- Hey everybody.
This is Roberto Blake at robertoblake.com
helping you create something awesome today
so today, real quick,
I'm gonna talk about my five favorite features
of the Panasonic Lumix G7.
You know, I probably should do
like my seven favorite features of Panasonic Lumix G7.
You know what? In fact, changing the video title right now.
Let's do my seven favorite features
of the Panasonic Lumix G7
so first of all, my favorite feature
has to be the flip out touchscreen.
I love that.
I love that it can flip out.
I can self-record. You guys have seen me do that before.
I did it for my 4K video test,
and the touchscreen's really convenient.
I haven't had a touchscreen in a camera like this before
so that's something that in using it,
I found was very practical for me.
It made things go a lot faster especially at conferences
where I'm trying to run-and-gun so I just like that
especially for getting through the menu system.
One of the other cool features I really like on this
is the Wi-Fi capability.
Now the Wi-Fi for this works a lot better
on the Panasonic app for my Android
than it does for my iPhone, and I cannot explain why.
I don't know.
I'm just really glad that I have both ecosystems
of smartphone because I think
there are gonna be more and more situations like that
where one is better than the other for some things,
and that's why I do it so having Wi-Fi on a camera like this
is really convenient for a lot of reasons for me.
One, it's another option as far as a remote
so you don't have to go out and buy one
as far as a wireless trigger for anything
so that's really cool.
I like that even if I, like, wasn't in a position
where using the flip screen is practically for me,
I can monitor from the phone or from a tablet
so there are a lot of interesting uses for that,
and a lot of ways you can get creative with it
so I think that's a great second feature of this.
One of the features I wasn't expecting to like
as much as I did is the 4K stills.
The 4K stills, for me as somebody
who works primarily digitally,
is very practical because when I'm doing editing,
and I'm doing stuff for video,
I actually could shoot very loose,
and shoot a still of something for a product review,
and then I can crop in, and I can add motion to it
in post in Adobe Premiere so for product reviews,
and creating an almost slider-like effect,
this is actually really cool to use
the still images in that way
or to get something very high quality as a still
that I want to use as a thumbnail, and I have a lot of room
to crop in and get creative with it
so I really like it for those reasons.
The fourth reason that I really like this
is 4K video is one of my favorite features in this camera.
It's probably the primary reason that I bought it.
4K video is something that is not practical
for the far majority of you
especially because maybe you're a YouTuber.
You gotta remember, I'm doing this for things
for my business.
Shooting 4K video is gonna become
more and more important commercially
so when I'm working with people who are public speakers
or authors, having 4K video capability lets me stand out
so in my dealings with them, and shooting stuff
for their reel, shooting stuff for them commercially,
that is something that has an advantage,
something you can charge more for,
and something that lets you stand out,
and this makes it very affordable for me to do it
so I really like that feature,
and I'm building a whole computer
around 4K video editing as we speak.
My fifth favorite feature is the actual form factor,
and all of the dials, and buttons,
and the entire layout ergonomically.
I love it. I really do.
This is something that's actually really convenient for me,
and it's easy for me to take advantage of,
and it's something that I think works out a little better
than the other cameras I've used even when I borrowed
and used the Sony a6000 or the Sony a7R II.
Those layouts were fine
but this is actually my favorite camera layout so far,
and I really dig it.
It's really easy for me to use the custom function buttons,
and that really makes a lot of sense for me.
It's something that I've gotten very comfortable with
in a short period of time,
and it's one of the best camera experiences I have.
It's getting to shoot more actually.
Feature number six, the electronic viewfinder.
I know there are a lot of you
who don't like the electronic viewfinder.
You prefer an optical viewfinder.
I prefer the electronic viewfinder
because of my poor vision,
and the fact that I usually need glasses.
It's always been a struggle for me to decide
whether or not to shoot with my glasses,
and take advantage of the LCD screen
or to take them off and just use the viewfinder.
With the electronic viewfinder, it's now easier for me,
even being vision impaired,
to just go ahead and take my glasses off,
trust this and my native eye for the shots that I want,
and that makes a lot of sense.
I love being able to see the data and the readout,
and that's great for me
so I really dig the electronic viewfinders,
and that's what I'm really looking forward to in the future.
That's what I like about the mirrorless cameras
more than DSLRs so for me, that is a big plus here.
My seventh favorite feature on this
is the longer record time.
I can get 30 minutes on this, and here is the beauty of it,
I can record instantly back-to-back without a cool down
so that's kind of another feature of it
is that I can just record back-to-back for 20 or 30 minutes
depending on how I set this up,
and that's really convenient for me.
This is actually how I filmed
or rather how I had a volunteer, a great guy named Tom,
film one of my last speaking sessions, HOW Design Live.
It was easy for Tom to film that for 45, 50 minutes
back-to-back using this camera.
If he had been using one of my Nikon DSLRs,
he wouldn't have been able to do that for me,
and it wouldn't have worked out so I really appreciate
that this has that functionality and feature.
They don't have the overheating.
Some of you have mentioned that
about the Sony mirrorless cameras,
and if I had the Panasonic Lumix GH4 instead of the G7,
I actually wouldn't have a record time limit of 30 minutes.
I could actually just shoot an hour straight
or an hour and a half as long as I have
the memory card capability,
and I think that that is tremendous.
I think that for a lot of people in marketing,
in filmmaking, in public speaking
that that is a great feature to have in a camera,
and I like that this is just a little bit scaled down
of that but 30 minutes is still better than 20, guys.
It really is.
So there you have it, my seven favorite features
of the Panasonic Lumix G7.
That was actually really fun to do.
Maybe I should do like my 13 favorite features
of the Dell XPS 13 'cause I think
that they could be interesting or 13 things to like
or 13 reasons to buy, something like that.
I really like these kind of videos.
I like running through them,
and just kind of geeking out with you guys
about what I like in this gear.
Anyway, that's it. I'm loving this camera.
It's been great for my business.
It's gonna be great for my public speaking.
I'm using this for all of my upcoming speaking engagements.
I'm even gonna start recording my behind-the-scenes.
I'm doing Toastmasters now
so I'm doing public speaking practice,
and maybe I'm gonna film my practices.
I've been using those to study myself.
Maybe I'll start showing you guys that here on the channel.
I don't know.
Anyway, I hope you guys now are ready to make
an informed buying decision one way or the other.
Your camera links are in the description below
of recommended cameras and gear, lenses for this bad boy.
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As always, you guys, thanks so much for watching,
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with whatever camera you happen to have.