Panasonic Lumix G9 II
Typical pricing right now
How we compute thisToday's price sits in the middle of its recent range. The 90-day window runs from $1,179 to roughly today's $1,279. 67% of the $1,899 MSRP. Prices are up 3.2% over the last 30 days.
- Lowest now
- $1,279
- MSRP
- $1,899
- vs MSRP
- -33%
- 90-day low
- $1,179
- All-time low
- $1,179 (Jul 9, 2026)
- 30-day trend
- +3.2%
The first "modern" camera I used, it was a revelation.
I borrowed the G9 II for two weeks through Panasonic's Lumix rental program and it reset my sense of what a modern camera can do. The phase-detect autofocus got me my first bird photos, the Leica 12-60mm it came with handled low light I'd have skipped with my Canon 80D, and it fit my hand better than any body I've held. A deal on an OM-1 got my money, but the G9 II stays on my tracked list. I may switch back when prices align. Or I will just have two, competitive MFT bodies (don’t tell my wife).
Sample photos
Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.
Browse shots on FlickrSpecs
- Brand
- Panasonic
- Family
- Panasonic Lumix G
- Category
- body
- Body type
- Mirrorless
- Mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Sensor
- MFT
- Megapixels
- 25.2 MP
- Lens type
- —
- Sensor family
- Panasonic 25MP Four Thirds CMOS
- Autofocus
- Phase Detection
- AF system
- Panasonic Phase Hybrid AF
- IBIS
- 5-axis 8-stop
- Weather sealed
- Yes
- Max video
- 5.7K60
- Max native ISO
- ISO 25,600
- Weight
- 658 g
- Dimensions
- 134 × 102 × 90 mm
- Body material
- magnesium alloy
- Released
- 2023-09-12
- Status
- current
Notes
manual MSRP
Computational features
Closest non-Olympus body for the full computational suite: pixel-shift, handheld high-res, Live View Composite, focus stacking, and pre-burst.
Autofocus & action
Birds-in-flight keeper rate
#20 on Mirrorless Comparison's AF rankingBirds-in-flight keeper rates come from Mirrorless Comparison. They shoot thousands of frames per body in the field and count how many come back sharp, which is the most useful hands-on autofocus test for wildlife we've found. Go read the full birds-in-flight rankings and their per-camera field notes.
See the full birds-in-flight test at Mirrorless Comparison →- AF system
- Hybrid (phase + contrast)
- Focus points
- 779 areas
- Subject detection
- Human eye/face, Animal, Vehicle, Airplane, Train
- Burst (mechanical)
- 10 fps
- Burst (electronic)
- 75 fps
- Buffer
- ~200 RAW+JPEG at 60fps
- Pre-burst capture
- Pre-burst recording
- Card slots
- 2 (Dual SD UHS-II)
- Sensor readout
- Standard CMOS
First G-series MFT with on-sensor PDAF; 60fps AFC / 75fps AFS electronic shutter.
Latest pricing by source
Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.| Source | Condition | Price | Listings | Observed | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mpb | excellent → excellent | $1,279 | 5 | Observed 13h ago | view listing |
| mpb | like new → mint | $1,349 | 6 | Observed 13h ago | view listing |
Price history
One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.
See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.
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Compare 3+ camerasHow we compute each section
References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.
1. Price history
- #1.1 · Grade buckets
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Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set:
mint,excellent,good,fair,poor, andunknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping. - #1.2 · Missing days
- A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
- #1.3 · Color encoding
- Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.