how's it going guys I'm Micah laplante from Laplanet arts and today I'm
reviewing the Panasonic Lumix G7 so in this overview I kind of want to go
over some of the basic things about this cameras I don't want to spend too much
time with it so I'm gonna be as quick as I can right now
on Amazon this camera is going for five ninety seven ninety-nine
it's listed at $7.99 typically but it's rarely at this price I personally bought
this on Black Friday for $4.99 and included in that was a enormous kit with
all the essentials that you could possibly want to start right off the bat
none of them were too fantastic but none of them were really too much garbage
anyway and at the price of $4.99 it's well below the MSRP so anything you get
with it really is a bonus anyway okay so now that you know the price let's talk
about the bad stuff first um there really aren't many I mean other than the
fact that this is not weather sealed and the autofocus that continuous out of
focus on video is less than great I don't have too much to say about it
first the weather sealing with it without it being weather sealed you
can't really take it out in the rain or mess around on the beach too much near
the water or go out in the snow or anything like that without risking
damaging the camera now the GH5 which is the step up from this camera usually
runs at least two to three hundred dollars more at best and that's pretty
much what the step up includes is the fact that your weather sealed and you
have an improved continuous autofocus in the video now where the continuous
autofocus may be an issue is if you're a vlogger that kind of move around with
your camera a lot where you're kind of like moving it up and down and
around June you're walking with it then that the camera needs to compensate for
the movements and its focus other than that it's not really a problem I mean I
have this on a tripod right now stand in front of me and it's on manual focus and
most of the things I film I kind of prefer manual focus most
cinematographers would actually they like to have the complete control over
what the camera is focusing on now that is to me a small problem and to some
it's make-or-break but even in vlogging I mean I use this camera for vlogs and
video reviews anyway so I don't see the issue weatherproofing i wish i'd
weatherproofing but in order to get that it has to go up three hundred dollars
one other thing I've heard people complain about is that this camera
doesn't have unlimited video recording time it limits it at 30 minutes which
I've heard that you can fix it's kind of a software thing it's not like the
camera itself is limited it's just kind of like a firmware issue the GH5
again doesn't have that limit so I mean I don't see that's more of what you need
the camera for honestly if you're shooting a long moments at weddings or
ceremonies or anything like that if you need a continuous recording for a long
period of time then sure that will be an issue but most film projects you work on
if you're doing more than a thirty minute clip and one shot then you
probably need a crazier camera anyway okay with the dirt aside I love this
camera it's amazing I mean let's start with a kit lens the kit lens they give
you it for once is not garbage town it's actually a decent lens that you would
want to keep around the 14 to 42 it offers a decent enough range while you
can't go super far with it it does have nice glass on it the focal points are
very clear and then if you want that nice bokeh effect you get that as well
now one of the biggest things about this camera and the biggest selling point I
think for people is the fact that it has 4k
footage and it is glorious it's really nice I like it I mean it's 4k what's
there not to like it records at an impressive 100 megabytes a second which
is rather large so get yourself a good SD card and not just one with high
capacity of one that has a high write speak to it as well keep that in mind
now it doesn't shoot at anything higher than 30 frames a second has the 24
frames a second which for you cinematographers out there is important
and a 30 frames per second option there is no 60 or 120 mm let's be real here
this is a $500 camera for me so I wouldn't expect much more anyway it is a
crop sensor it is not full-frame but nevertheless it still has pretty good
low-light functionality another great thing about this camera is how light it
is it is so light it barely feels like you're holding anything anyway all the
controls are perfect in your hands that they're easy to access they're
comfortable that's another thing that's big they're very comfortable to reach to
get used to moving around it's it's great that way and everything is very
settings and feature-rich where you can adjust just about everything pretty
easily the little LCD screen it comes with is
also very good it has a nice rail on the top that you can add external flashes or
external mics I'm using an external mic right now another big selling feature I
think on this camera is the fact that it has a flip out screen that swills or you
can reach above you and adjust the screen down and look ahead you can do
all kinds of things there's nice versatility with it which a lot of
cameras just in general don't have a lot of the other competitors cameras in the
price point that it's in have just a little tilt care a tilt my uh tilt
screen that's the word I'm looking for so I got this camera because it was the
absolute best camera I could find in that price range there seriously nothing
else could compare to it other people argue like yeah the gh 5 is better just
by the gh rival well not everyone has and dollars to spend on a camera
sometimes you're punching yourself sometimes you're trying to weigh the
options you're trying to be able to buy other equipment you're you have to
spread the money out a little bit and sometimes you don't want to put it all
into a camera if you're a professional photographer on the other hand I mean
sure get the best camera you can but honestly I have no complaints with this
camera another cool thing is that you can use a variety of lenses on this
camera I've seen plenty of people using antique lenses with an adapter and super
low prices and they take them using pictures with them I know my Mike's lens
I'm gonna get is probably gonna be the Jupiter 11 lens so simply put all and
all in the end for the price it is one of the best cameras you can find it's
comfortable it's versatile it's great for videography and even some good
photography not only do I think it's a good place to start I think it's just a
good camera to have if you're on the go and you don't want to carry around a big
camera this camera no it doesn't fail to impress and I'm a pretty picky person so
that's it for my review today let me know what you think is this camera the
right camera for you have you found another camera that works good for you
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good stuff alright guys it's not for me to say goodbye
I will see you in the next video
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