I've made several feature documentary films on the gh5 and I have two I'm preparing to shoot right now. I've looked at everything from high-end Red's, the lower end Komodo, Canon C70, all the Sony's, the S1H, etc. I haven't decided yet, but the gh5 HLG internal 400mbps in 10-bit with its spectacular IBIS options is so hard to leave. Yes, you must manually focus, use exterior audio, etc., but for a higher-end documentary, (with all the budget needed to choose any camera), I'm still considering shooting on the gh5 today in February 2021. I was one of the first to get my hands on the gh5 and I used v-log for everything. The truth is most of us never see good shots online with these cameras. For example, many bloggers on KZfaq are not exporting HDR correctly and their output is in Rec-709??? even when viewing with an HDR device. A full-frame camera is spectacular and the low light with the S1H is better...same with so many others, but I really haven't run into that problem with most planned shots. Finally, I've looked at comparison shots between gh5 and Red. The crazy thing is I'm 50/50 choosing which clips were shot on what camera when shot by someone who knew what they were doing. I think we are to the point that these cameras have become quite good. For me, it comes to the environment that I'm filming in...if on the street I need something that won't draw attention; if the dynamic range is critical, the gh5 gets a complete fail (except when shooting in HLG and sometimes with V-Log), but a Red works better here...but you can't really use any Red hand-held in a car or on a subway for a documentary and use the footage...and don't turn that Red off because it's at least 30 seconds to turn on again;; if I must have awesome slow-mo and want to color it than the 8-bit on the gh5 vlog won't work that great (but I've got by). I just want to second what you have said here: the gh5 is absolutely a relevant camera and I'm having a very tough time choosing whether to lead out with it on my next two films. BTW, something you didn't talk much about was the MFT lenses. The MFT lenses rock. They are absolutely spectacular. This MFT lens mount will allow me to put anything on it and it has allowed me to have amazingly creative experiences. I honestly hate the huge full-frame lenses. I love how I can literally place the Gh5 in my coat pocket, walk onto a subway, get a quick shot, and put it back in my pocket. Finally, the gh5 is easy to blend shots with other cameras...especially the Red...and if you are filming in HLG with a true HDR output, I don't see the difference between it and most other cameras. BTW, no one ever said my shots didn't look professional when shooting on the Gh5. I stopped using a tripod when I got the Gh5 and I still think it has the best IBIS around. Finally, in a COVID-19 word, that 2x's crop factor for interviews actually is a plus. I shoot with a 42.5 or 75mm lens for interviews (hand-held). The interview subjects don't want me super close to them right now so It's absolutely a relevant camera today like you said. Great topic.

The price of other cameras is out of reach, while the GH5 is about 1/2 their price and still offers OUTSTANDING quality and feature-set. One of the best decisions I've ever made.

Just bought a new GH5 and I dont expect that video or photo requirements at the amateur level will outdate this camera for as long as it puts out quality media. I made some camera setting adjustments based on professional advice and taking test stills at midnight in a -very- low light room and the pictures are coming out focused and quite bright, as if the room was fully lit. I don't imagine video will be as bright though. Glad I was directed to this camera, thanks for the video.

Great video and thanks for sharing. I’m in the same position as you, I’ve had the GH5 for about 3 years too. Im glad I found your channel, looks like we have similar interests. Best of luck in 2021!

Thanks, man! Lovely video on GH5, I've started looking for used one to buy 😎

Thaks for great and informative video. I just bought my first GH5 today and I will start hunting on cheap soviet era vintage lenses for it!

That's probably the best entry camera for filmmaking, has everything that I needed! I watched videos 'GH5 in 2019?' 'GH5 in 2020?' and 'GH5 in 2021', and decided to buy it still :) Awesome video

It’s just so much fun to use. I have a Sony a7iii but I always reach for the GH5 for video. Between the 10bit and the usability, I just can’t find a reason to get rid of it.

Gh5 will still be perfect for years to come

Your video quality is amazing, you're very underrated good sir.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video my man, I appreciate it. I've been tossing with a GH5, you make many good points and have me even more seriously considering it, especially at the stellar price point.

Great video Jordan! I'll be due a camera upgrade this year so this is helpful in my considerations!

Great review! Image quality /sharpness of my GH5 exceeds my Canon 7D ii significantly, and with all the other features is outstanding. AF - rarely have a problem.

I totally agree, I love the GH5! Still use it for work. And for my travels

Picked up a used GH5 in May of 2020. Couldn't be happier. It's so easy to focus manually with it that I never use the auto focus - even my kids will focus manually with it, but not my wife!!! For night filming, I have a 0.64 Metabones with a vintage Nikkor 50mm F1.4. Otherwise, I'm fine with the 2.8 12-60 and the 8-18 Leicas. Works great. Best regards from Stockholm.

Dude, you've discovered the power of the fabric shaver! I've been razzed for using those things, but your sweater game will never be stronger now. Nice camera breakdown too ;)

Great content and well composed.

Great video! I am thinking about buying this as my main camera

Its 2023 and I just bought one. Still awesome 👍👍

great video! thank you Jordan!

Great video Jordan! I should get one GH5 as well to pair it with my S1 like you ahahah!

This is the reason why I subscribed to your Channel, basic Truth, but most youtubers(not all of them)Got carried away by all these new cameras and the Functionality (not that they are bad, I got Lumix, S1, S1H, Z-CAM S6) But "SOME" Functions GH5 has is what other new Cameras have now but you will pay so much for it. GH5 is still relevant more than people rate it to be. Thanks for the encouragement, am keeping my GH5 for sure.

Hey, Wow! What an excellent and informative video! Can you please share your export settings? The image quality looks amazing! Thanks in advance.

Just bought my 1st GH last week, I can't see my self growing out of it anytime soon, it is now my A camera, while the fabulous FZ2500 has now become the B camera.

I'm primarily a DSLR stills guy, I'm one of those types that doesn't really like EVFs so when I was looking for something to take care of the video side (my DSLR sucks for video) I went down the panasonic m4/3 route for the video side starting with a G7 (so so cheap) and then upgrading to a GH5 and it's a wonderful balance of image quality, features, nothing really comes close at a similar price point. It's only Achilles heel is you can't trust the AF and have to work around it.

My birthday was yesterday and my friend in business is getting me the GH5 as an investment it will be my first DSLR as im upgrading from a Canon SX730 HS! Can't wait! £1350 new on amazon

Great Video Jordan mate 👍🏻 (new sub here) I LOVE MY GH5 & paired with a LUMIX 12 - 35mm Mark II Pro lens it’s the BEST! Cheers from #iSpike Western Australia

I've got a GH4, GH5 and I'm eagerly waiting to see what the GH6 will be like.....and I haven't ruled out getting a GH5S either!

Hi Jordan. Many thanks for making this video - I recently bought a GH5 myself along side a BMPCC 6K. Out of curiosity, what would you say are your go to lenses on the GH5 and which ones should we be looking at? Chris

I love my GH5, but if I were going to buy one right now, I would probably hold off a couple weeks and see if Panasonic announces something at CP+ here soon for the GH6. Although the GH5 is great, it’s always a little bummer to fork out full price on something to see in on clearance right after because a new model was announced.

Hey Jordan! Thanks so much for this video - so so useful! I wondered if you had any advice on a trustworthy website to buy a used GH5 from? Or is it better to invest in a brand new one?

Was considering the XT4 and GH5, went along the XT4 route just because I needed to take photos too. And I can't afford any new lenses at the moment so XT4 is the only one that uses Canon lenses seamlessly even in stills. But the overheating issue is forcing me to get a Ninja V asap. That's probably the one thing I like about Panasonic most. Reliability.

Yes of course it does. I'm a GH5 & GH5s filmmaker and I love it. Though I'm tempted to go Full frame, but the cost of the lenses puts me off. I'm looking forward the GH6, hopefully this year.

The lens is amazing. The f1.7 I am in love. but....I notice a flaw but it may not be that big of a deal if you wouldn't use this to film. I bought 2 follow focus units and I put one on the focus ring, and one on the zoom and what I find is that you can't change focal points and zoom at the same time. For example, if you are zooming in and turning the focus ring to a closer focal point, it sticks at whatever focus point you start at and then snaps to the closer focal point once you stop zooming in. If that makes sense. I don't know if anyone has pointed this out but changing focus while either zooming in or out should be something that I would think the lens should be able to do especially for the price. Has anyone experienced this or know why this is? Hello.....? Panasonic?

Own and agree. Been looking for a new A cam for a while but the past year was a barf bag of technology. Nothing has made itself as clear as the GH5 did to me 2 years ago.

I bought one recently 2nd hand but only 3 months old. Use it as run and gun..... got a bmpcc4k which i cant do that with.

Unfortunately, if it doesn't hold up, I have to make the best of it because I just got mine relatively recent... so They say its not the equipment, its your creativity... I think I'm running with that concept... See Ya

Hi Jordan, just purchased a LUMIX GH5, but I cannot get anything definitive about the SD cards that people are using. I was talking to Kingston, the memory and SD manufacturers. The advice was that high-end Cameras have outstripped the ability of manufacturers to make inexpensive SD’s simply because the market for top end cards is not big enough for SD manufacturers to take notice. I am not keen to spend on an external Viewer and memory set up yet, but can see that It would certainly make good sense in the short to mid-term. So have you any advice on what SD memory cards you use please?

I like GH5! Nice video

In the conclusions you mention other cameras for cheaper price but more recent? Which one would u recommend? Id use them as a webcam for youtube videos

hello, do you know how to deactivate the central box?

I still love my GH5's. I still use a G85 for a C cam still. When Gh6 comes out I will have a new A cam and sell the G85 or keep as a spare backup.

man im considering this cam but i hard the gh6 is just around the corner. The only thing thats kinda keeping me away from it is the autofocus, the a7iii has damn pretty good autofocus but no 4k60 nor 10 bit :( And the a7s3 iis just out of my range lol

I'm considering both the GH5 and the S1. What do you see as the reasons to choose one over the other? What use cases would one perform better than the other?

Hello, i have a question please. Can you tell me wich are the best SDcard or not to expensive to use in GH5 for 10 bit4.2.2. Thank you in advance :-)

Lol everyone so quick to upgrade to the latest and greatest without out growing their equipments GH5 still an amazing camera and for many years to come. It was a ahead of it’s time

Had the g9 and loved it wish I had the gh5

Heck, even my GH4 is still going strong!

I had a G2 in errr 2013 and I then upgraded to the GH4 in 2015 then added the GH5 in 2018 and sold the GH4 in 2019 and that half paid for the G9. So the GH5 is the primary Video cam and the G9 is the primary Photo cam. I have no interest in moving away from M4/3 and my lens collection now numbers 16. In the Future there’s the (confirmed) GH6 or the BMPCC4K or the Z-Cam E2M4!

Can I ask why did you go for the S1 and not the S5?

Breaking news: GH5 Mk2 has some 40 improvements, and we think it is now in the same league as cinema cameras specially with 4 Olympus lenses (7-14 f1.2) + 25mm f1.2 + 42.5 and that 75mm f1.7. With the exception of Dynamic Range: but that can be overcome if you keep the lighting within tighter limits. and Auto focus isn't used in Holywood anyway. so Price to quality the Gh5 V2, or even Gh5s is a very serious camera in the hands of an experienced operator.

Or reason 4 for watching this video: you're obsessive over gear and just watch every video you can about your camera that you've already owned for almost 4 years even though you aren't planning on upgrading....

Does the S1 have as good a low light as the Gh5s ?

Keep going #gh5Fam

Here is the real question, how has the S1 enhanced your production of videos such as this one. Or has it simply just increased your file sizes to inevitably increase your storage capacity. Also, the GH5 does shoot 6K, you should play with that for awhile...

Reason #4 “Your just scrolling while eating a bowl of chili, and this video pops up!” 🤷🏿‍♂️

RAW Video

notice how everyone is pushing people to buy the GH5 lately? Panasonic must be getting ready to release the GH6 - trying to clear out old stock...

Question from a newbie: I want to create close up videos of birds eating seed off the deck in my backyard very similar to this example ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqqidZiUmZPHaY0.html ). I want to run the video camera for very long periods of time so it must resist overheating so that is why I am considering a Panasonic GH5ii but I am concerned about Panasonic's autofocus. Do you think this type of video could be created with manual focus ? Do you think the autofocus of the Panasonic GH5ii is good enough for this type of video ? ( If you think there is a better camera or camcorder option than the Panasonic GH5ii I would be grateful for any advice. I know the Sony A7Siii is also a good option but it is pretty expensive. ) Thank you for your help. PS - I would really be grateful for any advice you can give on this topic.

GH5 & GH5s - FOREVER!

I want somebody to make a 3 year super cut of youtubers telling us we should buy the GH5. None of them are wrong of course, but it just feels like this is an annual topic.

brb just out to buy my GH5!

4, you are waiting for the GH6, but need a 2nd camera, and its taking too long!

What’s the difference between GH5 and GH5S?

How's GH5 for Stills?

The GH5 is not suitable for filming moving objects because of its poor autofocus. It also doesn't produce good images in low light condition. But she's an excellent camera for interviews.

Why have you stopped uploading 😢

The GH5 is not worth it for me in 2021, but only because I prefer the GH5S for serious video, and I love the G9 as a walk-around hybrid camera.

gh6 is coming, why shall i buy gh5?

I bought one in 2023

Yes, but not for $1400, that's ridiculous.