Not I’m 2021.

I wouldn't buy a m43 sensor camera in 2021. The only advantage I see it having is the IBIS which is impressive.

Bought one! The streaming facility clinched it for me. As a video biased camera, it's un beatable

Purchased one to eventually replace my Sony A6400 for vlogging & KZfaq. Vlogged with t last weekend and it did an excellent job, the autofocus performed well too! Loving this camera so far.

Wow, thanks!

I second that! 👍

NICE!

me too. I'll make a video about it when the production model is shipping out

Thanks Mike!

Yeah I did - very lucky!

Thank you!!! It's a great little camera

Thank you for watching! Olympus might not be dead yet 😉

I have applied your method for accurate AF by face tracking from S5 and it worked very well on this camera as well

@@PavSZ Nice!

Awesome! Thank you!

Sounds great! You will have to rely on good 4G/5G signal and you can connect it to your phone - stream from anywhere

Cool, still an amazing camera

it is!

Thanks for the sub and thank you for watching! I film myself with Nikon Z6, Sigma 50mm f1.4 and Atomos Ninja V

it certainly does!

I have used Helios 44-2 and Pentacon 50mm vintage lenses (I have reviewed both on this channel)

this is what I understand. I don't have the camera to test it right now

I think it was Helios 44-2

sorry, i don't have the camera anymore to try it - I think so

Settings change all the time depending on the location, situation and lighting. I shoot with few deferent cameras but the principles are always the same. You need to understand the exposure triangle to effectively control ISO, Aperture and shutter speeds + when it comes to a specific camera like S5, where the buttons are and which focusing mode to use for a specific situation. Check out this video from Josh: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/od6DZ9aSmr--ppc.html

Nikon Z6 with Sigma 50mm f1.4 lens

No LUTs on the test footage - I've colour graded that in Adobe Premiere from scratch. However, I use Cinema Grade plugin for my b-roll and me talking footage

it makes sense if you already have lenses and you like the MFT system

@@PavSZ yeah I do like it MFT. I don’t really care about sensor size. Just as long as it works for me that’s fine. I’m not realizing that. Before I would let people persuade me to get a bigger sensor

Would a full frame be a better option?

I was also considering the S5. Which do you think would be the best?

@@alfonsolara70 full frame is a more expensive option. Gh5 can do everything you want

$1000 more expensive!!!

good camera, no doubt

👍🏻

haha it took me like 5 minutes to make this 😉 I love S5 a lot!

I'm sure it works well judging by other Panasonic cameras that already have been using this functionality for awhile

@@PavSZ that means S5 also have this function?

@@NowyKurs no, I was referring to other cameras like Panasonic HC-X1500/2000 camcorders

Did you actually watch my video??? 😉 No crop in any video mode

I will be there

@@PavSZ hell yeah

Hard to advise - only you can decide which one is better for you

@@PavSZ which one is better for pictures? They seem almost identical apart from hi res mode?

Do you need livestreaming and/or unlimited recording?

@@clarke.inverary now that this camera has these two features, I can see myself using them. Any advantage the G9 has over the GHii apart from price?

@@mantiq7768 the g9 has better ergonomics for photos has pixel shift if you need high resolution still photography. thats pretty much it.

If you don't already have money invested in MFT lenses, go for S5. Better camera overall

S5 has a crop in 4k 60 this is a no no to me

it looks at feels like S5 but it's sensor is Micro Four Thirds (smaller than APS-C)

it's not dead ... yet!

Wait for the gh6

@@PavSZ I had a GH5 which I sold literally a week ago after manual focus vlogging since 2017. Ad a video camera I love the picture quality, frame rates and colour science of cine D, even bought the v log. The biggest thing for me is the outo focus when I am in front of the camera. If the GH6 fixes the auto focus they can have my money again because there isn’t a video centric camera that offers what the GH5 offers.

@@germancreatives88 True. I really hope they give us a great auto focus system for when you need to vlog. That is a big wish for me PLEASE PANASONIC 😁🙏

@@RawkustvOfficial The gh5 cameras are built for Cinema shooting in Manuel Focus, not vlogging. If you wanna shoot yourself get the G95 or G100.

Not people who have invested heavily in MFT lenses already. Sony is not for everyone and you can't use mft lenses on S5

@@PavSZ Its not hard to sell all your lenses and switch over or keep both. thanks for the reply.

I think they took the GH5 and tweaked it to make the BGH1. Then, I think they put the BGH1 insides and put it back into the GH5 body. They are basically cross cannibalizing and calling innovation. Please prove me wrong. I would be thrilled to be wrong

"Panasonic is now just for people that can’t afford Sony" That's harsh! A lot of people are purely not interested in Sony, especially those who have a collection of MFT lenses already and are in any way invested in MFT system. Panasonic cameras, although they do not compete with Sony's AF, have so much more to offer than most of Sony cameras when it comes to video. Only a1 and a7sIII can do 10bit 4:2:2 internal recording - you can do that with three year old GH5 and without any recording time limits. The price of GH5 II is very competitive. for what it is and what it can offer it;'s a good value for money. These companies are in business to make money and increasing the price of the new kit coming out is not uncommon practice. . It is what it is. BGH1 and then GH5 II came from the same mould - they are based on their very popular MFT eco system. You could say exactly the same about any camera system. Sony has done it for years and years - same menu system, same sensor, new camera model. New innovative or game changing models only come out once in a while and most of the time these innovations are the pretty much the same across all brands. Stuff like 4k60p or 10bit internal video recording.

@@PavSZ I appreciate your reply but I am not sure exactly how you can defend being 100% optimistic about this repackaging of old technology with token upgrades that could have been firmware updates in most cases. I am seeing MANY influencers saying positive things, brushing over SERIOUS issues and with an undertone of manic depression. How is Panasonic getting you guys to do this? Is it really this important to be on their camera evaluation list?

@@TheThaiLife I think you hit the Nail on the head about panasonic now being for people who can't afford sony however, I use both so for lower budget jobs i will bring the panasonic. it is tough due to the pandemic there is a parts shortage while in the meantime people may still need to replace their old gh5's with a new one and this gives them that option whch is a good thing.

@@clarke.inverary A very good point. I still feel like the GH5 has more soul than any other camera I know for me. I really hope Panasonic fixes just a few, although major, issues. Because when Panasonic is on, they are really on.

Fuji XT-4 is APS-C, photo first ,camera - this is MFT, video first, camera. These two are not in the same class

@@PavSZ sounds like we need a showdown video. Lol. I would challenge this notion given the video specs are very similar, True the Fuji has a bigger sensor. But the price is so similar and the features are similar it would be a good comparison video. I’m a Fuji juice fanboy since I got my xt4, I did compare the gh5 and others to it a7c, almost went s5. I am more video first. I couldn’t shy away from the Fuji though after comparing and looking at samples.

I do say what it is in my video