But basketball is among the most challenging sports for a camera's AF system to succeed in. DFD has proven to be capable at maintaining focus on a rapidly approaching subject (spoiler alert from our upcoming review: the G9 aces our bike test).

The Panasonic G9 by comparison uses contrast detection and the company's Depth-from-Defocus AF. However all the cameras I've used courtside have offered some sort of phase detection AF. I’ve been shooting college hoops on and off for ten years and in that time have used closed to 25 different cameras, starting with the Nikon D100. To put it simply, basketball seems like inside the realm of what someone would expect to be able to shoot with the G9. It is also priced similarly to Nikon's APS-C flagship, the D500.

While not advertised as a sports camera, the G9 is slated as the brand's top stills-oriented body, and has impressive burst specs to boot. I brought the Panasonic G9 along to a University of Washington vs Loyola Marymount NCAA basketball game.

Shooting Experience Photographing NCAA basketball with the Panasonic Lumix DC-G9

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