Panasonic as a company is different to other manufacturers, unlike the other Japanese camera makers that jumped into this business back when Made in Japan was a sign of low quality and the Japanese were dead set on making a Leica copycat for 1/3rd the cost. They jumped into the camera business at around the turn of the century, at it’s most disruptive time.
The Panasonic GH4: Being first doesn't always win.
Panasonic as a company is different to other manufacturers, unlike the other Japanese camera makers that jumped into this business back when Made in Japan was a sign of low quality and the Japanese were dead set on making a Leica copycat for 1/3rd the cost. They jumped into the camera business at around the turn of the century, at it's most disruptive time.