Matt, this is seriously the best review for GH5 I've seen in all of youtube. You've literally answered every possible question I've had on the GH5. Wonderful video man! love your work!
Great review! you answered a lot of questions I had about the gh5. One note about crop factors, you have to multiply the f-stop by the crop factor, just like the focal length. For example a f2 becomes a f4. The panasonic 12-35 f 2.8 acts like a 24-70 f 5.6 . this is why the speed booster "in my opinion" is necessary accessory for mft cameras used for video production.
I've spent literal days watching and reading reviews on these two cameras and I have to say that yours is the best and most unbiased I have seen. Thank you so much for taking the time and doing this!
2 years later, on the verge of doing exactly the same thing in a similar set of circumstances. It's cheaper now than then, and still a solid choice. I bought a GF-1 when they were fairly fresh and it remained the best mirrorless for 2 or 3 years after I bought it. Obviously everyone does them these days, but only 3 companies did, back then. Still pleased with your purchase? :-) 10 years later and 40k shots later, still pleased with the GF1 - but the 720p video doesn't cut it at all :-)
Hey! I’m giving away free GH5 video clips if you signup for my email newsletter: get.whoismatt.com/gh5 Also, this video is pretty long, so here’s a table of contents if you wanna skip around: 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Gorgeous wedding footage begins! 02:18 - Build Quality of the GH5 03:53 - Why In Body Image Stabilization will make you want to throw away your monopod! 05:21 - GH5 Menus and why they don’t suck. 06:43 - Custom Buttons (the GH5 has more than you think) 08:03 - No zoom lens? No problem, with this amazing feature. 09:38 - A lesser known ability that will save you MAJOR frustration at weddings! 11:31 - How to switch framerates, resolution, and settings in less than a second. 12:51 - One of my biggest GH5 frustrations (that will probably bother you too) 16:01 - Battery Life - Is it as good as everyone says? 17:52 - Framerate & Resolution aka THE GOOD STUFF! 19:39 - 10-Bit Color and why it’s a big deal. 21:59 - V-Log: A flat picture that gets really pretty when color graded. 23:50 - Dual SD Card Slots (so excited about these!) 27:26 - Lenses for the GH5 (You can also see the lenses I recommend on my Kit page here: kit.com/whoismatt/panasonic-gh5-wedding-filmmaking 28:10 - Let’s talk about the GH5’s 2x sensor crop and why it’s controversial. 34:25 - Autofocus performance 35:31 - The biggest con of the GH5: Lowlight performance 36:57- ISO tests (turn on 4K so you can see the noise properly) 38:54 - Examples of the A7Sii’s lowlight capabilities 44:00 - Conclusion: Is the GH5 any good? 44:48 - Where does the GH5 beat the A7Sii? 45:45 - Where does the A7Sii beat the GH5? - Side by side ISO comparison between the GH5 and A7Sii 46:21 - Am I going to sell my A7Sii and buy a GH5? 47:02 - Should you buy the GH5 or the A7Sii? 48:35 - A really cool giveaway for you! Thank you for watching!
This review is so great. I've been watching alot of reviews and comparisons between this, the A7sII , A6500, Nikon D550, and canon 5D, and have been leaning towards the lumix for what I need to shoot. I would mostly use it for commercial footage, weddings as well, music videos, and youtube. Which camera would you say is the best for the price. I also think the Dual SD cards are awesome and the menu is easier to use then sony. Ive had the a5100 for a year and still haven't tried everything out on it yet.
Been watching a lot of your stuff over the past year as well as Wedding Film School. I finished up a short video I did for after a wedding ceremony and was wondering if you or anyone else would look at it and maybe suggest some things I could work on? It's only a little over 3 minutes, so don't worry. It wouldn't take an afternoon lol ruclips.net/video/3r_3pq5DBeE/видео.html Thanks if you do end up looking at it. Comment at me and not too much on the video if you can. Obviously it's for someone :P
Best review of the GH5 I've seen. you were totally unbiased. Gave credit where credit was due and grilled it for its flaws. Great video Matt!.. THANK YOU .. GOD BLESS
Thank you so much for this review Matt! So in depth and you're so enthusiastic it kept me enthralled to the end! I appreciate all the info you shared and it really helped me make a decision on whether or not the GH5 was the right move for me
I’m holding out for the A7s3. TeheheheHehehehehe. Excellent review and can we just have the ISO of Sony, Feature set of the Gh5, and color of a Canon...the Canopanony.
dude I absolutely LOVE my GH5! I've had it for about 3 months now and feel like I have only scratched the surface. Such an amazing work horse! I film wedding sin 4k and put out my final render at 1080 with no problem! I agree on the low light issue. This is not that great in low light. I was filming a wedding a couple of weeks ago and was at ISO 3200 and there was way too much noise. I ended up dropping down to 1080 at 24fps so I could use slower shutter speed (1/50) just to be able to bring the ISO back down to 800/1600
That was a fair review I think Matt! I think if someone likes/needs high ISO for their wedding films then the GH5 isn't the right choice and the a7S is probably the only choice. I feel some a7S shooters go way too high on their ISO just because they can, to the point that dark scenes don't look dark any more and loose the mood. I don't stress on ISO anymore, even though I shoot 90% GH5 now. If a couple really want to get married in darkness, then their wedding film from me will portray that. Of course I'll advise to try and get some lights in there, but if they want it dark, they'll get it dark. ISO 1600 with fast glass and some lights covers every wedding we shoot now. For the batteries, what I've found is shooting 4K60 will literally halve the battery life. 4K24 is much easier on the power, and you should get about 2 hours on a single battery. I also think the amount your asking the IBIS to work impacts also, so if you're handheld v monopod/tripod mounted, you're draining fastest too. Well done, some amount work goes into a 50min review and you knew a lot about the GH5 quirks having only shot with it once! Fair play.
Exactly! That's exactly what I thought when i saw this footage! He films at night trying to make it look like day! In my opinion it looks awful. Funny and interesting, but awful. Everything 2-3-4 F-Stops over what is natural. That way of course you need an S2...
Actually, you can shoot 5k (called 6k) footage or 5.7k footage (called 6k photo mode) with normal lenses. You just have to crop the image to 16:9 afterwards. But what is important to know is the fact that the 5/6k footage is pretty much the same when downsampled to 4k as the original 4k video. If you need to crop or stabilize some footage, this is the way to go, but when downsampling to 4k or even 1080p, the 5/6k recording gives you exactly the same as the internal 4k because it is already a downsampled full sensor readout.
What a freaking awesome video Matt! I have been following you for a while and love your content, even though I'm not a wedding Film-maker - I'm just a 16 year old aspiring film-maker studying film. I still love watching your content! For me this video was crazy, I was absolutely loving life with everything you were saying about the GH5, it just has 1 billion good points it was crazy aha! Until u dropped that whole low light bomb, that absolutely blew my mind... I currently shoot on a canon 700d and to be honest I feel low light wise the GH5 isnt even an upgrade from it. This entire video has really changed my thoughts on buying either camera in 2018, I really am just so so stuck! to be very honest the A7R iii looks good ;)
I don't believe anybody can dispute that this was a very fair review of a very nice camera. Interesting to see you sticking with the A7Sii........ Lets hope the iii is a coming. :)
Hi Matt, great video at 14:00 you should know that you can set one of the custom buttons to save your current settings. I put this function on the trash button and learned to hit it whenever i hit the off switch, annoying I know but there is a decent work around. You can also setup sleep mode to save battery life and I highly recommend a speedbooster with 1.8 sigma zooms or 1.4 primes, most native mft glass is useless for receptions.
What are some recommended lenses for this camera in low light for wedding receptions? Knowing it’s a crop sensor, I know the aperture will be affected. Wanted to use canon 24-70mm or canon 16-35mm
as soon as i clicked on the video, "i was like oh crap! its 50 minutes! I'll just watch a little"....next thing i know I'm already 27 minutes in and had no idea....the funny thing is...I already have a gh5. I just like hearing your opinions. Another great video Matt!
Bro, you are the best mate! The absolute best. Could listen to you for 36 days straight. No more! Hahah!! I've been toying up the GH5 ALOT this week. But you've helped me make a decision for an upcoming wedding lol. For music video.. I'm still leaning to the GH5 look. For my next music video, I'm hiring the FS7, that's the real shit! Aww yeaaa (only used it once but fk me was good) ✌️you rock 🤘
You are amazing, thank you for your tutorials, and for sharing information unbiasedly, especially in a field in which more stuff seemingly equates to being better at the craft, bigger is more valuable, and a ridiculous amount of equipment just makes a client feel as if they are going to get a better product in the end. As a GH5 owner, I have encountered countless moments of "But a bigger sensor is better" and "Panasonic can't compare to this or that", given, the GH5 has room for improvement, as any other DSLR in the market it has its high points, and its low points. I am highly appreciative of the information you share with us, and for reiterating that more is not necessarily better. In my opinion, the future of Videography, and I will even go as far as saying Filmmaking, lies in less is more, but as with anything, it's hard to change other people's minds when what they know is challenged by new technologies, and new paradigms.
I just purchased a GH 5 for Cyber Monday and I can't wait to use it! It's my first DSLR outside of school. I'm just unsure what lenses to buy or if I should get the metabone speed booster for Cannon lenses which I am familiar with.
with the announcement of the a7riii, I'm hoping for an a7sii with 4k60p and a screen that doesn't black out when shooting in 4k (or dim). the new auto focus system would also be nice. however we will probably have o wait 6 months.........and I doubt the a7siii will get 10 bit (but hopefully 422 colour and 200 to 400 megabit codec atleast)
I disagree with you about this weeding at moonlight. They wanted dark moonlight light and you did almost a daylight. One thing I learn from lowlight cameras, don’t push it high iso all the time cause it’s dark... :)
as long as you're not clipping the highlights you can always bring it down in post. pushing the iso up lowlight and than bringing it down later in post will actually give you less noise than recording dark areas with low iso
legendp2011 not true again, you can’t get the same look in post with 8bit codec. 8 bit codec has to be cooked inside your camera to get somewhere near the look you are going for. I have c100 and with 10bit it’s a struggle :/ I prefer less work in post especially when you can take out your memory, put inside your laptop and check it :)
+Marcin Kowalczyk.........c100 only does 8 bit (even when recording to an external recorder in proress it's still only 8 bit). I own the a7sii and when shooting in s-log 3 I have had no issue with bringing it down in post (as the luminescence colour information is evenly spread when shooting in log mode). I agree getting close to the look you want is best, but underexposed noisy shots can look bad
Best review of the GH5 I've seen. Coming from yourself as a Sony user you were totally unbiased. Gave credit where credit was due and grilled it for its flaws. I'll be upgrading from the G85 sometime in 2018 and will definitely go with the GH5. Also Matt you can leave the camera on and set the it to "sleep" at its shortest interval and when your ready to shoot again just press the shutter half way down and it comes back on with the same settings, while preserving battery life. You can on the G85 anyways, so I'm assuming the GH5 is capable of that as well.
@@whoismatt Hey matt! Is there any advantage to shooting with system frequency of 24hz (rather than 59.94hz)? I understand if you want slow mo b roll footage, shooting with frequency of 24 hz with VFR 60 fps creates slow mo footage for you, BUT doesn't premiere pro already do that for you if you import 60fps footage into a 24 fps timeline? I'd rather not lose audio when filming, so is there any other advantage to shooting in 24 over 59.9 hz?
Great review but one thing is not clear enough. With 4/3 sensors not only have you to multiply by 2 the focal length but also the f/stop. For example a 15mm f/1.7 is equivalent to a 30mm f/3.4 full frame. Forget fast lenses on 4/3 sensor cameras, it’s very difficult to get a cinematic shallow depth of field unless you add a speedbooster which makes the setup bulkier and heavier though. Apart from the sensor size, slow lenses are not handy when shooting in low light scenarios.
This is a sure top 3 GH5 review. You did a great job. Thanks Matt. Now I'm going to sleep, dreaming about A7SIII...maybe it will have a tilt screen like gh5, 4k in 60 p and 10 bit at the same price :-).
Probably the best "comparison" I've seen. And fanboy-proof. Very nicely done! I find camera debates rather ridiculous . Cameras are just tools. How you tell a painter to use this brush over another? Every camera has its own character and every artist should choose based on his unique workflow and preference. In this case I'd buy both so I could have more options. Thank you for your time and precious info.
I know this is an old one, but well done Matt on presenting such a balanced review. So much fanboi behaviour going around which I just do not get. A camera is a tool, purchase the one that suites your needs. I migrated from the Sony A-Mount to the GH5 over a year ago for the massive bump in 4k video capability, stabilisation and huge reduction (generally speaking) in lens size and cost. Funny that I did exactly as you described in the video after trying to shoot some low light scenes with the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8. I purchased a Voightlander 17.5mm f/0.95 lens which largely did the trick, however image is soft (which I don't mind in some scenarios) and nailing focus on moving targets at that f-stop can be a pain. Have also since discovered my passion for night sky time lapses which also isn't a great match for the GH5. Here is hoping the GH6 has Dual Native ISO! Speaking of which, anyone who has invested significantly in MFT glass and needs low light performance should consider the GH5s. You loose the IBIS of the GH5, however it is a big upgrade on almost every other measure (particularly low light performance) .
Hey Matt; thanks for this video. May I ask what you filmed this video in? Must be v-log right? If so would you mind sharing the custom profile you used on the footage? I love the look of it.
Hey thanks James! All the GH5 footage was shot in V-Log. Coloring was a (modified) lut from IWLTBAP. You can check out the luts here: luts.iwltbap.com/
What I do is not use the C presets.. I assigned the front FN button by the lens to go to video formats.. and then assign each format how I want.. so 4.22 10bit is the .mov, 4K 60 is one .mp4 4K 24 is the other and another for HD... this way you push the button, select the format and BAM... now you are shooting 4K 60 and the settings didn't change between power ups.
This is the best review of the GH5 I have seen. I have been trying to justify the purchase. After watching this I am 100% getting this set up. Appreciate your in depth review.
Probably the best Gh5 review!Any info about the process of grading Vlog-l footage that is shown in your video? PS A small correction..Punch-in to check focus,doesn't work while recording unfortunately.. Thanks!!
+Georgios Lachanas thanks Georgios! I color grade gh5 footage similarly to how I color my a7sii footage. I have a tutorial about color grading on my channel that shows this. :)
It was a perfect video to convince me not to bother with GH5, since both video AF performance and low-light capabilities are important to the style I am making videos. I am using an A9 for 4K video, and its video AF is mind-blowing. Power zoom lenses are important to my style, too, and GH5 has not any PZ video. Matt could have used a PZ28-135/f4 on his A7SII, on the other hand.
Your low light comparison : The lumix 12-35 f4 is a 24-70 f8 equivalent... not the fastest lenses you can choose. Take an Olympus f 1.2 and it works much better!
Yeah, I get the glitch in the Custom settings. I shoot live theatre, concerts, dance performances and graduations. If I have to change batteries the camera forgets the white balance. What a pain! Now I use a killer battery that I don't have to worry about.
Thanx a lot for this video, Matt. But one question - why do you need so hight exposure while u filming with a torchlight's and dancing people? For me its to much bright.. and its start to look like a home video, not a filming with a cool cameras. And its start to loose a sharpness and have a more noise.
I absolutely loved this review...BUT... I am still confused about whether to go for GH5 or Sony a7rii XD. I absolutely love sony and considering that 98% of the weddings around me take place after 7:00 PM so sony is definitely a savior. But the GH5 has so many cool features -_- ..... But sony heats up and we already have higher temperatures here, i fear it will cause a lot of noise anyways(perhaps) .... Leaving my confusions aside, great video Matt! It helped me understand the value of a lot of features in both the cameras.
Great review! However, I really feel your low light evaluation of the GH5 may steer people away from a camera that is completely capable of handling the majority of low light situations sufficiently. I know you were quickly showcasing a few tests and they weren't necessarily setup to emulate practical situations, but you definitely made the GH5 look a lot less capable than it really is when properly setup. Furthermore, I don't think a lot of wedding shooters will be asked to film a ceremony in conditions as extreme as torchlight. Obviously, the GH5 won't ever compete with a purpose built low-light camera... but you can approach poorly lit situations a lot more efficiently to optimize the sensor's performance while keeping noise to a minimum. Take your test at around 38:00 for example. You were exposing your scene at F4, 1/50 and ISO 1600. Let's face it, If you're planning to shoot a wedding on a M43 camera with a F4 maximum aperture lens, you don't understand how to properly mitigate the inherent limitations of the platform. Throw on a proper setup like the ridiculously common Sigma/Metabones combo and you instantly save yourself 3 and 1/3 stop of ISO and are able to shoot the same scene at F1.2, 1/50 and ISO 160 (low ISO video limit is 200 in reality). You can regain yet another stop by switching to a 360 degree shutter angle if the movement in the scene permits you to do so. Boom, acceptable low light performance (by most shooter's standards*) and shallower depth of field have been achieved. The GH5 is undoubtedly capable of handling the majority of low light situations sufficiently with a proper speedbooster and lens setup, in my experience. Again, awesome review. Just wanted to share a few thoughts : )
I have sony a7s2. As u said great for low light hands down...but I would never trust it in daylight. The rear screen is hard to see in daylight...and the batteries are crap.
17 min mark... When you say you shut off the settings change from the custom menus… If you were to change out of that mode and then turn off the camera in a different mode would that still erase your custom settings?
Awesome video definitely considering the GH5 and the S1. Also agree about the SD cards... I did have one SD card that got itself put into the "Locked" position and then the slider broke off. Very unfortunate lol.
i think one point that is always missed in the low light argument is, you should always think about depth of field. so in your test you had both lenses set to f 4, that means that if you wanted to get the same look the gh5 should be closer to f2.8. on FF it is really hard to shoot at anything lower then 2.8 because it is just to hard to keep focus (i always though f4 was about the sweet spot). i use the sigma 1.8 with a speedbooster. that setup alone almost makes up your 3 stops difference in exposure. so if you are using the a7s2 you are probably using a 2.8 most of the time, if you use my setup you can make up those 3 stops. personally i hate the full fame look. i hate seeing a video where you can see the focus plain. remember this isn't photography. good video though. i really wish that these crop sensor lenses would just put the equivalent focal length and equivalent f stops on lenses so it is easier for us to understand.
thanks for making this video, this was like very very informative. And the color grading on your videos is seriously one of the best I've ever seen. I even said wow to my screen. :P And I've heard in one of your other videos that you're a christian, and I was like: Yes, a saved person, always wonderful to hear. :)
Very nice and solid review. I shoot with my trusted GH4's and they have the same downside: low light (and an even bigger crop). Low light is a big problem. But other than that: great value, rock solid, amazing features. I cannot recall a single crash or problem with them on location. First quarter in 2018 I'll get one GH5 and sell a GH4, looking forward to many happy years of shooting. And if 2018 is like 2018 business wise for me I'm thinking about a EVA1 :)
I watched the entirety of this video and actually remembered things- you are a lifesaver and God bless you keeping everything so compact and concise
god, a 50minut review...you're the new philip bloom mate
Matt, this is seriously the best review for GH5 I've seen in all of youtube. You've literally answered every possible question I've had on the GH5. Wonderful video man! love your work!
Great review! you answered a lot of questions I had about the gh5. One note about crop factors, you have to multiply the f-stop by the crop factor, just like the focal length. For example a f2 becomes a f4. The panasonic 12-35 f 2.8 acts like a 24-70 f 5.6 . this is why the speed booster "in my opinion" is necessary accessory for mft cameras used for video production.
FINALLY, THE BEST REVIEW OF THE GH5 ON RUclips! Thanks Matt! White & Revery have good stuff too.
I've spent literal days watching and reading reviews on these two cameras and I have to say that yours is the best and most unbiased I have seen. Thank you so much for taking the time and doing this!
Thanks Hamilton!
Just wanted to say I've watched at least 40+ GH5 reviews and this is the one that pushed me over the edge to purchase. Thanks so much mate.
2 years later, on the verge of doing exactly the same thing in a similar set of circumstances. It's cheaper now than then, and still a solid choice. I bought a GF-1 when they were fairly fresh and it remained the best mirrorless for 2 or 3 years after I bought it. Obviously everyone does them these days, but only 3 companies did, back then. Still pleased with your purchase? :-) 10 years later and 40k shots later, still pleased with the GF1 - but the 720p video doesn't cut it at all :-)
Wow you made this fun to watch with your wonderful personality and great editing (and spectacular b-roll). Thank you so much!
EXACTLY🙌
Great review, just purchased one and love it in 2022,still a great camera
Honestly the best and most impartial & informative tech review I have ever seen. Ever.
Hey! I’m giving away free GH5 video clips if you signup for my email newsletter: get.whoismatt.com/gh5
Also, this video is pretty long, so here’s a table of contents if you wanna skip around:
00:00 - Intro
01:13 - Gorgeous wedding footage begins!
02:18 - Build Quality of the GH5
03:53 - Why In Body Image Stabilization will make you want to throw away your monopod!
05:21 - GH5 Menus and why they don’t suck.
06:43 - Custom Buttons (the GH5 has more than you think)
08:03 - No zoom lens? No problem, with this amazing feature.
09:38 - A lesser known ability that will save you MAJOR frustration at weddings!
11:31 - How to switch framerates, resolution, and settings in less than a second.
12:51 - One of my biggest GH5 frustrations (that will probably bother you too)
16:01 - Battery Life - Is it as good as everyone says?
17:52 - Framerate & Resolution aka THE GOOD STUFF!
19:39 - 10-Bit Color and why it’s a big deal.
21:59 - V-Log: A flat picture that gets really pretty when color graded.
23:50 - Dual SD Card Slots (so excited about these!)
27:26 - Lenses for the GH5 (You can also see the lenses I recommend on my Kit page here: kit.com/whoismatt/panasonic-gh5-wedding-filmmaking
28:10 - Let’s talk about the GH5’s 2x sensor crop and why it’s controversial.
34:25 - Autofocus performance
35:31 - The biggest con of the GH5: Lowlight performance
36:57- ISO tests (turn on 4K so you can see the noise properly)
38:54 - Examples of the A7Sii’s lowlight capabilities
44:00 - Conclusion: Is the GH5 any good?
44:48 - Where does the GH5 beat the A7Sii?
45:45 - Where does the A7Sii beat the GH5? - Side by side ISO comparison between the GH5 and A7Sii
46:21 - Am I going to sell my A7Sii and buy a GH5?
47:02 - Should you buy the GH5 or the A7Sii?
48:35 - A really cool giveaway for you!
Thank you for watching!
This review is so great. I've been watching alot of reviews and comparisons between this, the A7sII , A6500, Nikon D550, and canon 5D, and have been leaning towards the lumix for what I need to shoot. I would mostly use it for commercial footage, weddings as well, music videos, and youtube. Which camera would you say is the best for the price. I also think the Dual SD cards are awesome and the menu is easier to use then sony. Ive had the a5100 for a year and still haven't tried everything out on it yet.
The "beard hair for scale" was a riot. Great info. Very cogent. The best I've seen re: GH5.
Been watching a lot of your stuff over the past year as well as Wedding Film School. I finished up a short video I did for after a wedding ceremony and was wondering if you or anyone else would look at it and maybe suggest some things I could work on? It's only a little over 3 minutes, so don't worry. It wouldn't take an afternoon lol
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Thanks if you do end up looking at it. Comment at me and not too much on the video if you can. Obviously it's for someone :P
Awesome vid, watched the entire thing and never felt like you were rambling unnecessarily. Great insight, I need to buy a B cam for my A7SII soon...
I paused the video at 10:00, went on Amazon, ordered the camera and watched the rest of it! Still no regrets!
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Hahahahahahah the girl to the right dropped her phone at 37:09
You got some sharp eye there :P
@@luttekikker Good thing is was shot with th A7Sii
DROPPED Her SHORTS at 69:69
woah i really watched the whole hour of this... good job on the edit bro it was very informative and fun to watch!
I can't believe I watched a 50 minutes review! best camera review on youtube though.
This makes the GH5 user in me feel warm and fuzzy for the choice to go the lumix route! Thanks Matt 👈👏
Best review of the GH5 I've seen. you were totally unbiased. Gave credit where credit was due and grilled it for its flaws. Great video Matt!.. THANK YOU .. GOD BLESS
Haha thank you!
Just bought this camera. Really useful this review. Keep up the good work Matt!
Well done! I enjoy how you talk about features and then explain them in detail! Subscribed
Thank you so much for this review Matt! So in depth and you're so enthusiastic it kept me enthralled to the end! I appreciate all the info you shared and it really helped me make a decision on whether or not the GH5 was the right move for me
Thanks Austin!
I’m holding out for the A7s3. TeheheheHehehehehe. Excellent review and can we just have the ISO of Sony, Feature set of the Gh5, and color of a Canon...the Canopanony.
+Larry Marshall love it! ❤️
gh5 is not even close to A7s3
@@ranjeniorao87 ...... to A7s3 ????? - - - - ))))))
@@slaww666 typo.. A7iii.
2 years latter ...
Keep on waiting...
just finished watching the whole review, awesome work, man! best gh5 review in the business.
dude I absolutely LOVE my GH5! I've had it for about 3 months now and feel like I have only scratched the surface. Such an amazing work horse! I film wedding sin 4k and put out my final render at 1080 with no problem! I agree on the low light issue. This is not that great in low light. I was filming a wedding a couple of weeks ago and was at ISO 3200 and there was way too much noise. I ended up dropping down to 1080 at 24fps so I could use slower shutter speed (1/50) just to be able to bring the ISO back down to 800/1600
That was a fair review I think Matt! I think if someone likes/needs high ISO for their wedding films then the GH5 isn't the right choice and the a7S is probably the only choice. I feel some a7S shooters go way too high on their ISO just because they can, to the point that dark scenes don't look dark any more and loose the mood. I don't stress on ISO anymore, even though I shoot 90% GH5 now. If a couple really want to get married in darkness, then their wedding film from me will portray that. Of course I'll advise to try and get some lights in there, but if they want it dark, they'll get it dark. ISO 1600 with fast glass and some lights covers every wedding we shoot now. For the batteries, what I've found is shooting 4K60 will literally halve the battery life. 4K24 is much easier on the power, and you should get about 2 hours on a single battery. I also think the amount your asking the IBIS to work impacts also, so if you're handheld v monopod/tripod mounted, you're draining fastest too. Well done, some amount work goes into a 50min review and you knew a lot about the GH5 quirks having only shot with it once! Fair play.
+Eoin Healy thanks Eoin! Great to hear your thoughts!
Exactly! That's exactly what I thought when i saw this footage! He films at night trying to make it look like day! In my opinion it looks awful. Funny and interesting, but awful. Everything 2-3-4 F-Stops over what is natural. That way of course you need an S2...
What lenses do you shoot with Eoin? :-)
On M43, most people use metabones speedbooster with fast canon or nikon lenses, to gain also an aperture stop. ;)
Actually, you can shoot 5k (called 6k) footage or 5.7k footage (called 6k photo mode) with normal lenses. You just have to crop the image to 16:9 afterwards. But what is important to know is the fact that the 5/6k footage is pretty much the same when downsampled to 4k as the original 4k video. If you need to crop or stabilize some footage, this is the way to go, but when downsampling to 4k or even 1080p, the 5/6k recording gives you exactly the same as the internal 4k because it is already a downsampled full sensor readout.
Very much clear-cut review ! Thanks a lot !
What a freaking awesome video Matt! I have been following you for a while and love your content, even though I'm not a wedding Film-maker - I'm just a 16 year old aspiring film-maker studying film. I still love watching your content! For me this video was crazy, I was absolutely loving life with everything you were saying about the GH5, it just has 1 billion good points it was crazy aha! Until u dropped that whole low light bomb, that absolutely blew my mind... I currently shoot on a canon 700d and to be honest I feel low light wise the GH5 isnt even an upgrade from it. This entire video has really changed my thoughts on buying either camera in 2018, I really am just so so stuck! to be very honest the A7R iii looks good ;)
+IJH thanks so much dude! I think you would love the a7riii
Man! Loved this video. Also, love this camera. I have a gh4 but one day shooting for this one. Thanks for making learning fun!
I don't believe anybody can dispute that this was a very fair review of a very nice camera. Interesting to see you sticking with the A7Sii........ Lets hope the iii is a coming. :)
Hey Matt this was DOPE! Keep killing it man.
Hi Matt, great video at 14:00 you should know that you can set one of the custom buttons to save your current settings. I put this function on the trash button and learned to hit it whenever i hit the off switch, annoying I know but there is a decent work around.
You can also setup sleep mode to save battery life and I highly recommend a speedbooster with 1.8 sigma zooms or 1.4 primes, most native mft glass is useless for receptions.
+Peter Kent thanks for the heads up about this Peter! Nice tip
Hey! How do you actually set a custom button to save current settings? I can't find anything like it in the Fn Buttons list.
Same here, you found anything yet?
Hey man how do you set this up? Can't find it in the FN button list.
Glad you're on board Matt, much easier camera to navigate
Have you tried leaving your camera to sleep mode, instead of turning it off?
+ATT MEE thanks! I hadn’t tried sleep mode!
Great video and information Matt! Very very thorough-much appreciated.
What are some recommended lenses for this camera in low light for wedding receptions? Knowing it’s a crop sensor, I know the aperture will be affected. Wanted to use canon 24-70mm or canon 16-35mm
Great job on this review Matt!!
as soon as i clicked on the video, "i was like oh crap! its 50 minutes! I'll just watch a little"....next thing i know I'm already 27 minutes in and had no idea....the funny thing is...I already have a gh5. I just like hearing your opinions. Another great video Matt!
Hahaha thank you!
Fantastic review, Matt! Now that new cameras are out, I'm curious, what are your thoughts on A7 iii vs. GH5 S?
The a7iii is a ridiculous value for $2000. The gh5s is also really nice. If I had to buy a new camera right now it would be an a7iii though.
Best review of the GH5 on RUclips. Subbed. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks so much Stephen!
Panasonic g7 is great I know it doesn't have 4k 60 fps, but it is totally worth it. The low light performance is fantastic.
THANK YOU! Finally a good review! Very helpfull and clear!
There are not a lot of people that can keep my attention fixxed for 50min. Man, great review!
Bro, you are the best mate! The absolute best. Could listen to you for 36 days straight. No more! Hahah!! I've been toying up the GH5 ALOT this week. But you've helped me make a decision for an upcoming wedding lol. For music video.. I'm still leaning to the GH5 look. For my next music video, I'm hiring the FS7, that's the real shit! Aww yeaaa (only used it once but fk me was good) ✌️you rock 🤘
One of the best review all of my questions answered 👍👍👍
You are amazing, thank you for your tutorials, and for sharing information unbiasedly, especially in a field in which more stuff seemingly equates to being better at the craft, bigger is more valuable, and a ridiculous amount of equipment just makes a client feel as if they are going to get a better product in the end. As a GH5 owner, I have encountered countless moments of "But a bigger sensor is better" and "Panasonic can't compare to this or that", given, the GH5 has room for improvement, as any other DSLR in the market it has its high points, and its low points. I am highly appreciative of the information you share with us, and for reiterating that more is not necessarily better. In my opinion, the future of Videography, and I will even go as far as saying Filmmaking, lies in less is more, but as with anything, it's hard to change other people's minds when what they know is challenged by new technologies, and new paradigms.
I just purchased a GH 5 for Cyber Monday and I can't wait to use it! It's my first DSLR outside of school. I'm just unsure what lenses to buy or if I should get the metabone speed booster for Cannon lenses which I am familiar with.
If you already have Canon lenses I would buy the speed booster.
amazing and detailed review! thank you as always!
You are awesome! This video is on point. Watched the whole thing!
This is the best tech review of any kind I have ever seen.
This was fantastically helpful and well done. Thank you.
with the announcement of the a7riii, I'm hoping for an a7sii with 4k60p and a screen that doesn't black out when shooting in 4k (or dim). the new auto focus system would also be nice. however we will probably have o wait 6 months.........and I doubt the a7siii will get 10 bit (but hopefully 422 colour and 200 to 400 megabit codec atleast)
I disagree with you about this weeding at moonlight. They wanted dark moonlight light and you did almost a daylight. One thing I learn from lowlight cameras, don’t push it high iso all the time cause it’s dark... :)
I would agree in a way. That moonlight wedding I thought was.somewhat over exposed.
I agree too, he made that look way too bright
as long as you're not clipping the highlights you can always bring it down in post. pushing the iso up lowlight and than bringing it down later in post will actually give you less noise than recording dark areas with low iso
legendp2011 not true again, you can’t get the same look in post with 8bit codec. 8 bit codec has to be cooked inside your camera to get somewhere near the look you are going for. I have c100 and with 10bit it’s a struggle :/ I prefer less work in post especially when you can take out your memory, put inside your laptop and check it :)
+Marcin Kowalczyk.........c100 only does 8 bit (even when recording to an external recorder in proress it's still only 8 bit). I own the a7sii and when shooting in s-log 3 I have had no issue with bringing it down in post (as the luminescence colour information is evenly spread when shooting in log mode). I agree getting close to the look you want is best, but underexposed noisy shots can look bad
Best review of the GH5 I've seen. Coming from yourself as a Sony user you were totally unbiased. Gave credit where credit was due and grilled it for its flaws. I'll be upgrading from the G85 sometime in 2018 and will definitely go with the GH5.
Also Matt you can leave the camera on and set the it to "sleep" at its shortest interval and when your ready to shoot again just press the shutter half way down and it comes back on with the same settings, while preserving battery life. You can on the G85 anyways, so I'm assuming the GH5 is capable of that as well.
+Steve Michalak thanks for the heads up about sleep mode Steve!
this was super helpfull!! thanks so much matt!!
You’re welcome Tess!
@@whoismatt Hey matt! Is there any advantage to shooting with system frequency of 24hz (rather than 59.94hz)? I understand if you want slow mo b roll footage, shooting with frequency of 24 hz with VFR 60 fps creates slow mo footage for you, BUT doesn't premiere pro already do that for you if you import 60fps footage into a 24 fps timeline? I'd rather not lose audio when filming, so is there any other advantage to shooting in 24 over 59.9 hz?
@@wcsdiaries nah I would stick with 59.9
@@whoismatt I appreciate the quick response! Earned yourself a sub for being so responsive ;)
Great and very thorough review. Very helpful! Thanks.
29:14 Is that a huuge hair on Matt's FF sensor and a spart of dust?
BTW how often do you clean your sensors if you do? :)
+Tech Notice hahaha some of that was a reflection. I clean my sensors the day before a shoot.
Wet cleaning them?
Great review but one thing is not clear enough. With 4/3 sensors not only have you to multiply by 2 the focal length but also the f/stop. For example a 15mm f/1.7 is equivalent to a 30mm f/3.4 full frame. Forget fast lenses on 4/3 sensor cameras, it’s very difficult to get a cinematic shallow depth of field unless you add a speedbooster which makes the setup bulkier and heavier though. Apart from the sensor size, slow lenses are not handy when shooting in low light scenarios.
This is a sure top 3 GH5 review. You did a great job. Thanks Matt. Now I'm going to sleep, dreaming about A7SIII...maybe it will have a tilt screen like gh5, 4k in 60 p and 10 bit at the same price :-).
Awesome video! Can you do a video about how you manually focus during recording?
+Joshua Archibald thanks Joshua! Planning on covering that in the future!
Probably the best "comparison" I've seen. And fanboy-proof. Very nicely done!
I find camera debates rather ridiculous . Cameras are just tools. How you tell a painter to use this brush over another?
Every camera has its own character and every artist should choose based on his unique workflow and preference.
In this case I'd buy both so I could have more options.
Thank you for your time and precious info.
Thanks lannis!
Excellent review! Thanks
Great review Matt. Not long enough though.
Hahaha thanks Matt!
Not Bloom status without a cigarette, a cat and a snappy accent
Day In The Life Dad - Blooms accent is two a penny from over here in Blighty :-)
+Day In The Life Dad hahaha! He’s too cool!
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I know this is an old one, but well done Matt on presenting such a balanced review. So much fanboi behaviour going around which I just do not get. A camera is a tool, purchase the one that suites your needs. I migrated from the Sony A-Mount to the GH5 over a year ago for the massive bump in 4k video capability, stabilisation and huge reduction (generally speaking) in lens size and cost. Funny that I did exactly as you described in the video after trying to shoot some low light scenes with the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8. I purchased a Voightlander 17.5mm f/0.95 lens which largely did the trick, however image is soft (which I don't mind in some scenarios) and nailing focus on moving targets at that f-stop can be a pain. Have also since discovered my passion for night sky time lapses which also isn't a great match for the GH5. Here is hoping the GH6 has Dual Native ISO! Speaking of which, anyone who has invested significantly in MFT glass and needs low light performance should consider the GH5s. You loose the IBIS of the GH5, however it is a big upgrade on almost every other measure (particularly low light performance) .
Hey Matt; thanks for this video. May I ask what you filmed this video in? Must be v-log right? If so would you mind sharing the custom profile you used on the footage? I love the look of it.
Hey thanks James! All the GH5 footage was shot in V-Log. Coloring was a (modified) lut from IWLTBAP. You can check out the luts here: luts.iwltbap.com/
Thanks!
awesome video - there is so much value in this 50 minutes! (y)
What I do is not use the C presets.. I assigned the front FN button by the lens to go to video formats.. and then assign each format how I want.. so 4.22 10bit is the .mov, 4K 60 is one .mp4 4K 24 is the other and another for HD... this way you push the button, select the format and BAM... now you are shooting 4K 60 and the settings didn't change between power ups.
+Michael Dontigney nice setup!
Love your video! Care to share your settings? Love your shortcuts.
This is the best review of the GH5 I have seen. I have been trying to justify the purchase. After watching this I am 100% getting this set up. Appreciate your in depth review.
Probably the best Gh5 review!Any info about the process of grading Vlog-l footage that is shown in your video?
PS A small correction..Punch-in to check focus,doesn't work while recording unfortunately..
Thanks!!
+Georgios Lachanas thanks Georgios! I color grade gh5 footage similarly to how I color my a7sii footage. I have a tutorial about color grading on my channel that shows this. :)
It was a perfect video to convince me not to bother with GH5, since both video AF performance and low-light capabilities are important to the style I am making videos. I am using an A9 for 4K video, and its video AF is mind-blowing. Power zoom lenses are important to my style, too, and GH5 has not any PZ video. Matt could have used a PZ28-135/f4 on his A7SII, on the other hand.
Absolutely outstanding!
Your low light comparison : The lumix 12-35 f4 is a 24-70 f8 equivalent... not the fastest lenses you can choose. Take an Olympus f 1.2 and it works much better!
I watched to whole video and I usually give up on reviews this long. Worth it, all the way through!
I am waiting for the sony AS III to come out..at least I hope that this will happen soon ;) By the way nice review of both cameras
A7sii vs A7iii for weddings. Thoughts?
By far the best review of the GH5 I've seen on RUclips. Thanks for taking the time!
I know I know the video is no longer sooo up-to-date but I bought it and it comes tomorrow, I can't stand it :-P
Yeah, I get the glitch in the Custom settings. I shoot live theatre, concerts, dance performances and graduations. If I have to change batteries the camera forgets the white balance. What a pain! Now I use a killer battery that I don't have to worry about.
The best review i had ever seen
Mr Amine frome Algeria
Thanx a lot for this video, Matt. But one question - why do you need so hight exposure while u filming with a torchlight's and dancing people? For me its to much bright.. and its start to look like a home video, not a filming with a cool cameras. And its start to loose a sharpness and have a more noise.
I absolutely loved this review...BUT... I am still confused about whether to go for GH5 or Sony a7rii XD. I absolutely love sony and considering that 98% of the weddings around me take place after 7:00 PM so sony is definitely a savior. But the GH5 has so many cool features -_- ..... But sony heats up and we already have higher temperatures here, i fear it will cause a lot of noise anyways(perhaps) .... Leaving my confusions aside, great video Matt! It helped me understand the value of a lot of features in both the cameras.
Great review! However, I really feel your low light evaluation of the GH5 may steer people away from a camera that is completely capable of handling the majority of low light situations sufficiently.
I know you were quickly showcasing a few tests and they weren't necessarily setup to emulate practical situations, but you definitely made the GH5 look a lot less capable than it really is when properly setup. Furthermore, I don't think a lot of wedding shooters will be asked to film a ceremony in conditions as extreme as torchlight. Obviously, the GH5 won't ever compete with a purpose built low-light camera... but you can approach poorly lit situations a lot more efficiently to optimize the sensor's performance while keeping noise to a minimum.
Take your test at around 38:00 for example. You were exposing your scene at F4, 1/50 and ISO 1600. Let's face it, If you're planning to shoot a wedding on a M43 camera with a F4 maximum aperture lens, you don't understand how to properly mitigate the inherent limitations of the platform. Throw on a proper setup like the ridiculously common Sigma/Metabones combo and you instantly save yourself 3 and 1/3 stop of ISO and are able to shoot the same scene at F1.2, 1/50 and ISO 160 (low ISO video limit is 200 in reality). You can regain yet another stop by switching to a 360 degree shutter angle if the movement in the scene permits you to do so. Boom, acceptable low light performance (by most shooter's standards*) and shallower depth of field have been achieved.
The GH5 is undoubtedly capable of handling the majority of low light situations sufficiently with a proper speedbooster and lens setup, in my experience. Again, awesome review. Just wanted to share a few thoughts : )
Thanks for sharing! Do you think with a Metabones SPeedbooster XL that will be enough for the GH-5 to do well in low light?
Portugal?! omg, you came to my country, yeah! I wish i could meet you. So I hope you had a good time.
+Catarina Sofia haha I loved Portugal!!!
I have sony a7s2. As u said great for low light hands down...but I would never trust it in daylight. The rear screen is hard to see in daylight...and the batteries are crap.
Very informative video. Great job once again. How much for that beard hair tho?
+ELIE-MS hahaha it’s expensive
thank you for this one !!
Incredible review of the GH5. Definitely helped me with my decision to buy...
More lights 😉
😂😂
Great video, what lighting kits set ups do you use for your shoots?
17 min mark... When you say you shut off the settings change from the custom menus… If you were to change out of that mode and then turn off the camera in a different mode would that still erase your custom settings?
Awesome video definitely considering the GH5 and the S1. Also agree about the SD cards... I did have one SD card that got itself put into the "Locked" position and then the slider broke off. Very unfortunate lol.
What about the shocking IBIS when walking and AF? The poor AF literally renders the rest of the features pointless... Get Sony A7III instead
I didnt recognize that this is a 50min Video :O It was such entertaining and interesting. I learned so much! Thank you!
New video review sony a7iii vs a7sii for weddings PLEASEEE!!!
LIVEVIEW vs using a monitor will also drain the battery. That could be what they were referring to with battery life. Who knows nowadays, lol.
i think one point that is always missed in the low light argument is, you should always think about depth of field. so in your test you had both lenses set to f 4, that means that if you wanted to get the same look the gh5 should be closer to f2.8. on FF it is really hard to shoot at anything lower then 2.8 because it is just to hard to keep focus (i always though f4 was about the sweet spot). i use the sigma 1.8 with a speedbooster. that setup alone almost makes up your 3 stops difference in exposure. so if you are using the a7s2 you are probably using a 2.8 most of the time, if you use my setup you can make up those 3 stops. personally i hate the full fame look. i hate seeing a video where you can see the focus plain. remember this isn't photography. good video though. i really wish that these crop sensor lenses would just put the equivalent focal length and equivalent f stops on lenses so it is easier for us to understand.
thanks for making this video, this was like very very informative. And the color grading on your videos is seriously one of the best I've ever seen. I even said wow to my screen. :P And I've heard in one of your other videos that you're a christian, and I was like: Yes, a saved person, always wonderful to hear. :)
Can you disable the start recording on the shutter button? I actually think that's very annoying and I hate I can't disable that on Panasonic G80/85.
Very nice and solid review. I shoot with my trusted GH4's and they have the same downside: low light (and an even bigger crop). Low light is a big problem. But other than that: great value, rock solid, amazing features. I cannot recall a single crash or problem with them on location. First quarter in 2018 I'll get one GH5 and sell a GH4, looking forward to many happy years of shooting. And if 2018 is like 2018 business wise for me I'm thinking about a EVA1 :)