- What's going on everybody?
Happy; The holidays are over.
Everyone's already forgotten
about their resolutions already.
And all that.
So, let's put that behind us.
Today's a pretty exciting video.
Got a couple of things going on.
I know you guys have a lot of questions
about the Panasonic G7 and the Cannon M50
because they both slide into the $500-ish range.
And they're mirrorless cameras.
They're very, very capable.
4K, auto focus, flip out screen.
Neither of these are necessarily brand new cameras.
But as of right now, beginning in 2019, these seem like
the best cameras available out there for the $500 range.
They're both awesome cameras.
I've seen great things done with both.
So, I don't think you can go wrong with either/or.
But we're gonna find out which one
has a slight edge over the other.
Also, we've got speed boosters to
test out on both of these cameras.
That's pretty cool.
Speed boosters have been around for
Micro Fourth Thirds for a while.
But just now have they started releasing ones
for the EOS M lenses, which the Canon M50 uses.
And that's not all; I feel like an infomercial salesman.
(laughter)
Which I kind of am.
Because this video is sponsored by Skillshare, by the way.
But you guys know what that means.
We're doing a giveaway at the end of the video.
So stay tuned and one of the winners
will be chosen at random.
And that winner will be able to decide if they
want a free Cannon M50 or a free Panasonic Lumix G7.
Anyway, both of these cameras are currently set to ISO 200;
at an F-stop of 4.5 shutter speed
at 1/60 white balance on daylight.
And they're both just straight out of the box.
Just straight, standard color profile, nothing tweaked.
I was surprised how similar these cameras are looking.
Especially in the studio.
We're gonna try out a few more environments.
We're still in 4K.
Right now, I've got some direct sun
blasting my face right now.
And, I'm like squinting.
I'm trying not to squint too much.
My eyes are tiny. Don't even think about it.
I know you're thinking something racist.
Don't even think it.
I think the biggest difference
is really in the highlight roll off.
You can kind of see how one camera
looks a little bit different.
Like, if you look at just the way the
light kind of rolls on the highlights
on my cheeks and stuff like that, it's
pretty different between the two cameras.
Now I'm like completely in the shade.
I just have this camera here so
I can use it as a microphone.
Hi, I can be standing all the way back here and
you can still hear me because I'm using audio
from here and picture from those two cameras.
This is complicated.
This might actually be a pretty decent test
for dynamic range as well because I'm in the shadow
and now I'm in the direct, blasted by sunlight.
Alright, now we are slightly in the shade and
I'm gonna be honest with you guys, I went into
this video thinking; Like, I'm gonna be
talking trash about Panasonic's color sides.
But, it's actually looking pretty dang close.
I'm looking at some of the shots with the dogs.
One looks slightly more magenta and
one looks slightly more green.
But they're way more similar than
I would have ever expected.
The 4K really impressive on both cameras.
Let's see how the HD looks.
So now both cameras are recording in HD.
Let's see if there is a difference in quality here.
So make sure I don't step in dog poop.
I'm an expert at stepping in dog poop.
If there's dog poop to be stepped on,
I will manage to find it and step on it, accidentally.
We've got both of these cameras on prime lenses,
at about a 50 mm equivalent at F 2.8 on both.
So this is pretty shallow depth of field.
We're gonna get a lot of background blur, which is
gonna make it pretty difficult on the auto focus.
So, we're gonna test that.
And also, we're listening to the onboard
audio from camera number one right now.
And here's how it sounds like if we
were to switch the audio to camera number two.
So now this is what the other camera sounds like.
And this is internal audio.
So, not really recommended to use internal audio.
But, sometimes you just need to
use it and here's how it sounds.
Both of these monitors are constantly
seeing me drift in and out of focus.
This is tough.
Because remember, both of these cameras are in 4K.
And neither of them have great auto focus in 4K.
The Cannon M50 does have dual pixel auto focus,
which is one of the best auto focus
systems that I've ever used.
But, it only works in HD, once you switch it into 4K;
Then poof, it's gone which tends to hunt a lot.
There's a lot more guess work and it's less reliable.
The Panasonic G7 also has auto focus.
But once you're in 4K, it's significantly slower
and it's actually pretty bad.
So I'm gonna just float around a little bit
and see which one looses me more frequently.
And again, neither of these are be that
great because we're filming in 4K.
We'll have to try this test again in HD after this.
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This camera's super out of focus.
Get back in focus on my face.
Camera number two has no problems
when I get like intimately close.
Like it has no issues.
It just focuses on my face, very clear.
Not camera number one though.
Camera number one has intimacy issues, for sure.
Because as soon as I get close, it's like OK.
You're still soft.
You're kind of close, but you're still soft.
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That took a really long time.
Sometimes this camera does great.
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Alright, so one final test before I tell
you guys which camera is which.
We are in a dark environment.
I have all my lights set to the dimmest level they go to.
And we are at IOS 3200 right now.
So, maybe check and see how much grain that both of
them have in case you're in a low light environment.
Here's another sample clip at 6400 ISO.
And camera one seems to be the
better low light performer camera.
Camera two; Starting to see some noise
and it's just not as sharp.
After editing that last segment in 4K;
It was just so frustrating because there's
so much out of focus footage.
The 4K auto focus on both cameras suck.
I wouldn't use either of them if I was a YouTuber.
If you're trying to film yourself,
auto focus is really high priority.
So with both these cameras, I would just go straight to HD.
Because, the Canon M50 had great
dual pixel auto focus in HD.
The Panasonic has much faster auto focus.
By the way, both cameras have been using native lenses.
So Cannon has been using Canon lenses.
Panasonic has been using Panasonic lenses.
Now so far, I feel like it's been pretty difficult
to differentiate between the two cameras, right?
Like are you guys confident at which camera is which?
I'm gonna throw that poll right there.
I want you guys to click it and tell
me which camera you think is which.
Now after playing with these cameras for a while,
I think the biggest difference lays in
the auto focus capabilities in HD.
The dual pixel auto focus from Cannon
is one of the best auto focuses I've ever seen.
Look how fast the Canon caught me.
And finally, the G7 caught me.
So yeah, camera two is the Canon M50.
Camera one is the Panasonic G7.
Canon's auto focus is so great and
it's so fast and it's so reliable.
And it's one of the main reasons
why I buy so many Canon cameras.
Just look how fast the Canon caught
my face, opposed to the Lumix.
I'm gonna pop into frame.
Both cameras are focused on the background.
And just watch how fast the Canon M50 catches me.
It's insane.
If you step away from the camera; It knows you stepped away
and goes right up to you.
Opposed to a lot of other cameras that are like, uh,
I have no idea where you went.
See, look how fast that was.
That's amazing.
Alright so now let's take a quick
look at the cameras themselves.
Now, I really like the design of the G7.
I think it looks pretty cool.
I like the colors on it.
It does feel a little bit plastic-y.
The Canon M50 feels a little bit more solid in the hand.
It's a little but more compact.
Now it terms of picture quality;
I'm kind of torn.
On a couple of these side by side comparison shots,
I actually preferred how the G7 came out looking.
Which I was pretty surprised about.
I was also really surprised that the G7 looked better
in low light, especially since it's a
Micro Fourth Thirds sensor.
I was really impressed with how it looked
and actually the M50 looked pretty bad next to it.
So, I went back and I re-shot it.
I triple checked the focus on it and everything.
And, definitely the G7 looked a little bit
cleaner in the low light.
So, that was pretty unexpected.
But at the same time,
I did take the G7 out and I tried
to shoot a little vlog with it
and tried to get some footage with it.
And I just wasn't super happy with the image
that I came out of that particular shoot.
And since I've been using the M50 for so long,
I know I would have been happy with the results
out of this camera.
So I really think it depends on the environment
on which camera looks better.
The G7, I kept getting this feeling
that it was a little bit video-y and less film-ic.
But, maybe it's just because I'm so used to
the look from the Cannon M50
that I'm just not used to seeing the G7 footage.
But, I don't know.
My point is, the image quality out of
both of these cameras are phenomenal.
So, you really can't go wrong with either/or.
I think the G7 shows a little bit more green
and the M50 goes a little bit more magenta.
But you can kind of tweak those
very easily in post production.
And also the standard picture profile
on the Canon seemed a little bit more contrast-y.
These are all simple adjustments you can make on the camera.
But yeah, in terms of image quality,
they both did really, really well.
It's a $500 camera.
This is amazing.
Now both of these cameras are very much capable for
photography as well but I'm a video dude.
I don't know much about photography.
So let's skip through that part.
They're both loaded with awesome features
like time-lapse assistance,
stuff to keep you busy.
Micro four thirds, or the EOSM lenses.
They're great because they're so compact,
I mean, this is basically ready to go,
and it's tiny.
But if you don't care so much about the size
and wanna get more of cinematic images,
I definitely recommend you guys look into
these speed boosters because what is basically does is
take a full frame lens like this,
and it basically reshapes the light out of the back
so it compresses that light a little bit more,
which gives you more light so better
for low light environments.
It gives you shallower depth of field,
and it basically makes it look more like you're
shooting out of a cinema camera opposed to
a small sensored camera.
Alright, so this is what it looks like if I have the
16 mm with a speed boost.
I can get everyone in the frame with me, so
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- Speedboost!
- And this is the 16 mm without the speedbooster,
so it's a little bit darker.
It's harder to squeeze everyone in the frame,
but keep in mind that if you're using this for vlogging,
it is gonna increase the size
cause a lot of these adapters uses Canon EF lenses
which tend to be bigger,
and then you slap an adapter behind it,
and then put it onto the camera,
it's gonna be bigger.
Alright, so overall, what are we dealing with here?
We have the M50 on this side.
Sorry for my terrible handwriting.
I've been trying to get through my YouTube career
without showing you guys how bad my handwriting
is, but I'm kinda sick and tired of making
all these graphics, so I might as well just
get it filmed, and then done.
Now I've been trying to give you guys
as much information as possible without giving you
my full on opinion on it
so that you guys can make up your mind on your own,
but here's where I'm going to get biased and tell you
guys which one I would pick.
The G7, you can definitely find it a tad bit cheaper,
so you can easily find a lens with the camera body
for $500.
The M50, you might have to scavenge around a little bit.
You can still get a body new for $500,
but a lot of times, if you're gonna get with the body
and the lens, it can get like $550,
closer to $600, and you just have to look around
at who has the best deal: Amazon, Ebay, whatever.
Low light, that's pretty impressive.
I was no expecting the micro four thirds to have
better low light performance than the Canon M50.
Another thing I like about the G7
is the switches it has.
It has more switches for different things.
Sw-it-ches.
Okay, I spelled that right.
I was always the one out of the spelling bee.
Now with the M50, you only really have this one dial
that adjusts most your settings and you kinda
press the firm buttons to toggle what this does.
The G7 though involve the hand has a dial up here,
and a dial up here for aperture, shutter, and
then you can toggle between ISO white balance
on these switches as well.
So the extra dial and extra switches is kinda nice,
especially if you're running the camera's manual mode,
and you want to just kind of fly through those settings.
Also another factor, it is no crop in 4K.
That is nice because if you switch between HD
and 4K on the M50, you get that crop in 4K mode,
but on the G7, no matter what resolution you're shooting on,
it's gonna look the same, so that's a plus.
The native lenses.
And I'm talking about micro four thirds
versus EOS M lenses,
I think there's more exciting stuff going on with
micro four thirds, so if you're not looking to adapt it
to different types of lenses, you're probably going to
have a better time finding micro four thirds lenses
out there.
Opposed to USM, there's a few good ones out there
like this is a 22 mm F2,
which is pretty nice and it's nice and compact.
But, besides that, there just hasn't been too much
that really caught my eye in the EOS M line.
And it also comes with log color profiles built in meaning
flat picture profiles that you can grade after the fact.
Although I'm not a huge fan of using log settings
with 8-bit color,
just because when it comes to grading it, sometimes
you see a whole lot of banding, and I'm just not a fan.
There are several profiles you can get for the M50,
but they don't come built in.
You kind of have to install it yourself.
It's not hard, but it's not the easiest process
I've ever seen.
Either so, G7 has that, and if any of these features
seem really awesome to you,
then the G7 is a great option.
But, me, myself, I would go for the Canon M50.
Because there's one thing that the Canon M50 does
so good which is the auto focus.
I have to clarify- in HD.
Not in 4K.
That (beep) sucks.
The Canon dual pixel auto focus is like the only
auto focus that I really really trust,
especially to be filming these videos because I've
filmed hours and hours in front of this camera.
I'm filming at an F2.8, and I wanna say do something like
crazy like this.
And then like back out. And all that.
Then I've never lost a take because of auto focus
because when it locks onto my face, it doesn't, like,
randomly just shift out for a split second.
And I've tried every auto focus setting on the G7.
I've tried the face detection, the tracking,
like I went online, and everyone seems to have
a different recommendation on what they say is the best
vlog auto focus setting.
I've tried them all,
and none of them are nearly as good as the dual pixel
auto focus on the M50,
and because of that, I would say that alone is a
reason for me to go to the M50.
Another factor is the sensor
which is a 1.6 times crop factor.
The Canon M50 has an APS-C sensor,
and the difference between the APS-C and the
micro four thirds sensor wasn't as
significant as I thought it would be.
I was definitely able to still get a nice
blurred background out of the micro four thirds sensor.
But generally speaking, if you're concerned
about the sensor's size,
then the M50 does have that bigger APS-C sensor.
Another thing is the stabilization in the body.
Alright, this is kind of iffy
cause it's a digital image stabilization,
and it has three different modes.
And it does a pretty decent job just kind of pulling
out those, like, microvibrations.
It's not unlike Sony's Ibis or anything like that
where the sensor's actually balancing itself out.
But, it still does help a little bit.
Like right now, the M50 has stabilization in the lens
and also digital image stabilization in the body.
The G7, right now, only has it in the lens.
And if you don't have a lens with image stabilization,
you can get a whole lot of that jiggle.
Another factor is that 120 FPS, super slow motion.
It's 720p, so it's not incredible,
but it's not bad, and the G7 maxes out at 60p.
And also, this is kinda subjective,
but I did prefer the sound quality our of this M50 as well.
So, that's why I personally would go for that M50.
Yeah, I'm gonna give him a tongue too.
He's a bad ass.
Oh man, he's gonna be angry.
Dude!
What a gangster.
I don't like that nose actually.
I really should... sorry.
Kari, I need a new table.
But there we go, I think that pretty much wraps it up.
Now, let's talk about this giveaway now.
All you gotta do is leave a comment down below,
telling me which one of these cameras
would you prefer to win,
and what do you plan on doing with the camera.
And we're gonna randomly select a comment to win
one of these two.
So, let me know.
Let's read a few comments from the last video
and call it a day.
The top comment from the last video was
The problem with camera gear is once you buy something,
it leads to you wanting about 50 other things.
That is a 100% true.
That is the thing, guys, is that these cameras
may be 500 bucks, but give it a year or two, once you add up
all your accessories,
you'll just be like, holy crap, I just bought
a $3,000 tripod and $4,000 worth of lenses.
What am I doing with myself?
I can't pay rent.
My wife's gonna kill me.
Chico says, petition for an ASMR channel where you
tickle all kinds of camera gear.
(laughs)
The Lumix G7 has a really nice design to it,
but it's also very plastic-y; you can hear it.
(scratches)
Scratches.
(scratches)
(knobs turning)
(whispering)Now that is a satisfying dial isn't it?
I kinda creep myself out with that.
Matt 222 says Where's the giveaway?
I really want that steadycam for my M50
for that video, Geo was in charge of picking out
a randomized winner using some software thing
that basically just like randomizes a bunch of comments
Let me call him real quick.
(phone ringing)
Can you come to the studio real quick?
- [Gio] Yeah, I'll be right there.
- Did you pick out a giveaway winner for the SL2
and all those accessories?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- You did it already?
Can you tell us who it is?
- No.
- You didn't do it yet, did you?
- Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow you'll pick it out.
Okay.
- For sure.
- Well let me show you one of the winners
for the Insta360.
And the video.
(upbeat music)