Panasonic Lumix GX7 Tutorials – Mirrorless Technology and Silent Shooting
Panasonic UK posted ten GX7 video tutorials. You can find them all on youtube (Click here). Reminder: The Panasonic GX7 body is now priced at $899 and the kit at $999. These are some direct links to the new GX7:
At Amazon US (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Samys (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And if you waant the E-M5…that camera along the PEN’s got an up to $100 discount too at Amazon (Click here).
Something else: I really never thought that one day you could get a Full Frame camera (new!) for $1499. This is the price for the [shoplink 42062 ebay]Canon 6D right now on eBay[/shoplink].
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Obsolete dual ibis junk. Keyhole sized evf for munchkin eyes. Overpriced with the Hasselblad NEX-7 airheads, in mind. Oh yes, original silver/black combo so you can use the silver Oly glass without the shameful Panny hate.
$500 by early 2014.
I think it’s a really great camera! Try it out before to judge. I am sure you could like it much more than you expect.
Admin, please let’s add Disqus, PLEASE!!!
Hey, i read about disqus and… that’s a great stuff!!!! i think Admin should consider it!!
I also get more and more annoyed about those hate messages, what a waste of time to read the same over and over again.
Guys – just read on? Its not hard, admin don’t have to do nowt!
I disagrgg Jim, Admin needs to do something, quickly. As it is now, the comments make this blog a freakshow. I’m not saying we need the holy inquisition and start a witch hunt, but the comments are less than useless (not all, but most of them).
I follow this site since a long time and it’s a reference for those interested in this format (as alpharumors is for Sony users), but I imagine a newbe coming to these threads for the first time and read what’s written.
Admin, when are going to take steps to stop a$$holes like the above from posting. This site has become a joke, and you’ve becoming a laughing stock.
Somehow I feel sorry for you.
Always felt sorry for the mentally restricted members of our society.
Man oh man I hope you are right. I am DROOLING thinking I might get this camera for $500 next year. that will be a TOTAL no brainer buy!
Some of us buy cameras to USE them you know, not to put on a shelf and regard as an “investment,” lol.
Grow up dude.
Well, one is out since 1 ½ years, the other, well.. 1 ½ weeks.. same discount LOL
Lumix camera never hold their value…
No they don’t but IMO that’s great. they start out at a great price, and then get even better. If you just be patient and wait > 6 months after introductions, you get GREAT deals. Frankly this is a reason TO buy into the Lumix platform — not to avoid it! All other lines, you can never get great cameras at great prices, only great cameras at mediocre prices, or less than great cameras at low prices. GX7 will probably be my next camera. But it will probably be that in 2014.
Bullsh**. After more than 1 year I can still sell my trusty OMD for a great price. This is important for buyers who doesn’t like to be like idiots 4 months later.
Yes ho much less than 500$?
What if I wanted to keep it? Yknow… SHOOT WITH IT??
I so hope you’re not an adult… Seriously.
Admin, are you getting all of this nonsense ?
+1
Indeed some collector items in the camera world only appreciate with time: for example the Panasonic GF1 sells for $250-400 used on ebay depending on condition, and around $1000 new in the box. The EM5 could become another such rare star but its not given. Unlike these few exceptions most relatively inexpensive cameras are no different than any other consumer electronic gadgets in respect to depreciation with each generational change, irrespective of brand.
So use it for those 4 months and make the supposed photographers who are too busy worrying about resale value look like idiots for their lack of pictures.
The new e-m5 + 12-50 are selling on ebay UK [ imports] for around £600 the used ones are selling for £530 or thereabouts which is less than half the original UK cost [ £1150]better than most mFT gear but it is still an almost 55% loss
Haha, you are right!
Lovely camera.
Of course it has tiny sensor and makes noisy image’s. Also silver only option and we all know pro’s and other good photograhper’s shoot with blacK camera’s!!!
Shenkie – The fact is that you are no photographer and don’t own any of these cameras. You trash the cameras because you can’t afford to buy any. Classic case of “camera-envy” or should we say “pen**-envy”?
Your photography experience = 0.
Please fake shenkie stop acting like a fool. There is only one real Shenkie and i think its a lovely camera and almost for sale at a reasonable price. I. Think 600 euro would be great.
Come one now. Everyone here know’s I am the real Shenkie. Asl my wife and kids’s if you don’t beleive me! I am getting them an E-M1 and I have said that many times but I need a real good camera with a big sensor. GX7 is just for fun still has small sesnor and BIG nose!
You are a liar, I’m the real Shenkie. I can proove it easily cause I swear I have a wife, 2 girls, we use many cameras, and I’ll never post any pic!
So who are you gonna trust now?
I can prove I’m the real Shenkie by spelling “prove” propperley!
Everybody knows Shenkie can’t spell “properly”!
You said something nice…..I think I may faint……
…but it only lasted about 30 seconds…alas Shenkie you truly are delusional. The is no hope for you.
Got mine and love it. I am left eye dominant and I admit that is a problem. But the files in jpeg are the best I have seen from a lumix.
SHILL! Prove that. Show us the pictures.
I will show you my pics after you reveal that you are not a snotty little 12 year old who should be doing his homework.
Lefty here too.
Do you use the tilting EVF to avoid getting your nose on the LCD? I thought I might do it if I buy this camera. Any thought about that?
I am trying to reconcile with the issue. The problem is also the eye sensor. I lowered the sensitivity, but that makes it very laggy when I actually try to take a quick snapshot. I have found that it does help to tilt it but it also seems a little small. Nevertheless, the quality of the evf is superb.
Hmmmmmmm…”best you’ve seen from a Lumix”….hmmmmmmm…do I detect an Olympus traitor….who is lusting after the past…..knowing he gave up so much to chase, alas..the latest model…..so sad…..it just doesn’t feel like an Olympus in your hands..now does it?
I have owned many cameras, Olympus included. I stopped at the ep2 which I still have and also owned gf1.I moved on to gh2 for the video but hated jpeg and the sound of the shutter. Additionally, I own an L1 and I am part of the people here, including admin, who hoped that Panasonic would make a m43 version. Now I have both.
How much is the US version different from the European market variety?
Sorry, that was a horrible ad!!!
+100
Now that the NFL has started up again, I expect that the comments will die down.
Spewing really is so much more difficult than shooting.
fail like all panasonic aspect awefull white balance unusable jpegs extremly annoying noise up to iso1600 very weak pop up flash and terrible flash system every month 100$ price down after a yerar will cost 500$ and you will see lots in the due over production …..other fail from a system that already did their own grave with the em1 resolution is on the top this tiny sensor can mirrorles cameras are nice but m43 have nothing to offer mostly now with the new nex and neq fuji coming just can compete to nikon 1 or pentax q they shut focus in release cameras with mire color hello kitty totoro etc instead of playing that are pro oriented cuz no pro use m43 for work they use professional system loke MF or FF 🙂 enjoy your coffe and duck face pics
Your portfolio, please.
ironically, isn’t a pro. Wouldn’t be surprised if this dude is actually an aps-c weilding, kit-lens trotting n00b dreaming of a full frame body.
If he/she/it goes to to any mall in Pennsylvania he/she/it will find plenty of full frames ripe for the plucking. 😛
The level of discourse here has plummeted!
Admin, save us !
+biggest number in existance
Admin, u risk a mass exodus from this site if these trolls continue to invade your once great site.
Do something please.
+100
*1000 please admin… we are geting tired of the trolls… this is a place for learn of the others who love photography… i am oly and pany user (indeed a epl1 and a g5 with varius lenses) and i love both.
Best way is to stop replying. Trolls needs attention without it they’re nothing. Also trolls keeps the site active and i bet admin wouldn’t mind to keep a few of these as pets to generate traffic. So its best to ignore these post or better still get off your couch and shoot some images.
Don’t go crying to admin and leave him alone; he’s already busy enough. Deal with the trolls yourselves, like adults.
People are starting to ask management to take action before they vote with their feet, that is not childish, but rational thinking. They are giving warning. Admin has already stated that he has a fix in the next two to three weeks.
DPReview was destroyed in a similar manner, I don’t bother going there for advise anymore. It is up to admin to decide if it is just a hobby or an investment. If it is an investment then he seriously needs to consider the damage that people are doing to it, and take decisive action.
If he doesn’t I will be leaving, I’m getting tired of the people who are rude and crude. A lack of true moderation is evident in this site. For example Sexualisation comments in regard to other people’s mothers is not healthy for a website that is trying to sound logical, and will result in a loss of credence amongst both professionals and companies we m gthg be trying to influence. Eventually they will stop taking this forum seriously.
So I’ll give it another month or so, then come back from time to time to see if it is worth keeping an eye on.
+1
“Admin, pleeeeeaaaaaaase can you do something for us???” Let’s face it, there is several reasons for the “pany-hate” guys. The most innovative moves come from Olympus, period!
The first ( and only) weathersealed camera : OLYMPUS
The best prime hands downs : OLYMPUS
The BEST stabilisation : OLYMPUS
The best JPEGS : OLYMPUS
The best ZOOM lens : OLYMPUS
The BEST sensor : OLYMPUS
The FIRST Pro m4/3 camera : OLYMPUS
The fIRST PRO SUPPORT : OLYMPUS PROGRAM
The BEST LENS LIne-up : OLYMPUS
And so on. So yes, I don’t like lumix. Always in a fool game with their old sensors, zero innovations ( tilting EVF: useless), crappy market sense ( camera at -50% after 5 months)… In fact now I don’t see anything from pana that I want use on my camera. For me m4/3 is all about Olympus .
Panny save Olympus by developing M4/3.
Frank, you’d like to say thank you panny for saving olymus
AMEN TO THAT, Frank !!
Panasonic saves olympus? What a joke! With their old sensor tech(12mp)? Olympus did the best move with the partnership with Sony. Now we have the best sensor hands down, we are not holding back du to poor recycled tech. I’m with you too when you say that m4/3 is all about Olympus now! I had a G3 but I will NEVER buy a lumix again.
Panny suggested making M4/3 system to Olympus. So If panny didn’t suggest, M4/3 never came out on the market from Olympus. And now Olympus finish 4/3. That’t all.
Anyway I’m using panny and olympus camera and lenses, For body I prefer panny, For lens prefer Olympus.
There is no rationalizing with them. Admin, do you not see this? Do you not care? Or do you turn a blind eye to this because it generates hits? This BLIND ignorance they bring to this site is a Cancer!
-if its a Olympus post, they give praise and shun Panasonic for no real reason whatsoever.
-if its a Panasonic post, they attack it instantly. Most of the first comments in a panasonic post are negative from a Olympus fanboy.
This is seriously getting rediculous. Someone should start a Panasonic blog and heavily moderate it.
Guys! I was busy at work and family the last couple of days. As I told you the only way to get rid of most of the trolls is to allow commenst for members only. Because this is a hobby site and I have a real work to do during the day. I have no time to moderate a Kindergarten 🙁
I think the evf size wouldnt matter much because it will be bright enough – it being backlit and all..
And again.. With bodies this small and this light.. Using the lcd shouldnt be an issue either.. Well except when its really bright and sunny. Im used to dslrs but since getting the pen i have been using the lcd to compose. I have a vf-2 but I rarely use it.
I’d like to see a test of the 20mm MkII on the gx7, to see if AF speed is improved
Leaving apart models and brands, I am not so fond about the idea of ‘lost and found’ moderators. They can become true tyrants and kill a readership, as it is happening at DPR or Mu4/3.
Instead one needs an enlightened editorship, like it happens at Steve Huff’s or at TOP’s.
There are different cultures in a site: for instance in my own one, and usually in Europe. I am very used to irony and sarcasm, but also politeness. This is the opposite of what mods want at DPR’s. They want poltical correctness and small town’s hypocrisy. Not my cup of tea.
I have a horror for informing against someone, or having to explain myself to ignorant policemen. All this seems to be tolerated and even welcome across the Pond.
OTH I am familiar also with the laddish, and racist culture on *this* side of the Pond, which has entire Football (soccer) clubs banned for racist incidents.
The only cure IMHO is a love for Photography and Art. Those stay while gear is transient. I think that Admin knows very well and tries to balance his posts between giving buying advice, discussing technology, and introducing new authors. There is a unique flavour in this site which attracts readership.
Don’t make the mistake of turning it into a Police State, like DPR’s. As we can see in Russia North Korea China etc the policemen can be worse than dissenters, and when that happens the leaders lose consensus. In the case of sites, readership.
Last, much of the present strife between m4/3 and other brands, is artificially fuelled by gross ignorance. In its short existence 4/3 has gone through disruptive technology transformations which are still not very well understood. I have tried to do my own bit at divulging. I am very happy with what I have, and being older I am not so interested on how greener is my neighbour’s lawn.
Some of the best sites are inter-brand, because they are about photographic progress first. I hope that this one can go on, on the same basis, with no particular rules but the registration and civil intercourse.
“In my culture I am used to politeness”
O_o
You should see the rude people in his culture: a step above cavemen – maybe.
Amalric, your insistance on being rude and thoroughly impolite (excusing it as not wanting to be politically correct) is one of the main reasons I and with me many others, refuse to login here. The biggest irony here is you saying you appreciate politeness, as you have demonstrated again and again that you have no bloody clue what it means.
Need a handkerchief? Please get free one.
Since I have to deal with a kolossal number of trolls and weirdos, I know that being nice to them won’t do. In fact they are masochist under disguise, and they love the whip and the stick. Therefore they are grateful, and boost my views 🙂
That is reciprocal politeness
For the lamers and the wailers who don’t have a mummy instead I have a free stock of white handkerchiefs. Therefore have one, and listen to the Queen’s advice: ‘Never explain, never complain’
🙂
You get all those trolls because of your own behavior. Stop blaming others for things you cause yourself.
You are projecting. Coming here for sticks and stones, you prove to be a masochist. As for the Queen’s advice, take it and don’t complain all the time!
He CERTAINLY doe a. LOT of explaining.
Perhaps in YOUR culture, that for obvious reasons I tend to consider inferior to mine, if only because it’s monoglot, while mine is polyglot – almost 5 languages I learned. And yet I might speak better than you your own language.
You and the trolls here are simple souls with a limited monoglot brain, thefore you cannot even start to understand cultural relativism, the key to globalization. You also get easily offended which one can conceive was also a trait of Neanderthals, compared to CroMagnons. Lack of sense of humpur is another one. Sad life isn’t it?
Fell free however, you and troll colleagues, to prove that you have saved your souls through great photography. I cannot wait the URLs.
My humpor is much better than yours, amalric the meek! Bow before my humpor!
Hey pollywog, polyglot rhymes with what you are: it begins with the letter “i.” Since you look down on most people here, why don’t you stay with your own kind – whatever they may be – and be happy. Or don’t they like having you around? Surely, that’s impossible! Since you are not welcome here, what masochistic drive keeps you here? Don’t you think buggering off would make you more happy, sad sack?
+1 about his job. LOL. Not even a drunk Yoda could talk and write like him. 😀 perhaps he learnt those 5 languages using Google translator LOL Or maybe this is the real aspect of Google translator o_O (but a program can’t be racist and arrogant like this, he’s definetly a poor guy) I won’t miss him, once banned.
What a surprising reply full of attempted insults, silly claims about the supposed superiority of your ‘culture’.
You are in serious need of some help, and this site is in serious need of getting rid of people like you.
Oh, and since you seem to consider yourself an artist of sorts, I suggest learning about creativity, because endlessly repeating the same old crap quite shows you are rather clueless about that.
“And yet I might speak better than you your own language.”
And what a prime example that is, you pompous ass.
Agreed this guy is the worst …
He’s like his Italian politic Berlusconi, a dirty man with the bad taste of smiling at people pretending to act like a good person. With the difference that noone here believes his racist insults, arrogant comments.
LOL. Desperate people with no photography, no name, and no literacy either: beggars in forums.
Here’s the deal, Panasonic comes out with new models all the time and the old ones get discounted. It’s a simple way to clear stock for the next model. The OMD hasn’t had a new model, for one, for another reason, Olympus panders to the idiot and we all know, there is no lack of idiots on our planet. I mean intelligent people pick up a camera and feel the strap lug poking them in the finger and they put the camera down and move on, but the idot – better know as “The Great Olympus Zealot” buys the OMD – it’s the damndist thing behold- and then promptly try’s to convince everyone else around him, that the strap lug doesn’t hurt their finger and everyone that says nay is a troll. I find myself getting endless amours of enjoyment out of this, for the past year and a half and I really hope that Olympus never stops making the OMD, or lowers their price on it, so I can continue get my daily laughs, from some of my fellow humans. 🙂
Some fools obsess about the camera’s lug and miss a great camera and the files that come out of it.
with regards to the fundamental basics of photography the E-M1 offers very little compared to the E-M5/E-PL4/E-PM2/GH3 where it counts in image quality . Which anyone not blinded by rose tinted specs can see you get a miniscule difference in detail at base ISO. So small you need to be looking at the various RAW files at 200% to spot anything
As an E-M5 user I see nothing in the E-M1 that makes me want to upgrade I will wait a while for a better next gen sensor. I have all the weather sealing I need, the image quality is almost identical at any ISO i shoot, I have a 5-axis system that works very well. I may replace my aging E-P3 with the GX7 as I like the integrated EVF and the video looks good.I will have to wait till the next gen O-MD with a real gain in image quality before I become a “pro” :-)The 12-40 looks to be a great lens but sticking “pro ” on it is a bit naff
Has it ever occured to you that there is more to photography then image quality?
well said!
+1000
Exactly. If a tool doesn’t function seamlessly and comfortably I wouldn’t use it. Or buy it.
“Has it ever occured to you that there is more to photography then image quality?”
Then why are shooting mFT which if you are not too concerned in the technical image quality surely an artist such as you could squeeze masterpiece after masterpiece from a humble p&s.A fraction of the price & a fraction of the weight plus F2.8 is F2.8 right?
The very least one would expect a photographer to know is that there are shades, not just black and white. The total lack of tonality in your post makes clear you have absolutely no clue about that whatsoever.
Or in case you don’t understand, saying there is more to photography then image quality doesn’t mean image quality does not matter at all.
Turn on silent mode to not disturb subjects.. followed by photos of inanimate objects.. 🙂
He really snuck up on the shard, which I hear doesn’t like to have his picture taken. 😛
I like when you post the deals of older model cameras that are really cheap.
USA: no black means they lost their minds!
In times of GF1 I told you Panny I can pay you little extra for GH in GF(old)/GX(now) form.
Extra money means:
– I have hacked GH2 couple of uwa primes and I want that mar sensor,
– I want that mic in
– latest GH guts
– latest, greatest EVF
– GH series LCD ergonimics
As I said I don’t mind to pay you a little extra for these t have in GF1/GX7 form.
Now: you still don’t have my money and I already wait for GH5 to have mar, cinedng, very good evf for my CVs/SLRMagics.
Just bought the GX-7 with 20mm kit for MYR 3,200 or USD999 equivalent here in Kuala Lumpur! Thought want to wait for E-M1 but well, at this price I just can’t resist 🙂
It’s funny and disappointing that Panasonic UK posts videos in low-resolution pixelated mess to YT. I wonder why.
they shouldn’t have used Olympus cameras for the video 🙂
Some fools obsess about the camera’s lug and miss a great camera and the files that come out of it.
AND it’s currently not available anymore from Amazon! I suggest if you want a GX7, check B&H!!
First comments on opening the box and touching the GX7:
-Compared to the GX1, the GX7 feels more Plasticy.. The GX7 does have a Magnesium body though…
-Buttons are more clickety as well, compared to the smooth metal ones of the GX1.
-Flash pops out weaker than the GX1. GX1 flash has that strong, KLICK and bounce out of the camera.
-GX1 back dial feels better and stronger than the GX7 and I’ve used the GX1 dial Immensely. GX7 back dial is larger though, which is a plus.
-Grip on GX7 is larger, but I like the Slope on the GX1 grip,, It reminds me of the Grip on the L-1 which I own. Plus the Grip on the GX1 has a more tactile feel than the GX7.. GX7 feels less rubbery.
Doesn’t sound good huh? BUT, the GX7 is WONDERFUL to hold!!! The GX1, as much as I love it, is Cramped in my hands. With lens attached, it’s a tight fit. With the Lens attached to the GX7 It feels GREAT! It has just enough space and is very comfortable.. THIS is what Micro Four Thirds should be!
I’m charging the battery right now, Memory card is in, I’ll be playing with both the 20mm and 25mm soon.. Can’t wait!
Slightly off topic, but was wondering if any of you are based in japan? I’m currently in tokyo, and I’ve been to the major camera shops in shinjuku and shibuya, and they only seem to be stocking the Japanese only model. Trying to find a place that carries the export or international model.
Thanks,
Nopstar