Panasonic Lumix G7 / G70 Launch – 4K – 4KPhoto Modes from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo.
Nick Driftwood tested the 4K video quality of the new G7 and writes:
Every frame is a 8.3 megapixel A3 print size resolution 4Kphoto. Press pause to try.
NOTE: For 4K quality evaluation it may be better to Download the original file (click download)
A look at the new Panasonic Lumix G7 (G70 Germany) 4K Camera in 4KPhoto Modes 4:3 and 16:9 – 4K grabs are random and deliberate to demonstrate photo quality of every frame. The G7 is a fabulous low-priced 4K shooter with the GH4’s Venus 9 engine and the GX7 sensor. This camera I swear is the perfect accompaniment to the GH4 as a decent B cam or for those requiring 4K on a budget.
The .mp4 4K modes recording is excellent considering there’s no .mov file recording.
I’m very impressed with the 4KPhoto modes which have been enhanced for the G7 and are in some ways more advanced than the GH4 in that you can so much more using the internal processing power of the camera and get excellent results.
The video recording modes also offer the professional gammas Cinelike D and Cinelike V together with an S curve Highlight / Shadow borrowed from the GH4. Not only that, you get the rather cool gizmo feature of Panoramic recording in portrait or landscape, decent Time lapse animation modes, plus, a clean 4:2:2 8-bit HDMI throughput to a TV or hard disk recording/monitor device. Its also lighter and includes improved viewfinder and LCD. Great stuff Panasonic.
Two more G7 links:
G7 (G70 in Germany) image samples on Flickr.
G7 image samples at Lesnumeriques.
Panasonic Preorders:
Black G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm and 14mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Black G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
29 Responses
Does the G7 have the Constant Preview feature of the GH/GM series and GX7?
Yes
Great to hear (!) That was missing on the G6 …
Btw.: The HDMI is always active right?
(Also while recording video internally …)
THX for the infos (and the video) btw. ^^
Ill be testing the G7 shortly with Shogun but it all looks clean to me.
thank Nick,make we found hdmi can record.
That´s great to hear – THX again – Btw.: Does the G7 support native 4K out AND downscaled 1080P (while recording 4K internally for example – Like it´s the case with the GH4)?
Fantastic! Thanks!
Thank you for the test Nick, and keep up the good work!
I was a little bit surprised by the pauses – thought my i7 desktop was stuttering! Took me opening it up in Vimeo and letting it buffer entirely before I realized it was intentional, haha…
The focus hunting is sometimes a bit distracting. I guess there’s not much to be helped with AF video? Do most people just stick entirely to MF for video and leave it at that? Seems like a lot of additional work. I wonder if there are other AF lenses that might do better than the 14-140? It pulls focus quickly, but still hunts…
Pretty sure most serious videographers only use MF. Regardless, I’m glad he tested it and its still quite useable. The AF is leagues better than what my E-M10 can do, even though I have the 12-40.
See above.
Dual Pixel AF
Actually a lot of the time was me just touching the screen to refocus hence the feeling of hunting – but its there to demonstrate the 0.07 focus speed. I really didn’t have a lot of time to concentrate on shooting as I was looking after press from Switzerland and Holland. So what you see is grabs at in-between moments. And yes, Manual focus is always best for video
GH4 quality for 780$! Poor canon ahahahaha XC-10 2500$ for a toys with 1″ sensor
Hey Nick, What lens(es) were you using? Thanks for posting your video. David
Is there any difference between the 4k photo mode and extracting a 4k image from the editing program in a 4k timeline?
In photo mode you can chose the desired aspect ration, in normal 4K video mode you can only shoot 16:9.
Does the G7 have global shutter? It doesn’t seem to show any rolling shutter distortion here.
Unlikely
No but strangely I found it better than the GH4 on quick rolling tests.
I’ve seen G7 has a jack for an external microphone but I don’t see any jack for headphones, how anyone suppose to monitor the audio in this case?
Beachtek or Juicedlink, same as for GH2, G6, etc
I don’t like hipsters or carnies but carnie hipsters? OK, trying to just look at the video.. just look at the pixels… CURLY MUSTACHE AND COLORFUL SUNGLASSES AND JUGGLING AAARGH!!! Sorry it’s more a phobia than a discrimination… And some guy filmed in portrait mode which is … beyond…
ANYWAY… This looks really decent, The camera was clearly set up right at the time of shooting, exposure is good, I have to say the codec holds up really well, probably not great for color-grading in post, but it will do for any budget filmmaker who wants 4K but finds the GH4 too expensive.
Have you completely lost your mind?
Pretty amazing the quality of video one can get with $800.
I see these images are part of a writeup on another review site: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/digital-cameras/compact-system-cameras/1403275/panasonic-lumix-g7-dmc-g7-review-hands-on
Thanks for the samples. I’m about 90% sold on this. Looks like a perfect companion to the 14-140.
What is the 4k bitrate of the G7 compared to the GH4? Also, and I know it seems early, but does the 30 min. recording limit seem like something that can be hacked to record past that? Thanks.
100mbs on 4K ,but 28mbs on fhd(sad 🙁 ) ,but its can record via hdmi to external recorder that good thing.
Thanks for that. Weird. But hey, at least the 4k should be as good as the GH4.
Please I’d have a question:
As a G5 owner, I have three DMW-BLC12E batteries.
Now I saw that G7 uses the DMW-BLC12PP battery.
They both have same specs: 7.2V 1200mAh 8.7Wh.
Will I be able to use the G5 batteries on G7 ?
Thank you very much.
Paolo