I learned my love of photography and videography with the G7. But now that I'm doing more jobs I decided to upgrade. The G7 will still get a lot of use.
Posted Mar 4, 2020, 12:32 AM UTC
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Jobs?
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He’s getting paid for this?!
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Congratulations, hard work pays off!
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Really wish people would sale their GH5 in my area but I can’t seem to find any used ones up for sale. I’ll probably wait for the GH6 to pickup a GH5 for those upgrading
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Same. The G7 opened the doors for me into those worlds. I’m in need of an upgrade. Still want to stay in the micro 4/3 world. Just trying to figure out what I really want.
I went back and forth on the S1H and GH5 for about two months. Ultimately I went with the S1H just because it's future proofed to a degree.
I was just debating about purchasing a GH5 last week to upgrade from my G7, do you think a new GH5 is not worth getting now? Should just opt for the S1H?
I think there's a lot of reason to go with the GH5 especially if you already have a bunch of micro 4/3 lenses. I ultimately decided to go with the S1H because of the full frame and ability to punch in and really turn a single zoom lense into essentially a bunch of lenses. Also the 6k recording I just feel I probably will be safe having this camera for at least 5-6 years before really needing to change.
Also the GH6 may be coming and may have 6k so maybe wait on that being announced. Even if you still go with the GH5 I imagine it's going to get a price cut of a GH6 is announced.
I think it depends on how invested you are in lenses if you have a ton of m4/3 lenses and are fine with the system then go gh5/GH5s. If your not heavily invested and want the full frame look or higher resolution video look into the lumix full frame options. The gh5 is still an amazing value for the money but the s1h is obviously an amazing performer as well
I have a few m4/3 lenses but not currently heavily invested. I lean more towards video but I do like to photograph things to. I’m currently looking at the GH5 or the G9 especially now with the new firmware update making it basically a GH5. S1H is still out of my reach money wise but I’ll get there. Baby steps.
The other thing also to consider for the full frame look is the .64 speedbooster but that does cost some $$$ I’m heavily invested in both speedboosters and focal reducers so if the companies keep making great quality m4/3 cameras I’m still in! Hey the only thing that would make me switch is if lumix greatly improved their autofocus on the full frame but to be honest if they are able to do that on the full frame systems they will be able to do it easier on the m4/3 systems