Panasonic G7 topic, 4K castrate monster or GH4 for poor

Tjibbe

Mine came in today, the european model. As I thought, it's only 50p no 60p. But what's worse, doesn't have all-intra and high bitrates in 1080p. 28mbs is the highest setting, that's only 14mbs relatively to 1080p 25p. That and the aweful plasticy buildquality are my 2 main concerns. I'm considering returning it and going for the lx100 or waiting for sony rx100IV.

jai2yeux

So, any chance of "unlocking" those europeans G7 like it was done with the GH2?

fahrenheit

@Tjibbe The deficiency is one of intellect, not of hardware.

As for the comments regarding a possible hack, how about choosing the right tool for the job (which exists) instead of hassling people to waste extreme amounts of time for your own personal benefit.

jai2yeux

Care to enlighten the many whom do not possess your magnificent wisdom, o easily irritated master of the not-celcius?

fahrenheit

What specifically is a hack going to achieve for you that a region switchable GH camera wont?

jai2yeux

Well for starters, how do I know if it will remove the 30 min. limit? It's not like I'm buying these everyday. Also, I've gotten quite attached to Moon T8 and its high bitrates.

liork

@Tjibbe , did you get the silver or black color version?

MarcioK

@Tjibbe Just remember that the LX100 have the same 1080p modes of the G7 (no all-intra or high bitrates)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2015/06/22/panasonic-g7-review/

waqarch

here is my new baby g7 with a bit older baby

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Adorama kits with free mike are in stock now

matt_gh2

@waqarch Image quality looks good. What lens were you using?

kurth

@driftwood - who's right ?

@lmackreath Yes you can Auto ISO in manual mode.

or....

there's an Auto ISO option too, although sadly not when shooting in full Manual mode.

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_G7/index.shtml

ps- full review is obviously up !

duartix

Excellent review on video performance at: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_G7/ as @kurth has just mentioned in the post before this one.

rlima

Does anyone know how you trigger magnified view for manual focus, now that the 2-stage rear Control Wheel is gone?

liork

There is an upper upward button inside the control wheel, I guess it works similary.

Videasta

With 42.5mm f1.7

Tron

@Videasta She say's its the Leica Nocticron F1.2, not the F1.7.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/newproduct/20150623_707920.html

MarcioK

Dpreview one: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8149199759/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g7-review-posted

Now a camera having a lot of touchscreen and manual controls is considered a defect for a midrange camera.

theshittywizard

Solid low light test

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Now a camera having a lot of touchscreen and manual controls is considered a defect for a midrange camera.

Well, considering journalists level now, it is not worse thing they could do.

4CardsMan

@ Vitally_Kiselev +1. Still, reading the review, you do get a whiff of that Canon fanboy aroma. The reviewer takes the view of how the camera fits in against its competition. For those of us looking for a solution to the conundrum of image quality/video features/price, that is not so useful.

Energy80s

Well, I like mine! Coming from the GH1 and then GH2, this is a major step up. Yes it has a very light, plastic body, but I see that as a bonus as the last thing I want to do on holiday is carry a load of heavy camera gear about. Image quality is very good and 4K does downsample well. Not overly happy about the built-in colour profiles as I see very little difference between most of them (Standard, Natural, Portrait - all very similar, and Vivid, Scenery, CineV - very similar). As I don't grade, i'm not interested in a flat image, but instead something that looks good out of the camera (we call it Good Ungraded in the BBC) so will probably settle on Scenery with a half black pro mist running at 4K for most of my work.

LiquidAlpinist

@Energy80s

Glad you like yours! I still like my venerable G6. Since you have the G7 in your hand, I'm assuming it's NTSC, does it have the 30 minute limit in every video mode?

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