Micro four thirds is not to be underestimated. It can even be superior in a few situations and genres. I have the G9 and G85 with a couple Olympus pro lenses, which I have used in commercial architecture work. Seriously, 90% of photographers don't need any more than a G7 or G85 can do.

M43 at 16mp or later 20mp is more than adequate for professional work. Two page spreads on high end periodicals easily obtainable with that amount of resolution.

Nice video, love the effects and lighting effects of the silver G7. I miss mine. Maybe manual focus is your friend though, through no fault of your own, the telltale sign you're using the G7 is the periodic focus hunting. I'm sure you've noticed it but not a deal breaker. Great content so far, look forward to seeing the next one.

A few years ago I bought the Lumix G7 as my first professional camera. A couple of years later I upgraded to the G 85 and a couple years later I upgraded to the G9 now I’m waiting for them to come out with a G9 Mark 2

The G7 is know to have shutter shock. In the menu there is a setting that if it detects shake it will auto switch to electronic shutter. My G7 video did crash with camera movement.

I have heard from a couple of people that they really like that particular sensor for the results that they get as they maintain that it has a unique rendering of images.

You have totally convinced me to buy a Panasonic Lumix G7 ,i have the G6 which is one of my all time favourites but will now invest in the G7 .

Just pulled the trigger yesterday on a G95. Glad to see this video's additional confirmation - that my choice of camera and format was the right one. 🌻

This is the camera I've used on my channel for years now. I've attempted to "upgrade" to a few other cameras a few times and always ended up sending them back (either the video quality wasn't good enough, or such a miniscule improvement that I couldn't justify the cost.) When I do my talking head shots, I set the camera in manual focus, and tap to focus on my phone with the Panasonic app. It eliminates the focus jumping, but for photos, I've never had a single problem with autofocus.

People do use the G7 for professional work. Particularly good for product shot and street. The Canon 5D MkII is quite a bit noisier than the G7, which may surprise you. The reason for this is a small sensor generates less heat that causes noise, and the Lumix sensor is mounted on a heat sink. The FF will have a wider angle of view for the same magnification, which gives a different look that cannot be replicated with a 4/3 and can be preferred for landscape. But FF lenses are a lot bigger and heavier.

The G7 sells for $500 in the USA at B&H. The only thing that stopped me from getting one was the G95 for only $200 more. The 20MP sensor, the 12-60mm lens, and the IBIS were well worth the extra cost. Both are great cameras.

And i like the intro Ben :)

I got the G7 as a second M43 camera to my GX85, really like shooting with it. Found a second one used but in mint condition, great cameras.

Cool video man. I have the Lumix G7 too, and still love it!

Welcome to the m43 family! I too had many Canons and divorced my 6D and three "L" lenses for Oly m43 almost 3 years ago. I love the system and the weight (like you). I also love the affordability of the lenses as well as their insane quality, IBS, and image quality. I am glad I looked into the system, rented one, and converted.

I knew you were recording this on the G7 right away due to the autofocus 😅

God I loved my G7, I had it for about 5.5 years before it randomly died on me in the middle of a shoot during one of my college projects. I ended up borrowing one of my friends a7si, my first time using full frame and I absolutely fell in love with the full frame look. I just ordered an s5, but I'll never forget how absolutely amazing the G7 is especially for the price.

Simple. It’s still a great camera. Same goes for the older Olympus MFT bodies, Canon EF-M bodies, other older Panasonic MFT bodies and Sony NEX series of cameras. I love the deluge of new bodies from Panasonic, Canon and Sony. It just means prices are gonna drop on the used market and make awesome gear, like this, more affordable.

That's a great camera I went for the Lumix GX85 and use it with the first version of the Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm F1.4 it is just awesome

G7 for landscapes, manual focus with peaking, ISO 200, tripod for low shutter speeds if required, more than good enough!

I love the weight of my G85 and GH5 and their lenses. Hopefully the GH7 will be out soon with PDAF.

I went for a M43 camera as well. With the sensor being half the size of a 24x36mm sensor, a truly equivalent lens weighs in at around 1/8th of its miniature format (nowadays called 'full frame'). I went for a different camera but the features on these things are astounding. I don't know if yours has a 'post-focus' function on it (image stacking to get greater depth of field) but that is pretty good. Also, the ability to process RAW images in any number of ways to produce whatever jpegs you want and the wireless comms with your smartphone to an app so that you can not only d/l the images but also, you can take pictures or video like this so you can place your camera somewhere and retire to a safe distance and see what it is seeing and take the shots you want. The only real reason to go above around the 16-24MP range is if you are going to be doing deep crops. One thing that these cameras are especially good at is the fact that they can do a software upgrade. My camera is on firmware version 2.0. I am eagerly awaiting the inclusion of converging verticals 'correction' that would use the camera's levelling sensors to produce a starting point. Like you say, M43 isn't quite 'compact' but it certainly doesn't weigh as much as a miniature format camera. Mine is a D-Lux 7, by the way.

I love my G7 it’s a low light beast with my 50mm 1.1 lens😊

Autofocus works well in avchd 1080 and 4k! Never experienced focus hauting in that format

Yeah, nice intro! You may notice that one of the weak points for Panasonic M43 is the autofocus when recording pieces to camera! I always set my G80 to manual focus for talking head stuff. Otherwise M43 (Pana or Olympus) is a great compromise for most photography / video.

Thanks for this video I know not to use this camera for video using its auto focus! You can see it constantly hunting even after it locks focus. But I like the photos it produces and the light weight is definitely a welcomed feature.

Just a tip when filming on a fixed point turn off auto-focus and manually set the focus.

Had mine going on 7 years and I will own it for another 7 I’m sure

I love how the camera just loose focus , refocused, even when you sit still , classic Panasonic performance

Your intro did look cool. That was the first thing I thought when I started the video. Thought this guy is talented and it must have not took him to long to make it. Guess I was wrong on that assumption.

would love to hear what your in depth thought about this, im a beginner so sometime (almost everytime) i blame the G7 itself lol. maybe some tips and trick to overcome the weakness of this camera!

The G7 is my grab and go camera along with the 14-140 lens. While a great camera and among my favourites for handling and ease of use, it does have certain limitations that can, usually, easily be worked around. Firstly you have continuous autofocus engaged for your filming and it tends to hunt a bit. Use manual focus for that kind of work. Then there is shutter shock which manifests with certain lenses at certain shutter speeds. I use auto shutter selection to avoid this and it is very effective. There is no minimum shutter speed available for use in Aperture priority mode with auto ISO. This often results in too low a shutter speed for the scene at hand. Otherwise it’s a lovely camera even today. I had it out all day today on a farm tractor, just in case I saw something interesting. Not lucky today though and no time to play around.

I miss my G7 to, so now i gonna Buy me a used one :)

Good video! Great intro! Almost didn't recognise you without the reverse baseball cap 😄 Regarding 4K software - Davinci Resolve! All you need is the free version. It does EVERYTHING you'll need. Trust me!

If you're going to use autofocus make sure it's in 50/60p mode as there are more frames and it's easier for the camera to lock on to you. Also you didn't need autofocus in this specific situation. You could have used your phone as a monitor and the panasonic imaging app to lock on to focus. All in all the G7 is a great camera I own one since 2017. I prefer the GX85 though (which I also own), only caveat being no flippy screen but makes up for it with IBIS.

I just subscribed. Thank you.

For a just little bit more, you can get g85 or gx85, which have non issue about shutter shock and much better build quality.

And what about af for vlog

I have one for years. Yes, its nice, just one thing: forget autofocus for video. Cheap, 4k, decent iq, etc. Af for video is not on the list, that's the feature this gear does not have. (As this video shows it crystal clear.)

Hey...My lumix g7 has a defective viewfinder: all you see is blurred. I coudn´t fix it. Do you have any idea how to fix it? maybe the humidity.

can u do a photo session with this camera plz? like portraits with a model, in bright or low light condition. We would love that, almost everyone who has this camera only say something about video capabilities, so we definitely gonna appreciate it... Thank you so much bro!!

good choice man :) subscribed

Y not G85..

You should get a better autofocus lens. I recomend 12-35mm Panasonic one.

cameras with full frame sensors are superior in low light conditions. But for me, the problem of low light can still be solved with lights when using an MFT camera, even a full frame sensor camera still needs light to build depth and composition. That's why I also bought the GH5 in 2022. Low price, high end features. I only feel the constraints if I want to shoot in a landscape frame, I need a lens with a focal length range of 7-12mm which is expensive. But i still didn't regret have an MFT camera.

The GX8 is 20mp and a bit lighter with IBIS. The GX85, GX9 as well. The G100 too… 😏

ironically, your video assured me not to get a G7 due to focus breathing! thank you.

Are you usually using yours with a 25mm 1.7? I just bought mine body only with a 12-60 kit lens and it feels heavy to me. I have ordered a 25mm and will see how that feels. I am a small woman and not so young.

Had high hopes for G7 but after about 1000 photos and many video. ediited to the highest content I could create. My S21 Ultra and iPhone 13 performed better in all comparison test. Without post editing. And 10X easier to use on a daily basis. High end Camera struggle to compete with new flagship phones

From a video perspective the 1080p is ugly, the 4K is excellent tho, and not being able to use a monitor is an absolute struggle. Definitely things to consider

What's your lens for G7? Most preferable

I am looking to buy this camera, but i am confused between this and canon 1500d which one would you recommend

I bought one too.

Great video! G7 doesn't have IBIS. How do you mitigate that?

if the camera is so good, why does the video seem to show the focus hunting at times (even if these are short periods).

If you get a $35 remote and set your focus to single, you will be in focus and you will not get that focus hunting.

M43 awesome format

Would you necessarily recommend it for KZfaq video shoots? A lot of times my video is me interviewing people following them around so I need something that has good auto focus as well as can record for long periods of time because sometimes I’ll be shooting people in different clips for about two hours or so. I don’t necessarily have the biggest budget, so I’m curious if this might work for what I need at least for now I’ve been shooting on my iPhone, but the battery on that die so quickly and it’s embarrassing to have to go and charge it to continue shooting

i just subscribed

A lot of focus seeking......🤦‍♀️

I was also considering this camera but went with the G85 for it's waterproofness and a bevy of additional features and not that much bigger.

Light but quite bulky

I forgot - the intro is about as bad as they get.

I like the g85 more than g7 but g7 will get you 4k

That intro... with all the same one angle of the camera with slight crops to it? Yeah, that definitely does not deserve a Like ☠️

Wow, very very bad focusing on your video.. so much breathing..

Want likes? Just jump in without burning a full minute of lead in.

Masochism?

crap

My G7 stutters when the camera is moving (24FPS) I don't know why... no smooth image movement😮‍💨

I'm still using G85. IBIS worth it