Panasonic GH5 detailed hands on review (C4K)
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- An extensive and detailed review of the Panasonic GH5 camera. Lots of feature demonstations, sample images and video. This review is posted in Cinema4K resolution.
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Another great review Maarten. No other reviewer goes as in-depth as you in regards to settings and features and the practical use of them and also demonstrate them to the user instead of just glancing over them in a list of bullet points. So even after seeing a lot of reviews on a new camera model, I always look forward to see your take and review.
So happy to read your kind comments, greatly appreciated.
Refreshing to see some real good info come on youtube. Thanks for the added detail!
That's very kind of you to say, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Seems like this is quickly becoming the go-to camera for many youtubers as well. Easy to understand with those video functions. :)
Great review, as always.
A little pricey for youtubing, but yes, it's great for all kinds of video production. There are less expensive and lighter Panasonic models that are equally good if youtube is the destination. I'll get to the GX85 soon.
Superbly done Sir, what a great and in-depth review. Have never seen any other video on GH5 with such well explained and almost all the features covered. Keep it going :)
I appreciate your kind words, thanks for commenting.
Excellent review, crystal clear instructions with no waffle. Thank you !
Sorry about the waffle, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words.
What a wonderful, detailed review. Your videos are always top notch.
That's very mind, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Wow the best camera review. Thank you Maarten. Best wishes Barney
Thanks for taking the time to comment - a pleasure to read your kind words.
You are an amazing reviewer.Great job
How kind of you to say, thanks!
So thorough! As a new gh5 owner this is a tremendous help - although it’s going to take a while for me to master all this. Thanks for the great work.
That's very kind of you to say, thanks for commenting.
Great ! i love your reviews ,thanks !
It's very kind of you to say - thanks for commenting.
best camera review. Thank you Maarten sir
I appreciate the kind words, thanks for commenting.
This is incredibly in-depth!
Thank you, it's my intentional to be very detailed and cover all aspects of the cameras I review.
Very thorough. Thanks!
So kind of you to say, thanks for taking the time to comment.
That was great. This has twice the controls of my G85. Thanks for the exhaustive review as always.
I appreciate the kind words, thanks for commenting. And, with a firmware release to support 400Mbps, it can only get better.
Blown away by the video quality of GH5! As well by the detailed and elaborate review of yours. Like the rest of your videos which are always very "in-deep" reviews and extra ordinary, with an injection of sophisticated publicistic style.
Martin, did you enjoy the cruise?
Ros,
fellow Canadian :)
Your fellow Canadian thanks you for your kind words, and appreciation of my style. We did enjoy the cruise: th-cam.com/video/Cr408P7l9ck/w-d-xo.html
I recently bought the camera. I have stepped up from my Fz300. As you can see in my video to the overview, I'm excited as hell and you see that's the first time dslr I've ever had.
Thank you for your very detailed video. I will make sure to used every info later. :)
I appreciate the kind words, but for the record, the GH5 is not (in the current use of the term) a DSLR, it is a mirrorless camera.
Oh i see. Ok i got thart wrong. Excuse me. Anyway DSLR or not, it is the first high class camera I ever got my hands on. Thus the excitement.
No worries - and I can fully appreciate why you are excited.
MH, if I had not seen the pictures, I would have thought it was all work on that river cruise. Thorough and entertaining work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as usual!
Thanks, most of this review was done in Toronto - with pictures and video from the cruise.
Outstanding video. You've made up my mind. A GH5 is in my future.
That's very kind of you to say, thanks.
I nearly pissed myself with excitement when I saw the review in my sub box. Highly detailed video as always. You are appreciated.
hehe - thanks, I appreciate the thought, and the kind words.
A great review covering a vast feature-set. Exhaustive in every sense. Another for the wish-list. Thanks! (Hope you managed to fit-in some R&R. Splendid locations.)
That's very kind of you to say - yes, lots of R&R (more details here, if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/Cr408P7l9ck/w-d-xo.html
I don't want to sound like a broken record but -- another great camera review! You even make an explanation of the menu screens interesting! Thank you very much.
Wow, you sound like a broken record! (Sorry, couldn't resist). I truly appreciate your comments and your kind words. Thanks for watching.
Great Review,,,Ton of Features,,,some I really like,,,but a complicated menu,,,,glad I bought the XT2
Thank you for your kind words, always appreciated.
Fabulous review, Maarten! Probably the most useful I've seen. A LOT of information packed into thirty minutes. It's going to require a long time to unpack and digest---but it will be well worth it.
My experience is auto focus is a dumpster fire---far inferior to even the diminutive a6000. I believe Panasonic is obliged to fix it---I'm sure it's firmware.
Otherwise, it's a mind bending camera.
Now give is 3 levels of internal ND filters like the fz2500 and this camera will become a "Ding an sich."
Danke viel Mals!
That's very kind, thanks for taking the time to comment. It's certainly not as speedy as some - but I found the autofocus, particularly continuous with face detect to be quite powerful and useful (certainly in that aspect better than the A6000). Yes, ND, particularly for video oriented cameras is always greatly appreciated. Danke für deine Gedanken.
Really good GH5 review without the usual TH-cam hype! Thank you, getting one soon as I'm done with consumer grade restrictions 😎
That's very kind of you to say, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Maarten Heilbron Don't mention it 😉 You're good! Remind me of Sweden actually 😇😬
thanks again
Remote jumping would have been so much fun to see :). Awesome review of features; the GH5 apears to have plenty. The only one I will miss a bit is panorama mode. But my main focus is video anyway. I am thinking about picking up a second hand GH5. Thank you.
hehe, maybe next time. Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks for a job well done. What a camera!!!
What a pleasure to read your kind words, thanks!
Like a thorough review with interspersed video
I like that too! Thanks for the kind words.
Amazing review. Thank you. Not sure the GH5 is right for me as I don't do much video but it is big step forward for video in a compact form on a budget.
Always nice to hear from you, I appreciate the kind words. I'm not sure I'd describe this as a budget choice.
Great and very detailed review 👍.
Unthinkable how much time it will have cost you.
I'm very appreciative that you recognize the effort involved in a project like this - thank you!
You are amazing man!
That's so kind! Thanks for commenting.
Great video, as always, Maarten! One little suggestion, offered kindly as a friend: the "X: in Apple OS X is a Roman Numeral "Ten." Thanks for all of your hard work keeping us informed. And, my wife and I have been interested in a Viking cruise and really enjoyed this series of videos.
Thanks for watching and for commenting, both are appreciated. Please accept my apologies for my attempts at humour. I also say "fun" when the button says Fn.
Ha! Yes you do. I appreciate it!
Thanks!
Yeah, the most in-depth camera review i've ever seen.
It's a pleasure to read your kind words, thanks for taking the time to comment.
i am not a video guy, but that is a great review. people interested in the gh5 an even iwners must be thrilled. i thought af was not so great? greats. Steven
Always nice to read your kind words, thanks for commenting.
Great review sir, really help me for making decision for buy this or a7ii.
Always nice to know my videos are useful, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Ah, I learned a few nice tips about the menus. Thanks :-)
That's always nice to read, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Great review as always. I felt the vlog section looked no where near as sharp on your face as for the doll and that the whole scene appeared to have the same focus sharpness. Could you comment on the ability of the GH5 to maintain focus during vlogging with a shallower depth of field? Many thanks :)
I appreciate your kind words, thanks. For the vlogging scene, I couldn't use a larger aperture because it was so bright, and it clearly loses my face intermittently, but I thought its vlogging performance - particularly as I'm walking - was above average, which is why I included that scene - but these examples and demonstrations are provided to help you judge.
Great and informative content as always! May I ask an opinion on mics? With a budget of 75 euros, which shotgun microphone would you recommend between the Rode VideoMicro, the Rode VideoMic Go and the Takstar SGC-698? Thank you for your attention and videos, feel free to advice other models.
Cheers!
I assume each of those are within your budget. I've played with (but not reviewed) the Rode products, I'd probably take the smaller/lighter VIdeoMic Go.
One of the best & informative reviews I have seen (your attention to detail in both the Olympus OMD1 mark II & GH5 is very much appreciated). I have a Panasonic GM5 and want to upgrade to either Olympus OMD1 II or GH5. Ease of use is important. Given my split between photo & video is 80/20, which of these cameras will produce better image quality photo?
Thank you for the kind words, always appreciated. Between those two I would judge the image quality to be primarily dependent on the lens. With the same lens, I'd judge image quality to be pretty much identical. Dpreview has more detail than I can provide.
This is good to read. It confirms my decision regarding the camera... I really want to like the GH5 more on so many levels. After fondling both in the camera shops many times, I just like the look, feel and intuitiveness of the GH5. Therefore, I am also going to start with native lenses, ie. 12-35 and maybe the 35-100mm for dual IS. After that, I'll seriously consider fast primes as needed. Thanks for a great vid, I will use it for reference once I have GH5 in hand.
That's very kind of you to say, thanks for commenting. It's always nice to know my videos have been useful.
Thank you! Great review. I have a question about the phone app. Do you know if it can be used to control the camera while recording? For example, after setting focus points for rack focus, can they be triggered via the app? Or while recording, can the app be used to adjust focus?
Thank you for your kind words, appreciated. You can adjust focus while recording, but sorry to report I didn't try the rack focus feature - but I kind of think not.
When Mr. Hailbron titles his review "detailed," he means it. :)
He does, in a good way.
Great detailed review, now that you have tested the EM12 and the GH5
1-which one would you purchase for all around photography and video?
2-any suggestions for a great all around lens for the one you would choose?
3-and on the photography level do you think the EM12 and GH5 are about the same?
Thanks again for your excellent work your videos are the best reviews on the internet and i truly look forward to seeing them God bless
Thank you, the kind words are appreciated.
1) GH5
2) I probably don't have enough experience with the wide variety available, but really like the Olympus 12-100. High quality and versatile.
3) The EM-1 does not succeed in meeting all of its specifications, which is both aggravating and disappointing. Although they are both a little overly gimmicky (not that I object to lots of capabilities and interesting features) the GH5's implementations are a little more straight-forward and robust.
How would the GH5 handle image stabilization with Olympus lenses like the 75-300 F4.8-6.7 and the 14-150 4-5.6? Would video be more stabilized with Panasonic lenses? I currently have an OM-D E-M1 Mark ii, but I am interested in 4k 60p video.
What great questions. I wish that I could try that - I returned the camera to Panasonic when I completed the review. In my experience, Olympus currently has the best video stabilization.
Hi, very nice review! Is there a 1080p 60FPS 10-bit mode?
Thank you, always appreciate kind words. Yes, it is, at 422 (although only at 100Mbps) 17:53
Hi Maarten,
it was a pleasure to watch your review of GH5. I own this camera since a month and mostly shoot stills. I wonder if during your tests you experienced what I deem a possible bug when you use ISO auto.
In this setting you always see a +/-0 icon replacing the EV meter. That's OK until camera can adjust exposure within available iso range. But when you exceed iso range you still see +/-0, whereas other cameras, such as the little sister GX80/85, redisplay the EVmeter so you can react accordingly adjusting your SS or F aperture.
If you still have a GH5 at hand can you please try to replicate the situation so I will know whether it's a common "feature" or a problem peculiar to my unit? BTW I have firmare version 1.1.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I've returned it for the moment, but hope to have it back in the next month or two. I'll keep an eye out for that.
Roberto, one of the best GHx user is italian (Yuri Palma), you could ask him ( others GHx terrific users are Emeric visual, Neumann films,...)
Wow, both impressed by the GH5's capabilities and your expertise on understanding them! The GH5's video prowess seems impressive (also overwhelming) but too much for me. That is why I choose the Panasonic G9. The G9 also has amazing capabilities but more on the stills side. But no slouch for video. Surprised you haven't reviewed the G9 or the GH5s. The Sony A7 III and Fuji XT-3 seem to be getting the most TH-cam coverage but I think the G9 and GH5s might be the best under-the-radar options. Maybe you'll review them?
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words. I have been trying to arrange a loan of those cameras with Panasonic Canada, but it hasn't worked out yet.
Exceptional review as usual! May I ask which software you use for color grading?
That's very kind of you to say. I use Final Cut 10 with Color Finale Pro. I've tried a bunch of LUTs, but I always end up making the adjustments myself - usually with the waveform display.
Thank you for responding. I want to learn colour grading, so searching for a good colour grading software.
You may to try DaVinci - which is free and very capable.
Let me check it out. Once again I thank you for your help!
I will check them out. Thanks for the suggestion!
Excellent review - thank you. I'm seriously thinking of buying the GH5 (mainly for video use) but unsure about which lens to use. I plan only to have a single lens to cover all needs & I'm thinking of the 12 > 35 F2.8 constant aperture, but it's £400 more expensive than if I go for the kit lens. Do you think it's worth the money & do you have alternative recommendations? - thanks - Peter.
Thanks for the kind words. I would certainly consider the constant aperture to be a valuable feature for video.
Thanks for the advice Martin
always my pleasure
I have a feeling that only a German ship would have such perfectly coiled hoses/rope (?) as seen at 0:13. But, I'm probably wrong!
Nice review as ever, thank you.
hehe ... i have the feeling that's a Viking trademark - everything was perfectly tended to.
I love the GH5 feature arrangement for Custom Settings through a physical dial on the top, but can these be changed during filming?, or do I have to stop, then change the Custom setting & then start recording again? For example if I have 4K 60P set for C1 & 180 FPS on C2 could I move the selector during filming, to move from 4K to Slomo & then back again to 4K without damaging the camera? - I realise I’d have to “tidy it up” in the edit, or cover the transition with B Roll, but if the camera allows that, it would be incredible
Interesting idea, but sadly, that doesn't work.
: -( thanks anyway Maarten
always my pleasure
Stunning review. Wonder how it stacks up against Sony's A7 III. Looking for my next camera for mixture of images/video. Fancy Sony but GH5 is growing on me more and more. Decisions, decisions...
Well, with a larger sensor, the Sony A7 III is likely the better choice (but that's just me). I agree, it can be a difficult decision.
Hello, between xt3 and gh5? What is your choice? To make video. Thanks
Probably the X-T3, but there are a number of factors that might swing the other way.
@@MaartenHeilbron fuji have good lenses to video? or is better panasonic? the ois is one factor? thanks a lot.
Last year Fujifilm released excellent cine quality lenses: th-cam.com/video/URaTdC-1MSA/w-d-xo.html
11:46 "lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes..."- Capt. Quint
hehe - she's the only model who's willing to work for a rate I can afford
Finally!!!
I know, I'm exhausted. Time for a break!
Maarten Heilbron great review!
I appreciate the kind words, thanks!
I am your fans in china.hope you will film more good camera video.help me a lot.THX😊
I"m so glad to read your comments - thanks for the kind words.
Thank you for a great video! If I was looking a camera for both photo and video for product promotion (maybe like 70% photos and 30% video) for my business (online, no big prints)... and I was looking for a nice shallow depth of field look and sharp images for product shots and footage (and some slow motion)... Would you recommend the a6500 or the gh5? I was leaning towards the a6500 because it seemed I could get better results with aps-c fast lenes (native and others like the awesome sigma 18-35), compared to getting similar results with the gh5 that would demand expensive lenses and/or speedboosters. From my understanding the a6500 offers slightly sharper images, and while the 422 video of the gh5 is nice... I don’t think it makes too much of a difference when your planning to publish your photos a videos online which always means compression. I sorry for all this rambling... I just want to make a good decision. What would you recommend???
I appreciate the kind words, thanks. Both are good choices, but you're right a lens with a wide aperture might be more expensive for the GH5, as the sensor is smaller (the aperture has to be wider for the same effect). What caught my eye was slow motion - the GH5 is more capable with a higher frame rate (180). I'm waiting for the data rate upgrade to judge on 10 bit, 422 and the 180fps - in my mind even 150Mbps is too much compression. But your money for camera and lens could go further with the A6500 (or even A6300).
Maarten Heilbron thank you for your quick response!! Yes the slow motion in the gh5 is slower and has a little better quality... but as I just need ‘some’ slow motion for parts of the promo footage I want to make... I feel the a6500 is more than enough (the test slow motion footage I’ve found online from the a6500 is still very nice). Plus, the a6500 has continuous AF and even audio on it’s slow motion which is nice. At the end of the day, I need more a jack of all trades... a camera that is good for photos (which is still like 70% of what I need it for) and videos. And though gh5 is certainly a better video camera (specially considering it’s higher reliability for pro users who depend on good battery life and no overheating), and produces very respectable stills... I feel the a6500 is a better fit for me, who need first a stills camera and second (close second) a video camera, who doesn’t shoot events and doesn’t mind the battery life and ocasional overheating, and who wants that shallow depth of field for my product shots. The a6300 is very nice, but since I have my eye on that sigma 18-35... I feel the IBIS of the a6500 is definitely worth the extra investment. Sorry I ended up rambling again... it’s just that (AGAIN) I want to make the right investment. 😁
Those are good reasons. And there is software that creates smoother slow motion if it's not slow enough (or smooth enough). Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Maarten Heilbron thanks for sticking around and reading them! Keep up the awesome content, thank you!
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Hi Maarten. I'm a retired cinematographer, so good video is important to me. The Olympus 12-100 f4 lens you mention in the opening is very tempting for this application, yet it's not reviewed here. In particular, MF is critical for video. Is the Olympus lens usable with MF? Most electronically focused lenses aren't. I recently sold my Sony RX10 IV for this reason. Thanks for your excellent content.
Thanks for the kind words. This was a review of the camera, not the lens. However, please help me understand what would make a lens not usable with MF?
@@MaartenHeilbron I appreciate that the review was of the camera, however I found the mention of the Olympus lens very tantalizing. "Focus-by-wire" lenses lack sufficient precision to permit manual focus, especially follow-focus. The ones I've tried depend on the velocity, not the positioning of the operator's input to position the lens. The faster you move the ring, the greater the distance it moves. If you move the ring slowly, nothing happens. Small, precision moves are impossible in my experience. My Sony was hopeless at MF. Frustrating, given the effective magnification offered by its otherwise excellent lens system.
@@petermclennan6781 Ah, yes. Well, you already knew the answer. There are very, very few lenses that are not focus by wire, and they will nearly all be designated as cine lenses and they will inevitable be much more expensive than this lens. If you need a lens with a defined travel for manual focus for video/cine use, you have a very small selection in the M43 space.
@@MaartenHeilbron Darn. The Olympus lens has some kind of a clutch system that appeared to get around that problem, but alas it appears not. That was the basis for my inquiry. Thanks for your prompt (if disappointing) reply.
@@petermclennan6781 WOW. Excuse me for not being diligent enough, and for some faulty memory cells (to be fair, this was 3 years ago). I included that lens in this review of the EM1 MII. th-cam.com/video/f3ZKmgY3jnw/w-d-xo.html at 8:51. Yes, it has a focus clutch and does exactly what you need. Please accept my apologies for giving you this runaround - and thanks for following up.
can I use b4
With apologies, I do not understand your question, could you please elaborate?
Thanks for awesome videos! Got my GH5 few days ago! Feel free to check my material if you want, only downside for you guys is that they are in finnish language.
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
hi.. mean b4 lens
I don't think that there's an adapter for that mount to micro four-thirds.
There's report of AF not working too well and the IS rocks left and right a little. Do you encounter the same issues?
It's really expensive for a micro four third sensor camera, don't you think? Why not a Sony A6500? And for a little bit more, A7S2.
I think it's strange. Professionals might want better hardware while freelancer may not care for all the features, leaving this camera to the hardcore freelancers or small time professional videographers. Otherwise, there are other Panasonic cameras that shoot 4K and stuff, for blogging and TH-cam. So I'm not exactly sure what this camera is for. It's really big for a micro four third, too.
I was happy with the AF - but it doesn't offer the same speed the competition does. I also think it requires some familiarization to figure out the best mode setting for the specific scene, as there are more options than most. But as the vlogging scene indicates, while it works well to be both steady and accurate (and it's much better than most in this regard) it's not yet as rock solid as I'd like. While it doesn't drift away quickly when it loses face detection (I've set the focus area in the general spot where I expected my face to be as a backup) there is room for improvement.
Pros use cameras in this price class as disposable (according to my dealer). They buy a bunch just to get one specific shot where a larger, more expensive camera either won't fit or might be jeopardized. For that audience, the ability to have cinema 4K, 10 bits and a little bit of extra colour detail (4-2-2) will be very welcome (as well as some of the other pro features) - but primarily once the higher data rate arrives. While those Sony cameras are good performers and offer excellent quality and SLog, they don't do C4K, which I find an awkward omission - Sony is just not headed for the same audience.
Maarten Heilbron very insightful. Thank you
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Adam, A6500 has a terrible rolling shutter...and about AF...unless you don't shot sport, MF is always better. I strongly suggest look at those guys: MrBrynnorth channel, and Yuri Palma channel. Hard to imagine something better...
Thanks for your thoughts.
Way too too many video settings.. such crazy time to prepare the camera for recording. Also if you need so much time you can't do in fast situation. Really necessary tons of custom grid and focus point for a normal recording? Because if you set that you can't move then, on the other side if you need fast video recording movement you can't handle so much settings in a sec.
A great camera, but so much settings is crazy for a still video recording and too much for a fast change while you have fast moving subjects.
Btw complete review as always. :)
The fact that Panasonic provides more video features than most, and can be customized to a greater extent makes it more flexible and powerful, not more aggravating to use. Setup your camera before you get in a situation where you have to react quickly. Thanks for your kind words.
Sounds like you are a salesman for the company. Reviews should be cold and calculating - not laced with heavy layers of unending praise. That's how this one begins before I said, "Enough." Every camera has faults no matter who makes it. And from what I've heard from other videos on this camera, it definitely has faults.
One of the nice things about TH-cam is that everyone has a different approach, and there are many reviewers to choose from. I'm sorry that my review did not meet your expectations and standards. I found lots to like, and commented on some things that I did not. As in all content on my channel, the opinions are my own, and I have not received payment from any camera manufacturer, nor have I allowed any manufacturer or their media agency to review the content before posting.