📷 So what do you think? Here are some more of the video specs, I didn't want to bog the video down with too much jargon:- Apple Prores Raw HQ 5.7k: up to 30p Apple Prores Raw HQ C4K: up to 60p (crop) Open gate modes: 5.8k up to 30p, and 4.4k up to 60p 4k: up to 120p HD: up to 240p with audio and 300p using variable frame rate

Those of us who had a savings account to get the G9II (like me) can now get the GH7 instead. A little longer to save for, but worth it. THIS is what the GH6 should have been. THIS is the camera we have been waiting for. Anyone who prefers a smaller camera can get the G9II, but as you say size is not a concern for most of us. However, instead of that stupid S9 with giant full frame lenses, Panasonic needs to refocus on MFT, and give us the GX8 II, LX100 III, GM1 II, G100 with IBIS and PDAF we have been clamouring for. We need MFT compacts, and we need them now. Even a MFT S9. In MFT it would make sense. Everyone who was going to jump to L-mount has already done so. Hey, Panasonic, notice that most of us MFT users stayed with the MFT format. As Emily would say: we bloomin' love it. And as I would say: we don't want your stinkin' L-mount large lenses.

Emily explains it all...thank goodness!😊 So so many talking heads spouting all over about GH7. None are as exciting and informative as Emily! Now that we know that Lumix has finally awakened from a long slumber, it's refreshing to see innovations coming with each new Lumix camera. The GH7, S9 or G9ii may not be the m43 Lumix we've been waiting for, but the features we're seeing make us salivate for the next tiny camera from Lumix. Almost there Lumix! You can do this! And, Emily will be here to explain it all!😊👍

Yay!! So glad to hear about something micro four thirds!

Always happy to see new pro-grade MFT stuff even if I can't afford it. It means there's new midrange stuff to follow.

Exciting times! Might be my 1st GH camera. Micro Four Thirds lives! ❤❤❤

I went from a Hacked GH1 for both photos and videos to a GH6 a few weeks ago. I will still keep my GH6 but it is great to know there is advancement moving forward. I just love it for travel and documenting life. GH1 and the 6 have been fantastic for stills.

I’m so glad they updated the gh6. I just got my G9ii but now I’m getting the GH7. I’m excited 😆 🙌🏽

I was absolutely shocked to see this video. Had no idea a GH7 was coming. this is amazing. I have an s5mk2. im tempted to swap for this bad boy, but i really want to see what the s1h successor is like first. thats what im really looking forward to.

I am glad Panasonic is still in the game with m4/3. But yes we need a new smallish camera soon with the latest tech ! Thank you for the video, as good as always!

Such an awesome camera for video! Love that you still have the early early GH cameras too!

M4/3 is VERY ALIVEEEEE!!!🎉

I love it! And love it even more when you give your first thoughts 💖💖💖

Panasonic absolutely slaying at the moment!

My next dream camera! Will be sticking with my G9 mk1 for a while though.

Lovely happy review as usual Emily!

Great review as always 😊!

Thanks for the video. Great video as always.

Awesome video Emily! I noticed it had a lock on the back - that's a nice add - like you I have the G9ii - it's all i need

Please don't judge me, but I saw that Purple Canadian who caused a Lumix stink first. But did not mean anything, honest. And I feel so dirty. 🤣 You were the very next episode I watched. Please forgive me. 😇 Like you, because I have the GH6 and the fantastic G9m2, I won't be rushing out to buy the GH7. Now if Panasonic had of held off with their GH6 until it had PDAF, then I would have been all over this new camera like a rash. Remember that Purple Canadian? He thinks that the Arri Log C3 profile is coming to the GH7. This proves that Panasonic's own vLog is so good that the Panasonic cameras can handle an Arri log profile. I won't be crying over NOT being able to internally shoot ProRes RAW either. Just like you, I can shoot ProRes RAW externally but my "Weapon of Choice" editing software which is Davinci Resolve, will not play nicely with other children and will not allow ProRes RAW to be used natively without having to transcode into another codec first. And for all the hype of the ProRes RAW codec, ProRes 422 HQ is astonishingly as good as RAW minus the humungus file size and the added steps to work with RAW should I ever change my editing software. And I doubt that I will shoot RAW even if Blackmagic Design and Adobe play nicely with each other and allow their respective codecs to be mixed and matched. I make tiny KZfaq episodes for tens of views. Not worth the hassle. However I do miss, with a passion from the G9m2, is the articulated screen on the GH6 and GH7. Once I put a USB C or HDMI cable into my G9m2 I enter a world of pain trying to adjust the angle of screen.

Excited to try the ProRes RAW internally 🤩

I love your enthusiasm 😂 you have a beautiful smile God bless you

Such a great step up from an already stellar camera in the GH6.

Well i thought i wanted the G9II but after seeing this i might just save up some more and get my first ever GH series camera, and as i want to shoot wildlife both stills and video this seems the perfect solution.

Definetly going to buy this!!

Great video - well done.

Fantastic video! Love how the GH7 fits in the same cage as GH6 👌🎥🔥

Started with a GH6, picked up an S5IIX, been eyeing a G9II as a better vlog camera and now they announce the GH7. Time to set up direct deposit to Panasonic xD Hope those new AF features come in a firmware update to the S5IIX as well

This solves all the problems I've had with the GH6, mainly being the use of DR Boost at lower ISOs and AFC with higher FPS burst photos. I was also disappointed the GH6 never got live view composite or real time LUT. PDAF will certainly help, but I didn't expect it with the GH6. I did expect the other features.

SURPRISE 🤯

I think this may be my go to. I was heading for the on-1 ii but this may be the best of all worlds

I'm waiting for your review of the Arri Log C3 paid profile :) That was the big surprise of the conference !!

I'm excited! Even if I'm very happy with the GH6, Im pretty sure this will be my next camera down the line.. The improved AF and the dynamic range adjustment gives me some hope for this being the ultimate run and gun when I'm alread sunk in M43 accessories and lenses..

Great video

Just a little FYI, the GH6 also has the same power requirement when recording to an SSD. I get the same notice when trying to access the high frame rates on my GH6. I had to get a CFexpress card to get around it. Which panasonic is FINALLY releasing a dummy battery for the GH7 that allows power delivery through USBC, so we can use an external battery to FINALLY record hfr on an SSD! Always happy to see someone excited for M4/3 camera's! Great video!

Now that makes SO much more sense than the S9 and for only about £500 more! Although it won't tempt me personally, there is no doubt they will sell these by the bucket full.

GX10 when? 😀 Thanks for your video

Excellent Review. MFT more than lives

Thanks for the review! Looks like a fantastic hybrid camera. However for my needs it is very overkill so the original G9 with G80 as secondary camera serves me well. For now. 😄

Sounds great, I'll probably get either the GH7 or G9 II in 2 years, if there's nothing better by then. Sticking to my GX80 for now to get a little more experience :)

Thank you ❤

Looks like they've really gone to town with this one. Great video. Almost makes me wish I hadn't moved away from micro four thirds. Almost.

I am not a video recorder but I love Micro Four Thirds. Excited to see another M43 camera from Panasonic and it’s awesome. When can we have another GX line camera?

From Gerard Undone, to record 120p to SSD you need the dummy battery and use external PD. I think it needs higher power rating for the camera to do so.

Great review! The camera came with all expectations and even exceeded it in some areas like 32bit audio. I wish the EVF resolution is improved. Is this your review video shot on GH7?

I don’t get why they keep making MFT bodies so big. This one's even bigger than a full-frame camera. I know this model is top of the line, but MFT needs more compact bodies like they used to have. The whole point of MFT is portability.

Panasonic are also bringing out a new battery dummy, that can be connected to a regular power bank, as long as the power bank has the 9V 3A profile. This will enable all modes for USB-SSD recording.

A real monster..Only one thing I don't understand by lumix: the 3680 point viewfinder. Why? This camera is almost perfect!

"A smaller G9ii" - This is what I am hoping for too Emily. Still rocking my X-T3 here and I would really like to go back to M4/3, specifically Lumix. I am hoping to pick up the 12-35 and 35-100 F2.8 lenses with that body. Still tempted by the original G9 for the price you can pick it up used 🤔

Great preview 🎉 I also hope the G9II falls in price now because I want one 😝

Thanks for the video! How do the colors compare to the GH6? I’d be looking to match it with my other GH6s if I get one

So awesome to see Panasonic is still killing the Micro 4/3 world.

Great video! Can the new audio interface be used with the G9 ii?

Emily, Im a graphic designer who now gets a fair bit of food and drink video and photo work. I currently own a Sony A7R5, which I mainly use in 1080p at 100fps, shooting vertical for product pans and small bits of movement. Would the GH7 or the G9II be beneficial for someone like me. I did note the GH7 has 32 bit float, which seems a really helpful feature, as I work so fast I sometimes don't have the necessary time to monitor my audio properly. PS: the 1080p is because I only shoot for FB, Insta, and Tiktok.

Great video! It's mighty tempting to switch back from L mount to MFT for this, though I suspect that this is a good idea of what the S1H successor will be capable of too. Just wanted to check too, is the VFR 300FPS still manual focus only?

I really do hope they solved the long exposure noise issue the GH6 and G9 II had, as a lot of the other features are definitely interesting.

Do you have used the Zuiko 150-600mm on the GH7?

I'm like you. My G9ii answers all my video and photo needs but it's great to see the release of the GH7. (The GH6 didn't have the success, it deserves. The GH7 with all the positive reviews could have much more success) If one day, there is internal BRAW recording, I'm in :) )

The PDAF feature is important, and could impact lens sales. Hopefully this will entice more people to buy AF m43 lenses. Before this model, if you were serious about video, the GH line basically forced using manual lenses because the continuous AF was not reliable. Now, you can be serious about m43 video, AND use AF in some situations. It opens up a market for AF m43 lenses that wasn’t receptive before.

Dang, I have no reason to need this right now but I am kind of jealous. And I just bought myself an Olympus E-M1 Mark II! Haha

Fantastic. May they allow braw some day

Would be great if you made a video comparing it with the G9 II !

All those photo features are available on my Olympus em1 mkiii. I like the new sensor, have to wait until my em1's mkiii die

Does it have an ex tele conv mode to crop in when we want to? I dunno if that has been taken out or not as Im still on the ol GH4

Have you tested the 12-100mm f4 Oly on an G9 II or the GH7? Any significative loss on the autofocus or stabilisation?

You made my day sweetie. Thank you.

I'm starting to seriously regret leaving M43 for full frame

Been using my beloved 2nd hand GH5 for ages. Quirky? - yes (limited 10-bit mode, no audio for slo-mo, and don't even mention its autofocus😂🤣) but still serves most of my request. No wonder that I didn't consider switching to GH6 due to its marginal "upgrade" - wouldn't worth my hard earned $$$. But for GH7 hmmmm. Maybe some day, maybe...🤔

let’s hope for a gx9ii with that new AF system and RT LUT 🙏

Yes yes yes

Does autofocus perform when using metabones speedbooster with fullframe lenses?

Some people want small camera for thinking will be good for comfort and portability on small bag. and in reality, camera overheat and 15 - 30 minute record limit while small hdmi port need converter and gimbal is needed because of ibis not so good. When you see your camera so small and because of that mini port, you need cage that make your camera even bigger than gh7 itself.

Please tell me they brought back the battery grip option gh6 was missing

Needs a neon green 💚 silicone cover. Got the red one, just need the white marker for certain hidden buttons.

everything can be recorded to the SSD but you need extra power source via the dummy battery lumix sell that has a usb-c connection , so no need for elaborate rigging , a power bank in your pocket will do.

Pro res raw and arri logc is what shocked me !!!

I watched yours first, before Chris and Jordan.

Very exciting camera! I have some questions maybe someone can answer. I thought that dual iso cameras apply iso digitally which is why you can change it in post, is it the same with gh7 and dynamic range boost? Is DR boost always on and if not what happens when changing ISO in post, how can you change it when it isn't using both circuits to get that data? Can you record raw to SD card? I feel bad buying this when it's just a hobby for me and some professionals wouldn't even drop this much on a camera :/ But I REALLY want it as an upgrade to my gh4. Still feel like I should just get a used gh5 for 10 bit and some form of ibis, although the newer ibis is also extremely useful for me. Maybe I'll wait for it to come down in price a bit. Or maybe I'll try the gh5, it's what you do with the camera that counts after all!

I think the "issue" with the SSD could be due to speed transfers in the USB protocol. USB is a very convoluted format, specially lately with things like USB3.2 version 2 (???), so if the camera port and the SSD port don't match then you would get these kind of errors

1, Love 32-bit support (24-bit and the constant need to keep an eye on audio levels during shooting is the only thing I HATE in my S5 II compared to my, yes, iPhone 14PM and my Rode Wireless Pro mikes). I REALLY hope 32-bit FP is backported to older cameras like the S5 II; I hate supervising audio and the terrible quality of the sound when it's auto-limited. (But at least it isn't clipped - that's the only positive I can say...) 2, disappointed by the lack of MP4 Lite. I really hope they don't keep it as an S9 exclusive. An 50 Mbps 4k 3:2 fullgate codec would be REALLY useful for some kinds of for example extra-longtime (multi-hour) recordings where the 200 Mbps LongGOP regular videos would just not be feasible. 3, disappointed by the lack of, say, 48p at OG. The hardware would just be sufficient for it, unlike for 60p OG. For 60p, 16.67ms would be needed; however, for 48p, which needs at least 20.83ms and the camera, according to Gerard's test, is capable of 20.34. That is, 48p would JUST be feasible.

I currently use the OM-1 II for wildlife photography and my interest is wildlife video is growing. The G9II would meet my needs but the one concern I have is overheating. I live on the Texas coast and the heat index during summer is typically well over 100* F/38 * C. Most of my videos would be less than 2 minutes (primarily birds and alligators). Would the active cooling of the GH7 be a benefit in high ambient temperatures vs. the G9II?

Would like to know if they kept and improved the HI-RES mode for photography, what can you say did you check that out?

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Can’t the gh6 do ProRes raw internally with the firmware updates? Only asking because I own one

Gave me the impression that GH7 was supposed to be at the Japan launch but they weren’t ready so it defaulted to just S9 because they were filming commercials for the GH7 at the same time of the S9 launch. It was hidden with the black tape from the footage I saw XD.

Nice quick review. Everyone is saying that it has the same body as the GH6. But i haven't heard a reviewer say specifically that GH6 cages will fit the GH6 just fine. Will they?

WOW... can't believe RAW video is now getting into the consumer end, wise move of Panasonic to allow recording to a external hard drive, hate to imagine how you're supposed make that workable/affordable with CFexpress cards

Delightfully weirded out that they're still putting their all into chonky MFT cameras, but I would love a successor to my GX9. Although Panny might worry about it eating sales from their newly minted S9.

Will batteries or dummy batteries from gh5s work or would i require new uns?

One of the biggest problems I have with my GH6 is the 1-2second delay between press record and the camera recording. Any improvement on this with the GH7?

kondor blue makes a handle with incorprated nvme drive sleeve which would minimize the size/weight penalty and its faster than a standard ssd....just fyi. i think newer cameras should start incorporating these drives and dump sd cards because of the speed restrictions.

Question. So the GH6 takes a second to actually record once the shutter is pressed. Has this been improved on the GH7? Also have they I’m changed the shutter button it’s self? The half press is basically impossible on the GH6 and very soft. ?!?

Quick question pls. Is Gh7 advanced model or G9 mark 2 advanced?

Great job going over the GH7.

So it seems like I'm getting one to use as my main camera while my E-M5 III will become my secundary camera

Excellent video!

I was toying with the idea of upgrading to the OM1(ii)but Panasonic seem to have stolen a march. I don't need this model as I'm not at all videocentric, but the G9ii has made my choice more complicated. Oly or.Panny? I just don't know, now...

While recording can you punch in for manual focus?

For KZfaqr or content creator, which camera (Lumix S7 or Lumix gh7) is recommended?

The power thing was addressed by Undone. I guess they need a dummy battery to make the beans for 120p SSD recording