ePhotozine (Click here) published the full Panasonic G7 review and the camera gets the editor’s choice award:
The Panasonic Lumix G7 delivers excellent image quality, 4K video, and a high resolution electronic viewfinder, all at an impressive price point.
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.
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Review makes no comparisons to other cameras. 🙁 Wish it could record better than 28Mbps (60P) / 24Mbps (30P).
Sadly true, but you can at least downscale 100Mbps 4k video into 4:2:2 1080p.
external record via hdmi 4k and downscale to FHD.
defeats the advantage of the G7 (small and less expensive) over the GH4 (which will do 200 Mbps)
I like the modern – not retro – look of the G7 and it seems to be user friendly too. But for a stills only photographer it hasn´t to offer anything interesting.
Yeah, maybe, but I liked this: “The Panasonic Lumix G7 features a new and improved multi-process noise reduction system, this applies noise reduction and detail processing based on the specific environment and conditions of the shot. A new “Random Filter” granulates chromatic noise and blends it into the image for natural looking shots. “
That caught my eye, too. And not even a line break in between. Pretty funny.
Negative, it’s thee first really sports- and action-oriented DSLM camera:
1. Features not just the DFD technology but an improved tracking alghorithm which is unique for DSLMs, not even GH4 has it;
2. The 3 modalities of extracting 8 MP stills from 4K video stream is a heaven for action and wild photographers.
Too bad DFD only works with Panasonic lenses. Also, I think the Sony A6000 is the first sports/action DSLM camera.
And the best sports/action SLM is the Samsung NX1.
It is? Pretty sure the E-M1 with 3.0 firmware does an even betyet job
Not so. Try rack focusing with constant auto focus. Terrible, just terrible. It may be fast, but it’s not accurate.
It is well known that having continuous focus and track focus is slow, so if AF speed is essential why are you doing this????
I keep hearing of the DFD technology. Never tried it, but from what I gather Panny might have some magic going on right now. I guess I’ve have to try it.
if only it could record more than 30 min of video…
That’s a Europe only limitation. The US version will be fine.
There’s a 30 min limit on ALL versions actually for the 4k video.
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Still, though, at least you can record in AVCHD for longer than 30 minutes, and I figure in those cases, you probably don’t really care how you get it. More than a half hour’s worth of 4K at a time? Why?
Doesn’t it just create a new file @ 29:59 without losing any footage?
That’s what my GH2 and GX7 do.
We don’t know yet = none of the initial reviews that I’ve read have gotten into that. My cameras (like your GH2) would do that when dealing with FAT32 cards. I think the 30 minutes being referred to here is the EU camcorder tax issue. Checking the Pany US website, it seems there are limits, but I don’t know if they’re referring to codec limits, use with exFAT cards (SDXC), battery life, or whatever. I’m sure we’ll know soon as more reviews come out, especially those from outside the EU.
Yes I meant the EU tax issue which leads to Panasonic disabling >30 min recording on EU market cameras. There is no technical limitation, they span >4GB files no problem. Currently I am able to record >30min using hacked G3 but the non-availability of hacks for the newer models is limiting for me
I guess it’s a fairly niche requirement (I record concerts, with unattended cameras on tripods, I don’t have a workaround for what I want to do)
The actual tax amount can’t be that large (judging by cost of consumer camcorders) so I wish Panasonic would offer an ‘unlimited’ model passing the cost on for those that need it. Or facilitate a simple hack to reenable the feature.
Do you really think your company is going to want to sit more than thirty minutes watching your kids at boring dance recitals??? You wanna be Cecil B Demille, get a real video camera… 🙂
As a video guy, Panasonic is really offering folks like me some wonderful cameras.
bah, really wish they had introduced a dampened shutter like EM5 ,
the clunky shutter from the G6 carries on into the G7
(and no the silent shutter mode doesn’t make up for it)
Why not?
“The Panasonic Lumix G7 delivers excellent image quality, 4K video,
and a high resolution electronic viewfinder, all at an impressive price
point.”
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Now THAT took me by surprise.
I’ve never wanted a Panasonic until now.