ePhotozine posted these G7 vs G6 size comparison images. The G7 really looks completely different from every angle. I like them both 🙂
More G7 news:
There is also a first look video at Amateur Photographer.
FullHD and 4K video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WQDCiZ99pw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy60wWoCZUQ
More and larger version of those images are available at ePhotozine.
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.
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Just wanna say it’s so good to see the G series has finally gotten all the dials back on top, the G2 was the last to sport a dial on both sides 🙂 Manual control FTW.
It looks like they moved the G series down market when they introduced the GH series. Maybe they decided the GH is sufficiently different now that they can add the drive mode dial again.
I’ve been thinking about this, for a couple of days. I can’t see how they can include a drive mode dial on the GX8 without making the camera bigger or removing something else. It would be hard to argue the GX series is above the G series if I’m right.
Not that I’ve ever seen anything official saying the GX is a higher level, but it seems to be an article of faith here. Anyone got a link to confirm it?
Panasonic rarely explicitly says “this camera is above that camera”. However, Panasonic Germany describes the G6 simply as “system camera”, the G7(0) as “allround camera” and the GX7 as “premium”.
Additionally, when the GX7 was released it had the following advantages over the G6:
– metal body
– IBIS
– new generation sensor
– better EVF technology
– more manual controls
It was also marketed towards serious enthusiasts, rather than “normal” people, and it was more expensive.
I expect Panasonic to continue in this direction. Simply because there’s a space to fill between the G and GH series. But I also agree that they moved the G7 up market. Which is something mayn manufacturers do right now because the low profit market is eaten by smartphones.
I have a blind spot for the G6 as I tend to regard it as an aberation. I still don’t understand why Panasonic spent the money developing it, given how small an upgrade it is over the G5. I’m not a business analyst though.
Certainly the GX7 is a more premium camera than the G6, but comparing the GX1 to the G3 is a different matter. The GX1 has a couple of extra buttons but the G3 has an EVF and a flippy* screen. It’s hard to say which is a better product but the GX1 received the “enthusiast” label from the media.
My opinion is that “enthusiast” means physical controls, in the same way that “tactical” for flashlights means they’re coloured black. 🙂
Of course Panasonic can’t keep their series consistent from one generation to the next. The GX1 was closer in concept to the GF1 than the GF3 ever was.
Both the G3 and the G6 seem to have been an attempt to bring the G series down market. The G7 seems to be the true successor to the G2 (both using an older sensor), and the G5 appears to be somewhere in between.
So to bring some order to my chaotic ramblings, I don’t think anyone can really say what the GX8 will be like.
I’ll wait for some convincing rumours before I make my mind up.
*The correct techical terminology. 🙂
They need to put a mic input on the gx8 this time.
The GX7 is an amazing camera, I’ve had the pleasure of using one for couple of days. I think they’ve done an amazing job getting all those manual controls on such a small camera without it being too uncomfortable. However, if these 2 factors lined up: I was to own only one camera, and couldn’t afford the GH4, I’d get the G7. I simply prefer the better grip and the swivel-screen. But that’s just my prefs and needs, I totally understand why someone would argue the GX7 is way cheaper (now) and way smaller.
G6 looked like Canon XXXd, G7 looks like an uglyer e-m1 😛
I concur, the grip and even the dial around the shutter button looks same as E-M1. The command dial at the top is same idea but different position, but that’s it more or less.
It seems they wanted to copy the E-M1 functionality. The only real difference is the place of the on and off switch the rest of the layout is virtually the same.
is the g7 made with metal or the same plastic as the g6?
Gosh, everything get smaller/lighter but this thing get bigger ( there is probably quite lot of space inside)
bigger than the average manhattan apartment
love the dials, but it is an ugly beast 🙂
Panasonic, give us all of these in both GX7 and G7 style bodies please… a really top of the line EVF, a mechanical shutter speed of 1/8000 (electronic shutter option too,) auto ISO and exposure compensation in all modes including manual mode and constant preview in all modes. That’d keep me happy and until they come you don’t get another penny of my money.
But give me IBIS instead of 4K and I’ll be a lot happier.
E-M5 II 🙂
Unfortunately not an option.
Want half decent video.
My 4y old GH2 still trumps it. 🙁
IBIS + 4K + DFD = GX8
GX8 just needs that mic input.
You wish. And so do I, but it just won’t happen. Heat is a bitch.
We would be lucky to get IBIS. But it won’t happen either. 4K has become mandatory. 🙁
Not a chance unfortunately. Heat is a bitch.
There are too many reports that say 4K + IBIS is a no go ATMN.
We would be lucky if the GX8 doesn’t ditch the IBIS, but I’m afraid that these days Panasonic deems 4K as mandatory. 🙁
Honestly I prefer the looks of G6. It seems that G7 has sacrificed some functionality and ergonomics to cater to the ‘tastes’ of the mass. Personally I hope that the less it resembles a EM-1, the better.
I prefer the G6 look, too, but the G7 clearly has even more direct controls than the G6 had. Ergonomics is also at least partly a matter of habit. And I don’t see any egregrious mistakes with the G7.
Yes, in terms of direct control, the extra dials on the G7 are welcome additions. However, I think the rounded shape of the G6 will fit one’s hands more comfortably than the angular one of the G7.
You could also go to http://camerasize.com/compare/#621,455 and see a direct comparison.
Why was mirrorless 43 invented in the beginning? The size is getting bigger & bigger… :s
Maybe because not everyone likes the size of the GM 5 or even the GX7.
Same with the new Olympus pro lenses. I don’t complain because they are big by m43 standards. Plenty of choices.
such a horrible excuse, “choices.” What good is choice if more big items are being released, and/or the smaller options are getting pushed aside/outdated?
…the last camera to be released by Panasonic before this was the GF7. Which is tiny.
Before that, it was the GM5. Tinier!
Before that, LX100. Again, compact.
With Olympus, it was the E-M5 II which is a sequel, and the E-M10, which is about as small as you could ever want a fully-functioned ILC to be.
If anything, people who like larger cameras should have been feeling like M4/3 is abandoning them. Think critically for a second…
Think critically for a second:
-The G-series keeps growing
-The GH series got huge with the GH3
-EM5 > EM1 got bigger. Ok, if you want to argue “different tiers,” then still the EM5II is a touch bigger. EM10 is smaller, I’ll give you that.
-GM5 is a tad bigger than GM1
-LX100 is hardly compact.
-Pro level lenses getting huge with Oly pros, Lumix Nocticron, though not much can be done about that
If you think the LX100 is hardly compact, maybe this comparison will put it into perspective.
Here are cameras with equivalent lenses (as close as you can achieve within the different systems).
http://camerasize.com/compact/#555,569,491.336,534,466.359,562.445,487.396,ha,t
Admittedly, the RX100 III is a full “equivalent” stop behind in all respects compared to the other competitors, which is a good explanation for its size.
Cars get bigger with every iteration, but then new smaller models get slipped in below in the range.
This is because drivers get bigger…
WAAAAY bigger if you’re talking about giant American mall-crawling porkers.
This is hair splitting, not critical thinking. I am sorry to say.
EM5, EM10 and EM5 II are all too small.
Part of the reason Olympus does this so buyers spend more on add-on grips, but that doesn’t solve the problem of cramped and fiddly button layouts.
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Micro Four Thirds is too big.
You are serious…
I agree with this guy. Whats the point of “choice” if people are just going to want different things than I want???
Human hands aren’t changing in size. After a certain point in reducing the size of camera bodies it’s just not comfortable to hold anymore. Of course then you’ll all be bitching about the small or nonexistent grip size, or the the buttons on the back are too cramped…
Indeed…
Panasonic GM1, GM5 and GF7 are HUGE…
When the very first pictures of the G7 were leaked when comparing with the G6 I thought the
G7 had lower shoulders so would look and feel smaller than the G6? I think those photos were maybe of earlier prototype that was smaller? For those wishing the G7 was smaller remember that with a plastic body (?) it needs more space for a heat sink on metal frame to dissipate the heat generated by 4K and just look at the size of the GH4 metal body for full 4K capability.
I think the GX8 is more likely to be the smaller model as all metal body and I would predict it will be in a body similar to the smaller LX100 only with m4/3 flange, 4D but might have to drop IBIS and inbody flash to do that? Otherwise similar GX7 body but with new sensor, 4D, but drop IBIS as others say IBIS and 4K not compatible for now because of the heat.
Now the design trend is to go Boxy~ Look at the new Audi TT~
The last Audis that I would concede to have good design were the “C4” type Audi 100/A6 made from 1990 to 1997 and the “B4” type Audi 80 (1991-1994), and *maybe* the first generation A4 😉
One of my complaints relating to the design is that they included a flash but reduced it to a completely useless GN 6 (in meters). That flash is only usable as a trigger for a remote flash, not even as a fill-in flash. They should have either made it more powerful or gotten rid of it copletely, reducing the size and offering better design options for the camera’s top.
The GX7’s flash has a guide number of only 5m, and I find it quite useful for backlit portraits (at sunset, for instance). But I hate strobes that overpower the ambient light, so we’re obviously looking for different things.
Overpowering ambient light is a matter of settings, not flash power…
The Olympus E-30’s flash had GN 13 and mostly was powerful enough for fill-in usage and some more. With longer focal lengths, I can very well imagine that flash to be just enough, while a GN 6 flash would fail even for fill-in.
I thought the GX7’s flash wouldn’t be too powerful, either, but with a camera as compact as that it’s easier to justify…
A pop-up flash is great to have in a pinch, but it’s something I rarely use.
The only times I’ve ever used my GX7’s flash was shooting photos inside walls or above ceilings when doing surveys of existing conditions for renovations. I have some lovely shots of rusty pipes and rotting floor joists! ?
The G6 already had a flash and it’s quite capable as far as on-camera flashes go.
I didn’t realize the G6 only had GN 6, too. From a G7 review I read I got the false impression that it would have been more powerful.
the G6 has a GN of 8.3 m at ISO 100
Oh, ok, thanks. I keep finding inconsistent figures for flip-up and included clip-on flash units…
I shoot with a G6 almost daily. It has strange ergonomics, the grip is not deep enough to hold confidently in one hand and the controls are easy to hit accidentally. To those complaining the G-line is too big – when you hold it, it actually feels very small. My pinky hangs below the grip and you have to clutch it rather comfortably resting your fingers on it. I wish the grip was much deeper but at least they moved away the buttons.
The people complaining that this camera is too big have likely never held it. The people who complain it’s ugly have probably never seen it in person. I assure you it gets noticed and complimented quite often.
Don’t worry, these comments are just fanboy wars. Did you know the G series doesn’t have IBIS? It’s a shame really.
“The people who complain it’s ugly have probably never seen it in person.
I assure you it gets noticed and complimented quite often.”
Are you talking about the G6 or about your sister? 😉
I have a G3 and it’s almost unuseably small, I could easily have a camera the size of a Canon Rebel, just much thinner, and be perfectly happy. What’s great is the tiny lenses…I was trying to find a G6 when it was on deep discount, but every one sold out. I like the Panasonic modern bodies and the Olympus vintage lens look.
I have no doubts G7 will be well performing camera. Even ergonomics will most probably be fine.
But Panasonic should really borrow a few Olympus designers for external design of camera. All different dials – like they are using parts from previous Pana and Oly cameras, and odd mix of smoothed curves and angles…
But that is just me – Olympus camera user
I’m an Olympus user who would wish Olympus would stop their retro nonsense. After their PEN design was just a cheap mock-up of the original Pen cameras (which were SLRs and used to include an optical finder plus mirror!), I was hoping for a more form-follows-function design for what turned out to become the OM-D series, a retro design mimicking their “OM” type SLRs.
Even the E-M1, which is a capable camera I very much like to use, is a poor mix of retro design that doesn’t follow function and DSLR-style elements like the grip.
From a design point of view, I like both the GX7 and the G6 better than any mirrorless camera Olympus has ever made. The G7, on the other hand, has become more edged than I find sensible for a camera.
Both versions of the E-M5 look sexy, but their functionality is very poor to me. They feel like shrunken caricatures of something better.
Also agree on the GX7. A bit of retro, but a modern sense. And the grip is wonderful. Only issue is the GX7 is not good for me when using the tele. Pretty much the only reason I’m interested in the G7.
Really? I wish the GX7 were a bit bigger, but it works well with larger lenses like the 100-300mm (I have the Rösch tripod collar).
I’ve been shooting with the 12-40mm almost exclusively for the past week and it’s a great companion to the GX7, especially wandering the medinas here in Morocco (Fés now).
The 12-40mm has pretty nice image quality, too, but not on the same level as the native M4/3 Voigtländers.
For me the Gx7 is best suited for smaller primes. But once the 45-150 or such is mounted it feels unstable in my hands. I sold my 12-35 for the same reason – loved the lens, hates how it felt with the GX7. I think it’s the height of the camera that effects this. Only a portion of my hand can wrap around the grip so the camera never settles. So much an issue I almost bought a FZ1000.
I am interested in the G7. But alas, the GX8 may address many of these issues and have some serious performance improvements. I’ll wait til I can compare them both.
How are you holding the camera? It sounds odd you struggle with it.
My hands are relatively large, so I always curl my pinky and hook it under the body, holding the camera grip with my ring and middle fingers, resting the corner of the body on my palm. Works great. Used the same technique with my GH2. I use a lot of larger, heavier lenses, like the Voigtländers, adapted Nikon AI-S 105mm, 135mm, 200mm, etc..
Try it.
Come on. It either feels good in the hands or it doesn’t. After shooting all day I am dying for a more ergo SLR type body. Think the G7 might fit the bill.
That’s not to say the GX7 + 15mm isn’t a total joy to just pick up and shoot casually. But beyond casual it doesn’t work for me.
I don’t quite understand what you mean by “all different dials.” The design on the G7 seems very consistent. The mode dials are just like stacked versions of the command dials, with the same knurling pattern and look.
Aesthetically it’s not beautiful, but it’s got kind of a brutalist aesthetic anyway, so I think it at least achieves what the designers set out to do…
Yes and the very good news currently about the G7 is that the argument is mostly about appearance. So the other things are really fine I guess.
yes the Olympus OMD’s are nice looking – and I own them – the em5 and em1 – but I also own the Panasonic GX7 and much more prefer to take it out for street shooting – as there is no hump so much easier to take out of a coat pocket or a small camera bag – I find that hump on the Oly’s always get tangled in pockets or bags –
So yes looks are one thing – but practicality sometimes is also important – One of the reasons I choose M43 primarily is because of practicality – small size – yes the Fuji X-T1 and X-E2 and X-T all look very nice – and my favorite looking camera is my X20 – but
none of them or Oly have 4K – and yes folks hail the leica M9 looks – but I sure would not want to use that as a Pro primary camera working all day – No grip and slippery – hardly no manual controls – no flip or tilt LCD etc etc – but sure it looks great –
The Sony A6000 has been one of the best selling mirrorless camera – and yes it is not that great looking either – which says people are not buying only on looks but value and function – I think the nice Retro Styling which has been in fashion for some years is fading a bit – I do not see Nikon making any more Retro styled cameras – the DF is not a hot seller
G7 looks slightly bigger than G6 .
This is a bit danger .
Pana always need to remember
Small camera with Big sensor !!!!!!
Not the otherwise ….
Oh… We have a poet…
So how come this camera isn’t an utter disaster and totally worthless because it doesn’t have a totally new organic sensor – or do you only reserve that criticism for Olympus cameras?
Sensor size is always the same…. 17,3 x 13 mm… Not exactly “Big” or large…
What changes is only the size of the body…
Or are you suggesting that Panasonic should go APS-C or FF?
There are already very small cameras made by Panasonic: GM and GF series.
Earth to Panasonic….that design is hideous (at least to this consumer). I didn’t buy the GH4 because of the bloated body and this looks like a design nightmare. You’re in Japan, they have great designers there, hire some!
Have you seen their GM series and the G3? To enlarge the body is a strategic decision to differentiate their lineups and to appeal to more ‘serious’ photographers, not because of incompetency in design capabilities.
It still has sold like hot cakes 🙂 – for a Pro it is the ideal body – great grip and tons of manual controls – yes the Leica M9 looks nicer – but no grip – slippery – no flip LCD – hardly no manual controls and the Purists love it – but as soon as they hold another cameras the first they complain about is the small grip etc etc –
There is a reason why DSLR are like they are – and speaking about being bloated – yes the DLSR most all are – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and then there is usability and practicality – yes the GM5 looks nice but no Pro would use it for their Pro work –
I personally think the Olympus OMD-EM1 looks nicer then the GH3/4 and maybe the G7 but the OMD-Em1 does not do 4K – not all buyers are driven by just looks of a camera – to me the G7 looks very practical – not quite as DSLR looking as the G6 – but super nice controls – great grip that just feels right during an all day session – tons of features – tons of FN buttons –
Yes I would like to see 5 axis IBIS but no cigar – yes the GX7 is much nicer looking and also a great camera – but not weather sealed and grip is not that good etc –
So for just some short street shoot I would rather take the GX7 in black – small and just looks like a point and shoot almost – but for all day work in rain hiking the G7 seems quite practical – the OMD-EM1/5m2 with grip are also good chooses for M43 –
The key is the G7 is a certain class camera – it is not meant to be a range finder style – like the GX7 or GM1 or Gm5
What is it with micro 4/3? I though the goal was to embrace the smaller format by releasing correspondingly svelte bodies. This G7 is now wider and deeper than the Nikon D5500. I’m thinking micro 4/3 needs to take a look in the mirror and return to its slim trim fighting shape of yesteryear.
There is no mirror ;(
Good point!
News flash! One manufacturer’s small camera is comparable in size to another manufacturer’s small camera!
Details at 11. (11:30 in Newfoundland.)
I get your frustration and defensive cognitive dissonance, but you should direct it at those whose claim to consumers is an alternative to the heavy, bulky, gigantic DSLR, while yet delivering product that is growing to match and surpass said huge DSLRs.
Don’t look at me, you’re the one claiming that the D5500 (which as far as I can tell, is Nikon’s smallest in-production DSLR) is “heavy, bulky [and] gigantic”. The fact that the G7 is almost exactly the same size makes your argument self-refuting…
I don’t get it why people seem to think that m43 needs to have a small camera body. It’s all about choices. In the m43 system there are also bigger lenses, and you want some grip with that.
Tell me why you want to have a D5500 in stead of a g7 or GH4 or E-m1. The combination of d5500(has a great sensor, but is crippled in software and features) with good quality equivalent lenses will always be much heavier and bigger.
Another Panasonic FAIL to copy X-T1 design. G7 is freaking ugly in the comparison… stick with the G6 look.
I think you need a good pair of glasses…
The Fuji X-T1 has been very successful for Fuji – one of their most successful cameras – and I would venture to say that it has sold way better then the G6 – so looks are a matter of a personal opinion – to me the old G6 looked so much just like an average DSLR – like a Canon Rebel etc – now with sharper lines it is more of a Mirroless style camera – but the good thing is – it remains a great camera in the hand – with lots of dials and tons of Fn buttons – to me a better layout then what the X-T1 has or the new X-T10 – much nicer grip – great control wheels and of course something that no Fuji will ever have and that is Touch LCD – Touch To Foucs 🙂 – to me such a practical feature but Fuji is letting the Purists control their design so No Touch LCD – To me there could be an option in the menu that just disabled Touch LCD for the Purists 🙂 – I think there are more out there that like the new G7 looks then the old G6 looks – but in reality there is not a huge difference – and a camera is not just all about looks – it it where then all cameras would be like the Leica M9 – no grip – slippery – hardly no manual controls – no tilt LCD etc etc – People rave about its looks – but never mention a grip – but as soon as they hold another camera they rag about how it has not grip 🙂
fine for me- both are only 8 bit Cameras, so the normal Videocam g6 falls down to 249,-90
and then a 4,-€ Adapter+ canon50 1,8 and othr lowexpensive lenses-ready.
For filming- so i usayly look on the screen the machine x y z does not on the machine xyz–
is this ” fetishism?” my “fetishism is my girlfriend 🙂
other thing is smaler and smaler…
1.) person of interst lives in a 4mq2 house
2.)person of interst is mouse/alien/pygmean newsphotgrapher/???
and so on– when will we first have a lavratorie on left side of the start-button?
so:: IS IT SO HARD TO BRING THIS 2015 in 10it with intrn normal out of the box codec?
( it is no raw/ but it would be enourmous ahead more dynamic to use the full potentila of this
all sensors…?)
Does Panasonic/Sony/Canon/Nikon all work in oldfashion way-marketing for
1.) BLACK MAGIC DESIGN = next year 4k bigger sensor rollingshutter etz MINI-2 is down to
1200,-$
2.) same Panasonic/Sony/Canon/Nikon see upcoming 1inch 4k 5 axis good lenses
smartphone cams- and do NOTHING?
are they all in pre 2010 and look straigth ahead in the Fukkutschima Desaster-and can not
run
3:) when will they start to work for me = the customer = INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE SKILL
4.) can sit on old 8 bit what ever..
this cam is nice and feeds the birds..but.. for what?
lx100 does it for 500 grants soon and gh-4 from first day on 899,-
p o i n t o f s a l e loop
Can you please stop posting nonsense?
Thank you.
They meticulously followed the design from your very own spec sheet, but because of the of all the typo’s and plain gibberish, some things may not have turned out as expected.
Take some grammar lessons and then come back please. (or dont)
You can talk….
“because of the of all the typo’s”
camera makes film + photos
designer = BERTONE = makes DESIGN
Fascinating….
Thankfully the idiots complaining about how it looks aren’t involved in creating cameras. Panasonic knows more than you when it comes to camera design. Shrink it any more, then you have whiners complaining about lack of external controls, no EVF, grip too small and so on.
This camera has only one real competitor at this price, the Samsung NX500 which doesn’t have the EVF, has a laughably bad buffer, a massive crop when shooting 4k and so on. Looking forward to seeing tests. I was looking at the LX100, but the G7 is far more appealing.
I personally like the looks better on the G7 then verses the G6 – the G6 looks more like your everyday DSLR – like the Canon Rebels etc – the G7 has a bit sharper edges/lines a bit more like a mirrorless camera – but of course everyone has their own taste – why beauty contest are so meaningless – everyone has the right to his opinion and we all have different taste –
I think also the controls are a bit better laid out – nice to see the 4k modes with quick access – my only gripe with the G7 is wished it had a 5 axis IBIS – so those who have the many nice Olympus lenses as well would benefit from them as well –
Seems like 4k and IBIS do not play well together – or am I wrong on this –
The Sony A7s has no IBIS – and the Sony A7 M2 has 5 axis IBIS but no 4K – the GX7 has 3 axis IBIS but when in video mode it would not work 🙁 – Olympus has 5 and 3 axis IBIS in video mode available – but no 4K – so why no 4K and IBIS ?
Because 4K heats a lot the sensor and IBIS make it harder to be cooled.
They need to find a solution soon – the Sony NEX7 had issues with heating and it had no IBIS or 4K 🙂 but NEX6 which came shortly after did not have these issues – so there has to be a solution
Die shrink.
thanks for kind word – I really appreciated it – rude shrink
Die = the processor making thing. If that is made smaller, the heat generated by the same level of processing is reduced. Shrink the processor, reduce the heat, eventually = ibis and 4k at the same time.
I thought that the biggest complaint from GX7’s IBIS wasn’t the fact that it’s 3-axis only, but rather that it doesn’t work in video mode. Get all the axises in the world, if it doesn’t support 4K, all the work is still ahead…
you are correct – 3 axis is typically enough for stills – 5 axis is ideal for video –
I just see the GX7 and new GX8 due in Oct-Nov as a range finder style camera and therefore more a Stills camera so I would rather see 5 axis IBIS over 4k – we now have a decent sub $1000 4k in the G7 and a really nice one in the GH4 – but I would love to see them get over the hurdle of 4k and IBIS together –
also I think it is time for Panasonic to implement Phase Detect – it is better then DFD and DFD only works with their own lenses – they need to be able to keep up with the Sony A61000 which is rumored to have 5 axis IBIS and it already has Phase Detect for faster tracking AF vs the GH4 and G7 –
Isn’t gx7 ibis 2 axis?
3 Axis but only if lens has no IS and no IBIS in video mode
Phase detect is decades old, where as DFD is two models old. Who knows the ceiling of the technology quite yet? I’d be careful to rule that phase detect is better.
The big downside with DFD is it only works on Panasonic lenses so does not work if you put your favorite Olympus lens on – like I love the 75mm F1.8 and the 45mm F1.8 – I do get the feeling from many Pros that they feel the Phase detect is a bit better – just because DFD is newer does not make it better – DFD does not require a new sensor so I think that is the prime reason – Panasonic is cutting corners realizing that contrast based focus is not as fast on moving objects so they of course need to improve tracking focus –
Sony and Samsung and Fuji are using Phase detect and I think giving more keepers – Not saying that Panasonic should not have DFD but also include Phase Detect
The downsides you point out are very legit and hopefully will be corrected soon, if possible.
Now, I did not say that because it is newer, it is better. I said that we don’t really know yet, because it is so new.
Personally, I don’t find the design that bad. That said, I don’t care as long as it’s excellent at taking footage. That’s all I want it to do. I have a couple of T1’s for stills but I need to occasionally shoot 4k and HD and the T1 is not exactly renowned for that 🙂
I did consider the GH4 but that would probably be overkill for the amount/type of footage I need it for!