Panasonic GH6 - One Great Reason to Switch Back to Micro Four Thirds
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I've lost count of how much tech I bought over the years thanks to Kai's videos! This one is no exception!
@Dalton Beauregard oh yeah absolutely! I just need to come up with a small fortune to get it!
This camera is amazing. I really don't understand why everyone on youtube now thinks they need large format (full frame) video while hollywood is still content with S35 sensors for 90% of their films. Plus, run a speed booster on MFT and you essentially have a S35 sensor. I'm still pretty convinced MFT is they most versatile system available for lower budget filmmakers. Also I think it's pretty cool it still shoots stills - doesn't get used very often on my GH5, but once in a while I'm glad to have it.
Speed booster, eh? So you're gonna destroy even more image quality after being compared to large format video?
Hollywood has every aspect of the film under control. The lightning, lenses and focus etc. many youtubers on the other hand are one person team and having a reliable auto focus, good iso performance and more dynamic range is important. that's why people prefer the full frame cameras like the sony's and the canon's
@@trym2121 Clearly you've never used a GH5 and speedbooster. Unless you're pixel peeping or shooting natgeo/planet earth wildlife footage (and not uploading to youtube) you won't notice a decrease in quality from a speedbooster. Not to mention tons of people are putting soft/mist filters in front of their lenses anyway to get that 'cinematic' look, which is going to be a hell of a lot worse for your image quality than a speedbooster
@@maoraharon21 I guess that's a good point. If you don't have the time or ability to properly compose/light and set up a shot and need to rely on the camera to do it all for you, then large format certainly can offer a lot more room for error.
nah fam
I've used my G9 for 98% stills over the past 4(?)years. Shot motorsports stuff I'm very proud of. Learn your system; and dfd works fine for motorsports! I'll likely add a gh-6 body.
the best camera is not the one you have with you but the one you know how to use......love my G9.... but cant help wondering more than passing eye at this....
Kai, I just love what you do! And I'm really glad, that you and Lok are working together! Best team on the YT-webs! 👍👍♥♥ btw... STILL LOVE watching all your DRTV classics! They never get old to me! I got to know Hong Kong through these videos, and I pinned a lot of places on my virtual tours through the streets there! Unforgettable memories :) Thank you! 😍😍
Tha fact that it's good for photos as well is the main reason this is interesting for me. I use the GH5 II all the time for photography
"I'm all in for this" --Kai W. OK I will buy it! Because Kai rocks.
impressed by the real life AF on people. parafocality of the lenses also helped
Good to see the dynamic duo back at it again
I reckon it's the perfect wedding video camera. You can shoot 4K/120 all day long for dreamy slomo and you can leave the gimbal and monopod at home because it's so stable. Only the MFT form factor allows for that level of image stabilisation. It's truly unique. I went from full-frame canon and moved to the G9 when it was finally time to retire the 5Dii. I'm kind of addicted to the smaller lenses and the stupidly useful IBIS. I think the GH6 would be my ideal camera. And yes, I'd use it for stills all day long. The only thing better than the GH6 is two GH6 cameras :)
I think handheld 100MP is a gamechanger - especially from some of the test results I've seen. I think it's just as useful for stills as it is for video. I'd shoot a wedding with it (stills).
The still would be bad compared to ff
The 100MP mode is PERFECT for copying medium to large format film. It would complement my old Bronica ETRSi nicely.
@@Yupthereitism Its not. I've shot a ton of commercial work with a GH5. I own 3 other FF cameras. People who make this statement have never shot M43 with decent lenses (the Panny 42.5, any Olympus prime).
You need a stash of external ssd's if you want to shoot 4k/100fps all day long.
@@marklondon8793 my dream lens would be the 10 - 25 f1.7 as my fullfame focal range is 20 to 50mm at F3.5. There just isnt a full frame lens that could replace a 20 24 35 and 50 - so excited at this.
GH6 + Speed booster = Perfect
The Great Thai is legendary. Such a great restaurant.
Just bought your beginner film photography book, love your channel!
The comment about a GH5 or this having 0 shutter clicks after years of use is how I got a GX85 to use as a backup/walk around body for stills for a solid used price with like 140 shutter count. I still really like the images I get out of my E-M1 Mark II and GX85, I see zero reason to sell it all and move my primary kit to another platform. I also like the ~16mp spot so much so that I've considered selling the E-M1 and picking up an E-M5 Mark II to get some of those features/slr style body to compliment the small rangefinder style GX85.
my favorite duo. so nice to see u 2 together
I love the three dudes just chillin' vibe this gives of.
It takes you both to give the "real" experience. A good thing that Lok is "back"! I hope not "everyone" wants FF, because I don't. I wish the OM-1 would be near this GH6 in resolution and video capabilities …
DCI 4K 10-bit up to 60p and 1080p up to 240p is pretty darn good. The OM-1 can shoot ProRes RAW as well. It's no GH6, but it's good enough for 95% of people.
@@danieldougan269 The OM-1 is not a 95% camera, this is OMDS's top-level (professional) camera. This is were every detail matters. What counts in favor of the OM-1 is the hybrid autofocus and maybe a bit better low-light performance, and that it works better with Olympus/OMDS lenses. For everything else, the GH6 is more attractive (even for a non-videographer like me). I'm not a pro and I'm not currently in the market for a new MFT camera (having two Olympus models at my disposal). If Panasonic puts the 25 MP sensor in a "lesser", more affordable model, it might be the deciding factor for me when the time comes up to buy a new body.
Small m43 cameras is what I want to come back
I just ordered one primarily for stills. I'll use it for video quite a lot too, but I shoot stills far more often and this is a huge upgrade over my g9 in that department. The video out of this looks at least 2 stops better than the gh5 at high iso. Carried over into photos with all my noktons and I'll be a happy club photographer.
I have a G9 and debating this or the OM-1, which seems to be more stills and wildlife focused, which I do a decent amount of. But I have done and hope to do more video, so obviously this is the better choice in that regard. Not sure which way I'm gonna go and hopefully will get some comparisons on still image quality between the two.
If you're mainly into stills and committed to M43, for the same price you can get an OM-1 with much better stills capability. The GH-6 is very video-centric by comparison.
Why would you pay this money for stills? This is a camera for video dude. Take that money and get an R6 if you want stills. A micro four thirds for stills doesn't make sense
You are wasting your money
I'm coming from a G9 and also mainly shoot stills. I'd strongly consider this one but I agree with the comments the the OM1 may be better. I love the handling and buttons on the Panasonic cameras but the OM1 may be my first Olympus.
Where the hell you get that damn fish pole camera holder LOL i need one buddy
Full-frame is a PITA for everything except TH-cam vlogging and portrait photography. Once a camera rig exceeds 3 lbs, it needs more support than you can sustain long-term with your wrists alone. With full-frame, your handheld options are pretty much limited to prime lenses. With MFT IBIS, you can easily use just about any wide or midrange lens handheld. The MFT advantage is even greater shooting video on a gimbal or monopod. Apertures f2.8 and lower are frequently needed for indoor video, and MFT offers many lens options. With full-frame, fast apertures produce such narrow depth-of-field it's a real challenge to keep moving subjects in focus. Both the GH6 and the GH5s can shoot video at ISO 6400 in 10-bit 422 with just as much dynamic range as any full-frame camera at literally half the weight and half the cost.
The boys are back in town!
perfect camera., MFT is here to stay. Panasonic is the camera of choice for those who know and not for those marketing victims
5:50 you can change the record button to waveform
That is exactly what I did on my S5!
Dude... super excited about a new flagship M43 from Panasonic. Solid upgrade!
The IBIS is amazing.
Just ordered this, just came across your channel too, I chose this to mix with my drone footage ✌🏼
OMG - 1:13 they've actually DEDICATED a record button next to lens - have been running GH5 since 2017 and remapped the button on opposite side, front of body for focus pulling/record ergonomics
And Kai is back,that so good :)
Kai. thanks. nearly all other reviewers say AF suxx. your demo showed it's not bad, no Sony Canon PDAF, but it appears to be a tad smarter. I think your pal is right. ok AF seems to be somewhat good, but try it longer, like a month. see how it does in different situations. the Pro Res is pretty video....close to S1H. do more reviews on gh6. regards, Marty Sender You Tube
I really think part of the others usage is user error, inadvertently touching the screen putting the focus box in the corner etc. Kai’s had lots of experience with LUMIX cameras so seemingly knows how to make it perform its best
Hugh Brownstone of Three Blind Men and an Elephant on YT actually showed it's better than the A7IV in some cases. GH6 has great af, I still wish Panasonic would go PDAF, but I also can't fault the GH6 here, they figured something out for it they didn't have before.
@@tankerbruja you are dreaming sir. the AF on the gh6 is awful. same as my gh5 PULSING. i predict a lot of people will avoid it.
@@tankerbruja 2200 for a camera that does not reliable autofocus. LOL. are you kidding man?
@@martysender5539 you really sound like you have only ever shot video solo, and of your own face. most film makers have focus pullers and will not be using af anyways, but for those who do, GH6 does seem to be vastly improved over it's predecessors, literally every channel I watch it looks much stickier.
I won't be getting one myself as it's very video focused, but I won't ignore that it is the best contrast af on the market.
but again, I really wish Panasonic would just get some PDAF. but I'm not really a fan girl of any one brand. so unlike you seem to, I have no allegiances. I use wtvr tool is right for the job. c:
stay sensible friend.
I have full frame and micro 4/3 cameras. Each have advantages and disadvantages. Most people never use the high mp size of large sensors. I have wonderful large prints from my old 12mp nikon D700. I think I will add this camera to my collection.
I think it might well do wonderfully in blended modes of normal with the high res mode of 100 mp for landscape photography.Nice and small and light.
I think the high res mode would also work on family outdoor portraits for the really big prints.
I just bought an old D200 because the way that CCD handles skin is so unique and beautiful :-) I have M43, APS-C and FF cameras in my kit. Use the right tool for the job.
Imho the C-AF is really quite good, if it can stick to and track aircraft properly. I think a camera's Autofocus is only great if it can track really fast moving subjects. Without rolling shutter in video mode (like on my Sony A6300).
I never dikm very fast moving subjects, most people dont.
The A6300 has terrible rolling shutter... Though I'm a Fuji shooter so I'm spoiled
I've been tempted to pick up one of these up.. since the gh5. now I'm even more tempted.
exciting release
Really like this kind of real review
Oh man I have so much work to do but just got a notification that a new video dropped. Work or video? Video it is 😅
I love my GH2, GH3, GH4R and my GH5 but I finally switched everything over to Sony. There's still a little niggle I've made a mistake (for video) but as I shoot stills I wanted a great hybrid. I also didn't want three different manufacturers (I had Nikon too) with all their different lenses and batteries. This way I can streamline my bags, great for my aging back.
Yay for Dan! By the way, A&W Root Beer doesn't taste like Sarsi at all! Pour it into a chilled beer mug and toss a lump of vanilla ice cream into that!
Been waiting for your review of this camera ma boi ❤️
V-Log is just plain good looking. If all of those nice changes from the 5, 5ii to the 6; you will see the next generation of full frame really do some big leaps. They're just too many of those full-frame cameras that are overheating that that fan is indispensable. The fixing of face tracking and the stabilization on the software side they're just going to be able to roll that into the next camera and everything else they produce.
For my work, M43 is best. I shoot live theatre, concerts and dance shows. Keeping more in focus with a deeper depth of field is better for me. I use two GH5’s a GH5 ii and a GH6.
Handheld High Res with motion compensation. Delicious.
looks awesome, had an S1 and although loved the images that came out of it, the AF was very inconsistent for both stills and video and I now learn they have ditched the S1 to go along with the S1R leaving only the S5.
2:08 I liked how he unscrewed the camera 😵💫😆
I am sure autofocus is working so well because they trained it with your goofy videos or similar.
Great work. Great to see the af of GH6 actually works more reliably if not perfect. Kai, are you gonna review the OM systems OM1 ?
I sold my GH5S and almost all my m4/3 gear a few years ago to go full frame (for various reasons I won’t go into) but I just bought a GH6! (though I’m not selling all my full frame gear). Gotta say it feels like coming home again… there’s just something about the picture I still adore in the GH lines I’ve always loved and the GH6 just improves that even more, particularly the colours and not to mention the added features and resolutions/bitrates. Can’t wait to see what comes in the first major firmware update 👀
You have GAS bro
If they ever get this centuries focus type I’ll get one
it really comes down to lens weight. no not the hulking lenses u chose. I mean the pana 42.5, the 12-34, the leica 15. What's missing is a small cheap light 10mm-xx for vloggers. hulking leica beast 10mm no good. I did a trip with 10 lenses and cam in a mini bacpack. the s5 is tempting mainly if not only for the chance to have 18mm and 16mm.
8:15 - Dan has got good taste in soft drinks.
35sec you got lens cap on - still excited :D
Great to see you Dan! Andy D
Please, bring back GARCIA!!!!! You guys make great videos.
Awsome camera, one of the best in the market.
Great video, always more information than promised :D
Please do not park on the pavement, not only is it illegal but it causes issues for the partially sighted and blind. Thanks 😊 Enjoyed the review
Closer to one million followers!!!!!!!!!
New studio space looks great!
8:53 im glad they didn't do a double CF. I like SD because I can just put it straight in my laptop (and its cheaper)
Been waiting... What took you so long?
damn this is super different than gerald's vid lol - kai a bit more optimistic on this one
Never thought you could get canned A&W from Malaysia over in London. My fridge has a stack of those!
I am going to buy this camera. I shoot exterior under the sun video clips for Pond5 .... I do not need a large sensor .... Many times I use zoom lenses for planes, ships, and birds .... and M4/3 is great for that .... plus I do not need to buy new lenses .... and M4/3 tend to be cheaper than full frame.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOL!! "A ja,,, Maia, maia..." LOL!! Had a bit of Oolong tea there?
I'm after a great stills camera, that does good video. Stills are VERY important for me. Looking at M4/3 due to size, price and features.
Nah, the OM-1 is still the way to go for hybrid shooting. Phase detect AF will still be superior than contrast detect af. Panasonic might as well have abandoned photography for their MFT cameras.
Not with rhe crazy compression in video. 77mbps is waaaay too low
@@professionalpotato4764 missed the point of the OM-1 aiming to be a hybrid camera. Panasonic shouldn’t have even bothered putting a mechanical shutter in there like kai and lok said. It’s too bulky and heavy to be a stills camera, they stripped out a lot of photo features that were in the G9. Panasonic themselves have even said they’re not making a G9 successor so they already handed Olympus the win on the stills end before they even showed the GH6. I already knew this would happen so I hoped Olympus would bring in a phase detect af system that was even better than what’s in the M1X, a stacked backside illuminated sensor, a relatively compact body like the E-M1, all with a better resolution EVF and more features on the stills end than what Panasonic would put in the GH6.
I’ve been using a G9 for 4 years, once they announced that there will be no G9 successor I knew Olympus would throw everything they had to make the ultimate MFT stills camera. And they’ve done so while taking video more seriously but not as crazy as the GH6. So to me of course the OM-1 would be the best camera of the 2.
@Danny _R27 Everything can be a hybrid, but the compromise in each mode is what matters. I think the om1 works well for a 80/20 or 90/10 stills/video type of shooter. The gh6 would be a complete reverse. That compression makes grading tough, even with 10 bit.
@@professionalpotato4764 I was hoping that both the OM-1 and GH6 would be hybrid cameras. 60% stills and 40% video for the OM-1 and 40% stills for the GH6 and 60% video. But Panasonic’s marketing lately has been all video related, like they’ve abandoned stills and handed Olympus the win with in that area. Olympus never truly wanted to get into video so it’s like the just added similar video specs to the G9s firmware 2.0 update with slightly better slow motion and called it a day.
But like I said, I knew way ahead of the reveal that they would be ignoring stills with the GH6 and that there will be no G9 successor. So the G9 is still their flagship stills MFT camera. I was really hoping for a G9 successor announcement a year ago but then they said there won’t be one so I knew Olympus would win me over eventually. I won’t be getting the OM-1 until like late September or early October. So I’ll still enjoy the G9 till then. The G9 has all the video features I want since firmware 2.0, so the Olympus OM-1 only had to match the G9 video capabilities to win me over for video. But they blew it away with stills, and it may only be 20 MP res but a stacked backside illuminated sensor is gonna do wonders for stills. Which is what I’m interested in the most. I was disappointed at the GH6 but happy for people that do video as it’s pretty much the ultimate run and gun MFT video camera while Olympus made the ultimate stills MFT camera with better video capabilities than their previous E-M1 Mark. III.
@@danny_r27 I feel you. They both went too deep in either direction (for better or for worse). I think Panasonic really need a G9 successor. I felt that the G9 was in more was a successful hybrid. Perfect price point, great features, even if there were limitations. Most people serious with video already have a Ninja V so that unlocks the full potential. I would love to see a G9ii or G10 that's basically a scaled down stills first GH6. No fan,3 way tilt but more compact would be nice, LongGOP for all recording modes and dual SD slots with a larger buffer to allow for 5-10s bursts. And it cannot be priced more than $1,500.
The OM1 has me excited for some features like the better AF, the possibility of having good AF while vlogging using the Pana Leica 10-25 f/1.7. And the crazy weather sealing. I can see myself looking at an Olympus if I ever join my (pending) father-in-law for multiday hikes.
This is one of the few channels I watch on x1 speed instead of x2
Thanks for the extensive review.
Best selfie stick
Great camera!
It is my understanding that nobody can do RAW yet because of the RED patent but it's only a matter of time before that runs out.
Wow, your review is so different to Gerald's, lol
Great video Kai, thanks!
MFT is good but since I went from OMD to Nikon DX I never used MFT anymore. Partly due to the dynamic range and better colours
it's funny I've seen people say the exact opposite of this lol.
another great video :) but did you had a lensecap on in the short clip, in the start..... hahaha awesome video from you two :)
Who's going to vlog with a 823g M43 camera? For M43, I'd expect sub 450g.
This camera is bigger then S5 Full frame from the same company.
Probably the first review I saw that says that it doesn't have a shitty af AF😅 Everybody else got pulsing in the background
The question is which lenses and setting did he used. Jordan Drake of DPreview said many times the AF worsens with slower frame rates like 24p.
Video on the camera arm/mount👀
Hahah the HeySong Sarsaparilla is much nicer than the A&W one! Don’t get conned!
If you want DR, shoot braw with a blackmagic and grade in resolve. There's absolutely no comparison near that price range.
Awesome review. 4k 120 mmmmm
"So why didn't they get rid of the stills stuff?" - because of people like me who have clients that want photo and video on the same shoot ;)
I was thinking about picking up a secondary camera....
I believe some people avoid Panasonic partly because of 2 reasons:
1) autofocus not as good as Sony, Canon and Nikon
2) smaller sensor camera with size bigger, weight heavier than other brands' bigger sensor camera
So, what's the best car?
Looks like the AF is still making the lights in the background pulse - see 12:04. Oh dear...
Can adjust the sensitivity to fix this easily
@@barrylyon6074 I’m sure there will be setting suggestions by owners and firmware updates from Panny to try and reduce the pulsing. I fear neither will completely fix the issue.
As a GH5 owner that mainly works alone as camera operator and presenter, the main thing I wanted from the GH6 was reliable AF that didn’t constantly hunt and pulse.
As far as I can tell, the GH6 has failed to make this one improvement.
@@SailingAquila Shame that's your experience. I've learnt that pulsing occurs - for me - only in certain situations - usually in highly contrasting light. Go to MF if settings don't work - but they usually do. Out of interest, all the ground clips but 2 in this showreel are filmed with GH5/G85 and all in AF. All the bestQ!
@@barrylyon6074 on the GH5, auto focus is unusable, and I’ve tried so many setting tricks to fix.
So, I now use MF in most of my videos. Unfortunately, I have to set the focus with peaking while I’m not in shot and estimate where my face will be, then hit record and move into shot.
Every one of my videos has at least one shot where my face is slightly out of focus and I only discover this when editing.
I like the format and my GH5 is my third Lumix M43 camera, and I’ve spent a fortune on my lenses, so had high hopes the GH6 would fix or ditch contrast detection. Oh well….
@@SailingAquila So sorry to hear. As well as my wildlife filming last year I filmed events over 1o days. The only AF failure I had was in heavy rain and I think half pressing the focus button would have fixed that - was busy with an umbrella!! Hope you have better results and all the best!!
Man, why couldn't they put that style of display on the Xt4? All this arguing over which has the better screen, xt3 or xt4 could be put to rest if they just used this screen.
Awesome video, well done!
Can someone tell me which zoo is this?
Kind regards,
Barry
Sarsi !! Malaysian drink 🤩
What kind of reasonably priced camera do you think would give a better cinematic look than the GH5?
I got the GH4 new and later a GoPro Hero 4 Black and wanted to get the GH6 and GoPro Hero 6 when they came out together...
Funny how life works XD
I will end up getting this camera eventually as I love it and would love to use some of my current lenses and shoot some 4k60/120p
I wonder if the 4k60/120p will be 4:2:2 amd able to record on the SD card?
4k120 is 4:2:0 H265 at 300 Mbit/s. But at least you can write it straight to the SDcard also.
Does anyone know if the GH6 has the 4k live cropping feature that the GH5 had?
Heading to the grocery store across the street to buy myself a pair of 2-litre A&W bottles. Thanks, gents.
I want this camera but i work in a small space and micro 4 thirds means im simply too zoomed in, it wont go wide enough
My point for watching this video is watching your cute lil Z11 cube lol
this is a very good camera. in my opinoon is the S5 still better for me because of Dynamic range
These reviewers switch to every camera that comes to market. This is enough now. This guy has already changed 3 camera this year.
I love my Lumixes, especially the ZS-50 and bought a ZS-70 because it had more pixels. Well, more was not better, the ZS-70 takes lousy photos. Putting more pixels into the same size sensor for me is now a warning, not a cause for joy.
I approve of penguins! Also, I see that you are a *fan* of the GH6.
I know you're a video shooter, but micro 4/3rds is a great stills camera for nature/birds shooters but I personally use it for sports. The ability to shoot 75 frames per second RAW is ridiculous, dare I say: overkill
15:41 what lens was this shot on ? looks amazing. I think the GH6 looks better than the GH5, a little more organic maybe.
Agree