while cyan was shifted toward blue by quite a bit (for better-looking skies), but other hue shifts were quite minor. Where oversaturation is most problematic is on Caucasian skin tones, as it's very easy for these "memory colors" to be seen as too bright, too pink, too yellow, etc. The Panasonic G9 produced natural-looking Caucasian skin tones with a slight boost to pinks with either Auto or Manual white balance in simulated daylight. This is simply because most people like their color a bit brighter than life. Most consumer digital cameras produce color that's more highly saturated (more intense) than found in the original subjects. Still, overall default saturation levels are quite pleasing and keep in mind saturation can be adjusted. The Lumix G9 pumps dark blues and dark red moderately, some other colors mildly, but undersaturates yellow a bit more than we'd like. The Panasonic G9 produced a default mean saturation of about 109.3% (9.3% oversaturated) at the base ISO of 200, which is fairly typical. Thus, hue-accurate, highly saturated colors appear as lines radiating from the center. Hue changes as you travel around the center. ![]() More saturated colors are located toward the periphery of the graph. In the diagram above, the squares show the original color, and the circles show the color that the camera captured at base ISO. Typical mean saturation levels, with good hue accuracy. ![]()
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