DETAILS Photos of the camera in the ad are of the actual camera for sale. The camera is used and in perfect working order. It comes with the items shown in the photographs, as well as a 3rd party grip if you like to shoot photos and want additional power. There is also an external power supply for all day shooting connected to house power. There are no lenses, just the camera body.
OVERVIEW 10-Bit 4:2:2 Internal Video Capture: Most consumer cameras record in 8-bit, which severely limits how much you can adjust the image. The GH5 captures high-fidelity 10-bit 4:2:2 data. This mirrors cinema-grade workflows, giving you trillions of colors to color-grade, fix lighting, or pull clean green-screen keys without the digital video breaking apart.
True Anamorphic Desqueeze: Hollywood films use specialized anamorphic lenses to get that widescreen look with distinct horizontal lens flares. The GH5 includes a built-in Anamorphic mode that lets you "desqueeze" the image in your display screen in real-time while you shoot, functioning like a pocket-sized movie camera.
No Recording Time Limits: Most standard mirrorless cameras automatically cut off video recording at the 29-minute mark to prevent overheating. The GH5 features a professional internal heat-dissipation design that allows for unlimited, continuous recording in all 4K modes—it will record continuously until your card fills up or your battery dies.
Waveform and Vector Scope Monitors: the GH5 includes actual Waveform and Vectorscope readouts directly on its flip screen. Full Q-Menu & Photo Style Access: Allows color profiles, look-up tables (monitor LUTs) to be loaded into the camera to preview the your shots. Multi-Camera Settings Synchronization: Save and wirelessly copy entire camera profiles and custom calibration settings from one camera to another via the app, dramatically streamlining multi-cam production setups.
Zero-Lag Full Manual Control: The companion mobile app provides a high-resolution wireless live feed with comprehensive manual overrides for shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and ISO. Operate and view your camera remotely through WIFI - ideal for Vlogging and remote setups. The "Steadicam" Handheld Effect (Dual I.S. 2): The GH5 has an industry-leading 5-axis sensor-shift stabilization system inside the body. When paired with a stabilized lens, it physically moves the sensor to absorb hand tremors. You can execute smooth tracking shots and micro-pas entirely handheld, without carrying a heavy gimbal around.Variable Frame Rate (VFR) Up to 180fps: The GH5 allows you to drop into a dedicated slow-motion mode that records up to 180 frames per second in Full HD, allowing you to turn normal human motion into incredibly smooth, high-production slow-motion footage.
Dual UHS-II Hot-Swappable Card Slots: The GH5 features two physical SD card slots that record simultaneously for an instant live backup, or sequentially (relay recording) so the camera switches cards automatically when the first one fills up. 2 cards are included with the camera.
Full-Size Type-A HDMI Terminal: Traditional cameras use fragile Micro-HDMI ports that easily snap or drop signal. The GH5 features a robust, full-sized HDMI port with an included cable lock. This lets you plug directly into production monitors, external field recorders, or studio live-streaming capture cards with a bulletproof, secure connection.
Clean HDMI output for use with an ATEM switcher. This lets you stream high-end, color-accurate 4K video.
Capture 6K Open gate video internally: Despite the fact that the Gh5 is known as a robust 4K camera, the Gh5 sensor is much larger than 4K as it's made for photography as well. The Gh5 in 6K4K PHOTO MODE records 6K video at 24p, 25p, or 30p with sound by using the entire 4:3 sensor. This camera is ideal for people who want to shoot cinematic footage with anamorphic lenses as the lenses will cover the entire sensor and you will lose nothing to cropping. Each frame is a perfect 4992x3744 resolution 18 MP still image.
Physically Tactile Layout: Every critical setting on the GH5—from white balance to ISO and drive modes—has its own dedicated physical button or dial on the weather-sealed magnesium chassis. You can adjust your exposure entirely by touch without taking your eye away from the high-resolution OLED viewfinder. The menu system is also completely customizable.
The Gh5 captures footage in 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 at 60p internally, and ALL-I offers up to 400Mbps for intense scene detail and a professional-grade image.
Major Micro Four Thirds (MFT) Ecosystem Benefits and History Identical Sensor and Gate Dimensions: The physical size of a Micro Four Thirds (MFT) sensor is structurally identical to the classic Hollywood 16mm and Super 16mm motion picture film gates. Shooting on this camera gives you the exact same inherent depth of field, lens perspective, and optical aesthetics prized by traditional filmmakers from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), to the Academy Award winning films The Brutalist (2024), Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), March of the Penguins (2005), and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023).
The Foundation of Golden-Era Television: Because of its quick mobility and lightweight lense, 16mm was the standard broadcast medium for legendary television shows, including the early seasons of The Walking Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sex and the City, Scrubs, and Gilmore Girls. The Micro four thirds format remains a popular shooting format that allows for smaller, more agile, run-and-gun shooting. Drastically Smaller, Lighter Glass: Because the MFT sensor is smaller than full-frame, the corresponding lenses are incredibly compact. You can pack ultra-bright f/1.2 or 100-400mm cinema lenses that weigh a fraction of their massive full-frame equivalents. TheLaowa f/0.95 lens creates an incredible image.
Deeper Native Depth of Field: Yields a wider native plane of sharp focus at matching apertures. This makes tracking moving subjects, shooting high-speed action, or vlogging much more forgiving, keeping more of your scene locked in sharp focus.
More Affordable High-End Lenses: The open MFT lens mount gives you access to hundreds of premium, ultra-sharp lenses from Panasonic, Olympus, Sigma, and Laowa at pricing tiers far lower than full-frame glass ecosystems.20.3 Megapixel Sensor with No Optical Low-Pass Filter: Captures highly detailed, ultra-sharp still images with maximized color fidelity and texture resolution.
6K Photo Mode at 30 Frames Per Second: Extracts a perfect 18-megapixel still frame out of a continuous 30 fps burst sequence, ensuring you never miss a split-second action shot.
80-Megapixel High Resolution Mode: Uses sensor-shift technology to stitch multiple exposures into a massive, ultra-high-resolution RAW file for large-scale landscape and commercial printing.True 24p or 30p recording: Professional cinema cameras shoot at 24 frames per second, while consumer cameras a mobile phone cameras shoot at 23.97 or 29.97. The Gh5 allow you to choose true frame rates, or if you have to match the Gh5 to other cameras, you can also shoot at the drop frame rates.
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