How many of you guys have shot with MFT in the past? Do we have any OG GH4/GH5 users?!

Thanks for the video, Josh: The two things I would like to see are 1) A comparison of the video picture profiles (other than V-LOG) on the GH7 vs the S5 II (or S5 IIX). I ask because a lot of people say that there is too much noise reduction built in to the S5 II / IIX in picture profiles other than V-LOG. So I would like to know if the GH7 (or G9 II) has that same problem with too much noise reduction in profiles other than V-LOG. The second thng would be real-world dynamic range differences between the GH7 and S5 II / IIX (this time USING V-LOG). If I were to have a bonus comparison, it would be shooting in the Arri Log compared to shooting in V-LOG, then doing a color space transform in Resolve to Arri Log, and seeing how much of a difference there is. Thanks!!!

i ordered the gh7 to shoot everything i can possibly imagine, and ordered the s9 to bring with me everywhere i can possibly imagine 😬😬 i actually love the lumix lineup. it's practical and very user friendly imo.

For me MFT is excellent. I film live theatre, concerts and dance shows with multiple cameras. The deeper focus is actually a big advantage is this situation. I have two GH5’s, one GH5 Mk2, and one GH6. I have owned a GH3, a GH4, and an AF100.

Awesome video mate! Ive fallen in love with this camera and only had it a day!

Awesome test footage and great points 😁

Thanks for the review. I was anxiously waiting for you to review this camera. What I do like to see is AF and low light performance with adapted full frame EF lenses via speed booster and compare the footage to FF S5iix. Thanks

I still use my Lumix GH5s and won’t sell it. The ROI in this M43 space is excellent!! I also owned the GH4, GH5, G7 and most recently sold my S1 Full Frame and my two lenses. Would rather pick up the GH7 and another GH5s to have a compact 3 cam system or two cam and a backup!

GH2 and G9. I was introduced to the GH2 by the Madsciencefilms channel who still shoots some videos on it. It is 1080p obviously less DR but has a copper tint and a real retro vibe.

I use the lumix G9 and a canon 5DIII for FF when needed with a 70-200mm f2.8L IS and 85mm f1.4 SamYang. I think there is a strong case for having both systems. The selection of small high quality lenses available in MFT is unbeatable. There are a few lenses that epitomise the benefits for me: - Olympus 45mm and 75mm f1.8 - Panasonic 14-140mm f5.3 II - Olympus 75-300mm - Panasonic 9mm f1.7 All these are outstanding lenses and incredibly small compared with FF counterparts. The main gap in the system is the lack of updated versions of the Olympus digital retro form Pen F and Gx9.

Some of this broll is insanely good. The colours and dynamic range are insane! 😮 Were you shooting Arri log or Vlog for most of the broll? Really hope the arri log makes its way to the full frame cameras also. Thanks for taking the time to make a detailed video. 👊🏼

Dude! Solid content as usual! I started with the G85 (still use it) and then moved to S5iix. I'm waiting for S1Hiix but this is definitely tempting. Btw where do you get your white t's from? The quality looks 🔥

i had a rant about why i loooove my gh5 way more than any canon camera i've ever owned and you just hit a great point that i missed...Open gate. the 4:3 format is so much more useful than the 3:2 ratio.

You didnt mention the stabilization😢

Loving the features you're pointing out. Great example of each. I notice all your shots in this video are outside in direct sunlight. Do you think you can do video showcasing indoor performance? Ex: I do restaurant shoots indoors and often don't have control of the lighting. 80%+ of the time, I'm at f/2.8 on my Sony full frame cameras to help reduce noise. I want to see how the GH7 handles a similar situation and if the footage will hold up noise wise.

Hey Josh, appreciate the content. My s5ii shifts focus to my hands when filming a-roll. It’s on eye detect. Any tips?

FYI the read out speed is a limiting factor on the sensor side, most processor has more than enough power to handle 25MP. IMX410 found on the S5 is the perfect example😁

Just sold off all my m4/3 lenses and g85 to MPB then this dropped. Hyperbummed is an understatement to my feelings when the gh7 came out

Hi Josh, Thanks for that video. I first had GH4 then GH5 then GH6. Then S5 and now S5ii. When phase detection AF came to S5ii, I decided to sell the GH6 while it still had some value but kept all m4/3 glass waiting phase detect AF arrived to m4/3. Almost bought G9ii but finally waited a bit and just bought the GH7. Happy to reuse my micro 4/3 glass: .10-25mm 1.7 (but as heavy as a full frame 24-70 2.8 with less reach) .35-100 2.8 (so smaller than the 70-200mm 2.8 full frame equivalent) .42.5 1.2 (this lens is beast in portrait photography, much better than the equivalent full frame 85mm 1.8) .100-400mm (for wildlife and surfing, amazing reach equivalent to 200-800mm full frame but so smaller) I am still wondering if it was a good choice to keep m4/3 and L full frame instead of selling all m4/3 to invest in full frame L. I must confess that among the criteria’s which lead me to keep the m4/3 in parallel with S5ii and wait for the gh7 , I had in mind: .the m4/3 42.5 1.2 Nocticron impossible to replace with the 85 mm 1.8 Lumix . The 70-200 2.8 full frame which is so heavy that almost impossible to use in a run and gun situation . The 100-400mm m4/3 and it’s incredible reach. We see in a few months….

I used the GH series from GH 1 through GH5. Year and a half ago I switched to the S5 in the S52 and have been trying to make them work. they are both good cameras, but I still personally love the GH series and I’m planning on getting a GH 7. I do a lot of event shooting as well as commercial shoots and the ease of the menus, the size. I personally find much quicker and better than the S5 series which are bigger and heavier.

Hi Josh love the Ed cameo...😂😂😂...still have GH5,5s,P4K left with lenses for some use long tele small footpring MFT is by far the best...for IQ DR low light...S5org,S5ii,S5iiX much better. Codecs GH7 wins...to say the truth I don't know exactly for who is this cameras...crash cam for big production, B cam for arri owners, Student cam for filmschool wanting to try out the Arri pipeline...or old MFT GH5 users like me who waited so long for a true GH5 sucessor that we went almost all to FF and mostly not LUMIX...😅😅😅😅

I am thinking between S5IIx and GH7 (S5II is not an option). Im photos first but wanna make more videos. I think, I'll be fine with the 50mm and the 20-60mm kit lenses for a while, if I choose S5IIX. Why I still hesitate: I'm wandering if the full frame really is so much bigger than the the mft (not the body in this case but lenses. I am wandering if size would make me leave the camera at go home. In this case, I know both bodies are big, but don't want to go for the S9. Thank you for any advice

"despite the TINY sensor size..." - what would you say the good old 1", super16, 1/3" etc sensor sizes then? :D dont get me wrong, being an m43 admirer I appreciate everyone who say good words about m43, but this part of the sentence was a bit hard :)

I just upgraded to the GH7 From the GH5. This autofocus is is realy different. I shoot events with crowds, what would be the best autofocus setting to shoot in a crowd, without the autofocus going crazy?

Hi! Thanks! Is it worth to change from GH6 to GH7?

@joshcameron, Hi Josh, how good is the AF with the metabones adapter?

Hello bro, I want to ask you which camera do you recommend I buy, the gh7 or the s5iix? Which one is better? I really want to buy one this week but I'm confused! and watching your previous videos I felt that the s5iix was the best option but now that I see the new video of the gh7 I got more confused lol! That's why I ask you the question! thanks my friend

gimbal and gh7?

Show us a nice cinematic b roll 😁

I did not seen a Low-Light video.

Reasons worh considering for sure

The lenses are smaller because they have smaller entrance pupils / apetures. It's not because of the sensor size.

Are you sure autofocus with Canon lenses will be good? I heard with both Metabones and Viltrox it doesn’t work properly, like on the S5IIX and Sigma fp/Viltrox EF-L adapter. Maybe we need to wait for some software updates from Metabones or Viltrox.

Human eye size factor. I've been following camera reviews for some times now. MFT has the best view and focal equivalence to the human eyes. Smart phone sensors are small. I can not stand that the portrait I took with my phone didn't look like what I see. Full frame took good pictures, but they didn't look like what I see either. MFT and APSC took pictures that are a lot more like what I see with my eyes.

32bit float no brainer even though the new release sih11 prob compatible.Thank You

dude i just was editing a video with the same background song from the beginning and then i watched this video. I thought i was going crazy lol

I disagree! I have a GH6 and BMPCC 4k. It’s very hard to have a satisfactory blur in the background with small sensor. Besides, choice of lenses is much smaller compared to full frame or even APS-C sensors!

Increasing points. Personally the GH7 has so many things I'd never use. Wouldn't justify spending 2k on the camera. Having the S5ii covers everything I need in a camera. Still have the Gh5 that covers what I'll need that for. The Clog and whatever else comes with GH7 will never get me thinking I need it. Would rather get the G9ii and put the extra cash towards a good full frame lens. Since I have plenty of mft lens

lumix S1h is still the best video camera

First🎉

FF Lens selection outweighs these M43 benefits.

5:20 physics cannot bee fooled, if you need an m43 lens with the same amount of light as on FF image, you should make the aperture twice as larger. The f1.7 lenses correspond to f3.5 lenses on FF both in size and price. You will not gain nothing You'd better stay with FF, no risk safe path.

The. OG S5 has better image quality than the s5 ii. And MFT is here to stay.

I love m43 because everything is so much smaller.

Streaking. They fixed it, right?

It’s just too sharp and digital for my taste

And yet your main and b cameras are S5IIX and S5II. (Note: Didn't watch the video yet)

The Nikon z6iii has faster sensor readout than the gh7. Insane

The S5IIx is cheaper than the GH7

I'll never get over that MFT looks like a toy camera I would buy a nephew for Christmas. It feels like Lumix made a nearly perfect camera in the s5ii/x and then chopped parts off and added a gimmick to several new cameras. The S9 is most of an s5ii with a LUT gimmick, the GH7 is most of an s5ii but with a higher price tag, tiny lenses you can't use anywhere else, and a Arri logC3 gimmick (that everyone is buying into).

Never! I'll never go micro 4/3. I like my full frame way too much.

Josh only like comments that agree with his video 🤷🏾‍♂️

Why are people still making these videos? The answer is always going to be, get the full frame camera. I swear, I'm gonna start my own channel with 10 second videos that just say, "get the damn full frame" and go make stuff. Want to make movies, get the full frame. Want to shoot weddings, full frame. Want to be a KZfaqr..full frame....Want to take a paying job hiking up a mountain in Nepal with an oxygen mask and sketchy visa to shoot timelapses..fine, we can talk about m4/3, otherwise, the answer is always, get the damn full frame.

MFT is basically dead at this point. Get a 2nd hand Sony s73 and enjoy the Sony platform

GH7 = 805gr S5iix = 740gr. Lumix 10-25 = 690gr Lumix 24-105 = 680gr. These 2 lenses are equal, in terms of light: F4 vs F1.7 (equivalent to 3.4 in ff). I would also like to note that the 24-105 is (or can be) an all-around lens, while the 10-25 is not. Conclusion: WHAT EXACTLY IS THE "ADVANTAGE" OF the mft system? In 2024 and beyond, there is only the FF world (not even apsc...). As long as Panasonic continues to invest in (mft) systems that are slowly dying (if they haven't died already), so much the worse for them.

How much did you get paid to push the gh7??? To say this bullshit ???

Nope

No thanks. I'll stick to the S5IIX

Who needs MFT when you can blur out everything in the background? IBIS is overrated - just use an overpriced gimbal and finicky setup! 4k 120fps 10 bit - we only want it if Sony has it, else, no big deal. Give me big, heavy lenses all day, love carrying around Bazookas!

Nope.

I love m4/3 but Panasonic is now exceedingly Woke, so I would only buy Olympus for m4/3 now. I still have perectly functioning Olympus cameras from 2012 and ive travelled all over Asia with them in the hot humid and salty coastal regions of the Philippines. But I dont want to contribute to a company that spends my hard earned money on catering to such ignorance. In fact I am now selling my new Lumix S5ii kit abd switching over to a Nikon Z6iii. The same reason I do not shop Tractor supply or Target. When you travel to these 3rd world countries it kind of opens your eyes to the things that you want your money to go to and helping kids eat today instead of supporting these weak corporate Elitists.

ahhaahah this is just an advertise.. come on gh7 is the past and it's a stupid camera.. period!!

as an MFT user and FF user, i would say it is absolutely terrible investment to go MFT. The 10-25mm f/1.7 lens is literally MORE expensive that something similar in L-Mount. The GH7 is too expensive and it can't even shoot openGate60. For glass - you get what you pay for BUT if you get something equivalent on MFT, it is MORE expensive than buying L-Mount. This GH7 is just far too late to the game. The S5ii literally kills the GH series.

GH7 MFT is better than Full Frame? What rubbish.