I still believe, if Panasonic would take all the great features of the Lumix GH7, and create a Lumix GH7S (like the Gh5S line) with a 10 megapixels at a x1.75 crop sensor, with dual native ISO 400/8000, mixing with DR-Boost that can go up to a clean 14+ stop DR, it maybe the best video camera of the next 5 years and a game changer☝🏽
Looking forward to your comparison between the S5ii and GH7. Because that's where I'm at in regards to which camera I may want to change to. It would mean leaving Sony. But, the skin tones and colors that come out of LUMIX cameras have always been a favorite of mine. Thanks for doing the hard work for us.
@@quadeemhall5297 2500$ unfortunately , in a couple of months we'll get a7v with 33mp and same spec i assume ( no internal raw ) for around the same price , so might wanna look for that aswell.
Nice job with all of you r points. The image quality of the GH7 looks really impressive - it is a big deal that there is no crop for 4k60 and 4k120 frame rates!
Great video Informative ..sharing your knowledge gained by full time use of video ..not a weekend warrior part timer.. it shows. Also first ever to mention GH7 BSI sensor is different from GH9ii MOS sensor no other review of GH7 has mentioned this OR bothered to read Panasonic specification
great video ! the GH7 has everything Lumix can do, newest AF, codecs, proxies, streaming, DR boost... I'll get it for sure. The GH6 is very close indeed, it is a killer camera too, but I love complex gimbal moves, and shallow telephoto shots of moving subjects, AF will help me get great those shots for sure. That's an expensive upgrade though. The resale value of my GH6 plumeted : After 2.5 years of ownership, I'll loose almost 1500e. 750e/ year is not cheap. For comparison, owning a more expensive camera could actually cost less : If I bought a Sony FX6 early 2021 for 6600e, It would be no problem to sell it more than 4000e today (3.5*750)
Would you like to do a Z6III head to head at some point? I don’t have a firm delivery date on my Nikon (depends on how many reach my retailer in the first batch) but in terms of price and core performance I think they match up fairly well. The GH7 is more refined in terms of video tools but comparing files might be interesting.
the best this camera has to offer is recording raw externally to BM video assist or ninja in the 5.8k open gate in 12 bit the internal 5.7k is not open gate as it doesn't use the full height of the sensor , only the full width.
You can't...theres no way to transcode from one RAW codec to another. However if you own a Blackmagic assist monitor you can record BRAW externally which to me is a huge plus. Especially if you already you the BMD eco system.
I’m on the full frame side of things with the S5iiX, and yea still waiting for that flagship. My big reason for avoiding MFT is adapting lenses straight to FF.
Great video can you maybe compare it to the IQ of BMCC 6K as well if you can thx in advance I am torn beetween L.mount and MFT...have both kind of 50/50 more mft lens but hm😅😅😅GH5,5s feel IQ kind of old...P4K is still great...
The only reason Im not getting it is because my MFT lenses suck.lol I invested in so many full frame lenses, I dont want to spend more money on MFT. Other than that, this camera looks awsome.
who needs raw when u can expose correctly? unless u would be shooting critical high budget shots with unexpected exposures(fire eplosions) there is no need for it lol
Owning the GH6 and G9II, if the GH7 has the same video quality, the fine details in 4k 120fps are nowhere as good as 4K on the OG S5, S1, S1H or even GH5, especially when looking at skin textures.
Great video with great perspective. The only downside is just like the GH5 and GH6. Having a smaller sensor is not good at all in lower light conditions. Even with two Aputure 60x lights, lighting speeches or a dance floor, My Full Frame Canon R6 bodies struggle in Clog3 at 800 ISO.
There is no perfect camera till date. But we have to make some compromises with either lighting, lenses and finally post production. It's better to invest in some pro denoising software like neat video to cover up flaws of camera videos. This being said, we can work magic with almost any standard camera.
@jmbaillard7015 Maybe you forgot the sensor is already cropped - 2X - as opposed to an APS-C crop of 1.5X. Many FF cameras can choose 1.0X or 1.5X for video with no loss in resolution (4K). Micro43 is stuck at 2X. Still the GH7 is a good camera, but a cropping argument is not the reason. Or, were you talking about the Z8?
@jmbaillard7015 Well, I read what you wrote. You did not say what camera you were talking about, did you? Try to write more carefully so people understand what you are talking about - this is a place for comments on the GH7. I do agree with you that the Z8 has the advantages you mentioned.
I think another major issue is the lens ecosystem, which could deter many users to switch from a FF system like Sony that has increasingly more newer lenses than the M43 system.
I was wondering why I was uncomfortable with your accent and I've heard accents from different countries, however, I was never uncomfortable with them. Then I realized that in your accent, most of the words comes from the throat rather than from the mouth. Usually accents has different tones from the norm, however in your case, the tones are normal, but the words are generated from the throat, any words with "T" , "N" comes from the throat, so they are not properly enunciated.
GH7 features the s5iix HAD TO HAVE! Here's what happened with the Nikon Z6iii launch: It just destroyed both the s5iix, (inferior in everything except the ibis) and the GH7 (for God's sake, who will buy an mft camera in 2024?). Panasonic, for another time, too late...
Depend on use case though i'm still see many production team in my country using MFT even in low light its easier to maintain focus with deeper depth of field
@OBP_ Admittedly, there are quite a few gray areas... I just wanted to point out that "small companies" don't have many options. Perhaps the best solution is "all in", to stand up to the competition.
@alvincamera In the good old days of the GH5, when the video capabilities it had were not offered by any FF camera, probably some content production companies invested in the mft system, BUYING CORRESPONDING LENSES. I find it hard to believe that anyone today can invest in the mft system and its lenses. (s5iix is now cheaper than the gh7, while the Nikon Z6iii is only $300 more expensive than the GH7).
@@DroneStories thats just assuming though, i talk with a lot of them and then most of them say they are prefer mft for the light weight lens and then some in the film industry prefer deeper depth of field while using cinema lens
I still believe, if Panasonic would take all the great features of the Lumix GH7, and create a Lumix GH7S (like the Gh5S line) with a 10 megapixels at a x1.75 crop sensor, with dual native ISO 400/8000, mixing with DR-Boost that can go up to a clean 14+ stop DR, it maybe the best video camera of the next 5 years and a game changer☝🏽
Totally agree. I'm still using my GH5s as my B camera. I would jump on an upgrade to a GH7s.
Thx I have a GH5s and just bought a GH7!
It is NOT “dual pixel autofocus”. That is a canon thing. It has Phase Detect AF or PDAF.
But you knew what he meant right? Lol
Looking forward to your comparison between the S5ii and GH7. Because that's where I'm at in regards to which camera I may want to change to. It would mean leaving Sony. But, the skin tones and colors that come out of LUMIX cameras have always been a favorite of mine. Thanks for doing the hard work for us.
Just do it 👏
Hey , nikon z6iii with internal raw, 4k60 no crop and 4k120 and ibis is calling for you
@@JJARCHIEwhat’s the price point?
@@quadeemhall5297 2500$ unfortunately , in a couple of months we'll get a7v with 33mp and same spec i assume ( no internal raw ) for around the same price , so might wanna look for that aswell.
@@JJARCHIE except there's no open gate and you can't record video to both cards at the same time for some INSANE reason...
As we are still using some gh5 at work, i will recommend this camera as upgrade. 🎉
GH5 is STILL a good camera, yeah the autofocus is one thing if you use it, but otherwise, I still use it. I will go with a GH7 and the second camera.
Nice job with all of you r points. The image quality of the GH7 looks really impressive - it is a big deal that there is no crop for 4k60 and 4k120 frame rates!
That's because everything is already cropped, 2X!
@@markr041 Haha, it's actually about 2.5 x crop. With FF being 1.25 x crop.
Loved this. Feels like what the gh6 was ment to be. Thanks again 😊
Exactly... GH6 ws a small upgrade, but lacked some main features like a GOOD autofocus... also the audio (adapter) for GH7 will make a difference.
How does this camera stack up to the s5iix?
Great video Informative ..sharing your knowledge gained by full time use of video ..not a weekend warrior part timer.. it shows. Also first ever to mention GH7 BSI sensor is different from GH9ii MOS sensor no other review of GH7 has mentioned this OR bothered to read Panasonic specification
Great video - quick question. Your low light ISO test - which picture profile did you use? Thanks :)
Vlog!
@@OBP_ Thank you.
great and informative video, I'll prob gonna pick up/preorder a GH7 soon
Absolutely stunning review here. Subbed!
17:06 - I thought 120fps did not have AF?
Is this GOOD (AF tracking) for birds in flight ?
Yes!
How do I set the lumix Gh7 to display the remaining video recording time left on my chat card
great video ! the GH7 has everything Lumix can do, newest AF, codecs, proxies, streaming, DR boost... I'll get it for sure. The GH6 is very close indeed, it is a killer camera too, but I love complex gimbal moves, and shallow telephoto shots of moving subjects, AF will help me get great those shots for sure.
That's an expensive upgrade though. The resale value of my GH6 plumeted : After 2.5 years of ownership, I'll loose almost 1500e. 750e/ year is not cheap. For comparison, owning a more expensive camera could actually cost less : If I bought a Sony FX6 early 2021 for 6600e, It would be no problem to sell it more than 4000e today (3.5*750)
I'm using the gh6 now as my B cam
@@psysword sold it for 1200. I still have a gh5S as backup cam, and a s5 II :D
Would you like to do a Z6III head to head at some point? I don’t have a firm delivery date on my Nikon (depends on how many reach my retailer in the first batch) but in terms of price and core performance I think they match up fairly well. The GH7 is more refined in terms of video tools but comparing files might be interesting.
Yeah, super interested in the Z6iii. Keep me updated, I have so many questions about that camera.
Can you "fully" disable noise reduction and sharpening this time?! (Below 0, which isn’t true 0)
Hi, can I reproduce your video on a Chinese video site?
the best this camera has to offer is recording raw externally to BM video assist or ninja in the 5.8k open gate in 12 bit
the internal 5.7k is not open gate as it doesn't use the full height of the sensor , only the full width.
Good point
How long would it take to convert pro res raw to braw?
You can't...theres no way to transcode from one RAW codec to another. However if you own a Blackmagic assist monitor you can record BRAW externally which to me is a huge plus. Especially if you already you the BMD eco system.
I’m on the full frame side of things with the S5iiX, and yea still waiting for that flagship. My big reason for avoiding MFT is adapting lenses straight to FF.
Will we get 5.7 k60 external raw hdmi w pdaf? Heck 4k 120 hdmi raw w audio and pdaf tracking😂🎉Thank You
Hi how do you track an object if you can't touch the screen on.the GH7.
It's a touch screen
If I want everything sharp. M43 is good
🤡
Nikon Z8 does record 8K FF internal RAW up to 60p
Nikon Z6 is less expensive, does 6k FF internal RAW up to 60p.
Only thing Nikon cameras miss is open gate mode.
I have the s5ii which is better suited to me, but I have to say the gh7 looks amazing and if I was doing only video, I'd for sure get it.
I got the G9II which does a lot of what the GH7 does
Great video can you maybe compare it to the IQ of BMCC 6K as well if you can thx in advance I am torn beetween L.mount and MFT...have both kind of 50/50 more mft lens but hm😅😅😅GH5,5s feel IQ kind of old...P4K is still great...
what was the one major issue?! or did you clickbait us harder than last time?
Always go harder than last time (Dr Greg voice). The big issues is its not full frame, playing the youtube game a little.
Next will be the New BOX cam from Pan hopefully.....
I would like a replacement for the EVA1 and VariCam. The VariCam color is...delicious.
The only reason Im not getting it is because my MFT lenses suck.lol I invested in so many full frame lenses, I dont want to spend more money on MFT. Other than that, this camera looks awsome.
Buy a meta ones adapter ($600+) and you can use those lenses and they will be 1 stop faster
You don't mention the inferior build quality where they switched out the machined metal dial tops for glued down circles. Go look at a GH6.
who needs raw when u can expose correctly? unless u would be shooting critical high budget shots with unexpected exposures(fire eplosions) there is no need for it lol
Owning the GH6 and G9II, if the GH7 has the same video quality, the fine details in 4k 120fps are nowhere as good as 4K on the OG S5, S1, S1H or even GH5, especially when looking at skin textures.
GH7 has no AUTOFOCUS in 120FPS bus G9M2 HAS it why????
Put all the goodies in a S5iix and we are good. Add BRAW internal recording and an OLPF than we are in heaven.
The 10-25 f/1.7 is so expensive, you might as well just buy an S5ii and Full Frame glass for the same
Money.
Buy a discounted GH6 and a 10-25 f1.7 on special and your sweet - even second hand for half price
Great video with great perspective. The only downside is just like the GH5 and GH6. Having a smaller sensor is not good at all in lower light conditions. Even with two Aputure 60x lights, lighting speeches or a dance floor, My Full Frame Canon R6 bodies struggle in Clog3 at 800 ISO.
Did you overexpose ?
There is no perfect camera till date. But we have to make some compromises with either lighting, lenses and finally post production. It's better to invest in some pro denoising software like neat video to cover up flaws of camera videos. This being said, we can work magic with almost any standard camera.
Nikon Z8/Z9 - 8K 60P RAW. Real RAW.
No cropping in the sensor, great color science, grades easily with Alexa footage.
@jmbaillard7015 Maybe you forgot the sensor is already cropped - 2X - as opposed to an APS-C crop of 1.5X. Many FF cameras can choose 1.0X or 1.5X for video with no loss in resolution (4K). Micro43 is stuck at 2X. Still the GH7 is a good camera, but a cropping argument is not the reason. Or, were you talking about the Z8?
Try to read more carefully and not answer wrongly.
@jmbaillard7015 Well, I read what you wrote. You did not say what camera you were talking about, did you?
Try to write more carefully so people understand what you are talking about - this is a place for comments on the GH7.
I do agree with you that the Z8 has the advantages you mentioned.
This camera look so big for a MFT. So I don't understand the matter
I think another major issue is the lens ecosystem, which could deter many users to switch from a FF system like Sony that has increasingly more newer lenses than the M43 system.
I was wondering why I was uncomfortable with your accent and I've heard accents from different countries, however, I was never uncomfortable with them. Then I realized that in your accent, most of the words comes from the throat rather than from the mouth. Usually accents has different tones from the norm, however in your case, the tones are normal, but the words are generated from the throat, any words with "T" , "N" comes from the throat, so they are not properly enunciated.
I imagine the lenses have to be so much more cheaper
100% another benefit of M3/4
Smaller and lighter too, great for travel 👍
Idk man the viltrox 1.2 twins are cheap and near GM level
low light
The day that 1%, yes, only 1%, of the TH-camrs who are making videos on the GH7 ACTUALLY SWITCH TO IT, I will buy one. 😜
GH7 features the s5iix HAD TO HAVE! Here's what happened with the Nikon Z6iii launch: It just destroyed both the s5iix, (inferior in everything except the ibis) and the GH7 (for God's sake, who will buy an mft camera in 2024?).
Panasonic, for another time, too late...
Depend on use case though i'm still see many production team in my country using MFT even in low light its easier to maintain focus with deeper depth of field
Dynamic range? The Z6iii seems to score really low compared to any modern hybrid camera.
@OBP_
Admittedly, there are quite a few gray areas... I just wanted to point out that "small companies" don't have many options. Perhaps the best solution is "all in", to stand up to the competition.
@alvincamera
In the good old days of the GH5, when the video capabilities it had were not offered by any FF camera, probably some content production companies invested in the mft system, BUYING CORRESPONDING LENSES.
I find it hard to believe that anyone today can invest in the mft system and its lenses. (s5iix is now cheaper than the gh7, while the Nikon Z6iii is only $300 more expensive than the GH7).
@@DroneStories thats just assuming though, i talk with a lot of them and then most of them say they are prefer mft for the light weight lens and then some in the film industry prefer deeper depth of field while using cinema lens
No one cares about this. Everyone cares about the GH 7 or S5ii X. Review that which one should people get