LUMIX G9II is a taste of future micro for thirds cameras 

I’ve been waiting for this upgrade to my G9. Using my GH5ii is a phenomenal experience but the G9 always feels different in the hand. Top notch content!

Love to see this review. Planning to upgrade my G85 to the G9ii. Thanks!!

Micro 4/3 deserves more respect. I've tried several APS-C and FF cameras but my Olympus is always the most fun to use. With a decent prime lens the photos are just as good as APS-C and almost as good as FF. And with stabilization, video has always been superior with M4/3 in my experience.

This was an refreshing , informative video with a good vibe👍

Hello, amazing review, just one question, what lenses do you use in this test

Any idea what the bit depth is for still photos on this beast?

I love how you shot the broll with anamorphics! Looks awesome.

Great review man. hey, did you say that you lose half a stop of stabilisation when you use dual I.S?

Cool, that’s what this camera is super solid . Street photography etc and not “serious” video shooting.

Great review. What lens did you use at 8mm for the stabilization tests? It gives very good image quality. The Panasonic/Leica 8-18mm maybe? What surprised me the most is the autofocus and stabilization. Finally a M4/3 system camera that is practically perfect for video. Now the use of a gimbal is completely unnecessary. Both the 8-18mm and the Leica 12-60mm are parafocal lenses, if I'm not mistaken. This for video is great considering they are compact lenses and the quality of the system is more than sufficient for almost any situation. I still wouldn't go full frame yet.

A bold statement. I think many Olympus/OM System users beg to differ.

Mate what's your guess on s1h mark ii coming out? I have a feeling with the new autofocus it could go up against z8 as one of the best hybrids.

Thank you for so great review Dustin!! 😉👍 What anamorphic lens did you shoot this Video? And how did you get so amazing look ? 😯👌

Great review, I like your style!

Does this record in 4k 120fps internally? I read something that you need some extra cables and power adaptors :/ . I m a bit confused. Thanks for your help!

The anamorphic street shots look sick dude. Did you shoot it in crop mode on s5ii(x)?

Do you think it is also possible to update EIS on the S52? G9 EIS looks incredible!

I hope this camera comes to the Philippines soon. Looks great.

but u still cant keep the original ungraded v-log if applying the lut in-camera, as opposed to the photo situation, right?

Which camera did you use to record this review? It pulsated a couple of times and went out of focus.

Great vid man! What profile was this vlog shot in?

WHat camera do you personally use most often for content/street videography?

I recently bought the S5iix for a feature documentary that I am shooting. But I am coming from a micro 4/3 practice. I started shooting my films with a GH4. Slowly it became a professional project and I upgraded to a full frame environment following the advice of a DP. But it's been 20 days that I am shooting with my new S5iix and I had to entirely change my approach as far as depth of field is concerned and especially focusing either with a sigma lens or vintage Nikon lenses. I shoot manually and mainly handheld and I had a hard time at first setting focus when I shoot 2 ppl in a same room interacting with each other at different distances from my camera..Or people moving around in a room or walking up to me in corridor etc.. Now I am getting better at it but I still miss my GH4. It was lighter and a I was working with a larger area where things and ppl are in focus.. I don't know if I am clear. So a friend of mine told me I might be be better to switch to a G9ii. Zoom lenses are lighter (and cheaper) and it might suit my run and gun style of shooting needs better (even if I shoot mainly in intimate settings but i largely improvise and capture reality as it goes around me). I need to be fast and ready to shoot. I feel the S5iix with a sigma 24-70 is quite heavy when I shoot handheld (sometimes 40 min-1H in a row). I get back aches etc.. What do you think of the G9ii vs S5iix for this type of need? I get that the depth of field and blurry backgrounds of the full frame looks nice, but in a documentary my priority is to get my focus right on the characters talking and moving mainly in daytime (even if sometimes I shoot night stuff) and I need to move swiftly and smoothly. Plus I think the G9ii has a timecode output ? But I also hear it best suits the need of photographers rather than filmmakers. What is your take on that?

What camera was filming you ?

They really need to bring these AF MODES to S5ii and S5iix also idk why it doesn’t have box around the he eyes dor human eye detect!!

All the video was recorded with the G9II?

Was this whole video shot on a G9II?

for me the one thing which is lacking , and my biggest bug bear is the overheating , which is in other Panasonic modles have ,but the G9ii has no internal cooling.I staying a very warm climate, it a big problem, most of everything else it ticks the boxes

What camera was used to film you?

Doesn't really overheat in video at 21 degrees c it only overheats when recording 4k 120fps

Sad they ditched the top LCD from the original G9. I understand they want to streamline their body designs to save cost, but it was a great feature.

Hmmmmm would say a Gh6 mk2 must be on the way 😉😂

Dude, are you in Utah?

honestly im ready to sell my sony a6600 to buy the G9ii! its perfect for my needs. image quality is amazing plus the lens options is amazing

Does anyone know the actual release date?

cant wait for S2H anf GH7

So what you're telling me is that there's definitely gonna be an S2H... I better start saving up 😂😂

im pretty sure that its a requirement now that if you talk about lumix cameras you have to have a big beard. We need shirts. "Lumix big beard club"

Thank you for this review but why nobody speak anymore about pure image quality and details rendering in video ? Since 2022, Panasonic has changed the details rendering of their cameras in video : -The S5II has worse details rendering with most profiles in 4K (a lot of colors noise reduction in low light, fewer fine details and oversharpening), my S1 has also nicer detail rendering when shooting 6K. Only the B-raw of the S5II and S5IIX has VERY VERY GOOD detail rendering, no oversharpening, no color noise reduction, image is almost perfect. Why on earth we must use B-RAW to get nice detail rendering ? The fine details on the old Panasonic cameras were good without using RAW. -The GH6 also has different detail rendering but it's not as worse as on the S5II, the 5,7K has very good details rendering. When I compare at 1:1 my videos from my S1 compared to the S5II, the fine details are much nicer on the S1.

Yeah I’m hoping Panasonic will update the AF on the S5 II because if not that would SUCK A&@. My current dilemma. I shoot High End Weddings with 3 - S5 II & 1 - S5 IIX which I am super happy with but I have one lone Canon EOS R left that I shot Wedding Photography with again happy with this also. But this release feels like a dream to replace the Canon and be a dope hybrid for me but I have no MFT Lenses only LUMIX S and Canon L and adapting the G9 II adding the weight back feels like a step backwards. But I’m tempted to see this thing adapted.

The only thing that bothers me about smaller sensor cameras is the low light capabilities. ie. AF. Everything else about them is better than a FF.

Autofocus is really great?

I need there to be a g92x

Did it shoot better in the Dark than S52iix !?!

What makes you think it'll overheat though? Lumix cameras are renowned for handling harsh conditions. My first Lumix camera was a G85 and I left it in the sun recording BTS and it never once overheated.

Dustin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a pitty Lumix just abandoned the old S5 with any firmware update. I am sure they could do something about DFD AF to be a little bit better at least.

If it had dual native ISO I'd be all over this camera, but until they put this autofocus into a GH5S 2, I'm staying with the GH5S. This camera is insane value, but it's low-light limitation is obvious.

What if I already own the G9? I don't like the new body it's ok but selfishly I want the original people how have the G9 like me, and what we want now.

The girl with the duck is my sister.

I think that's a goose isn't it?

I just can't understand anything not full-frame in 2024 unless you really are inspired by build quality and price point , which would be sane , I guess my true deal-breaker is no internal fan , in 2024 isn't heat dissipation the holy-grail

I am really really sorry, but your road crossing skills are not up to par with Kasey's... ;-) :-P

The BEST Micro Four Thirds camera in what category...capturing a person walking towards, or standing in front of, the camera??? if we agree then that the OM-1 "was" the best m4/3 camera then how exactly was the G9II compared directly to the OM-1's best performance and features. ie. BIF? I can't find a G9II review anywhere that compares the G9II to the OM-1 in the OM-1's wheel house and why not I wonder?! put an Olympus 4/300 or 150-400 on the G9II, shoot some BIFs, and tell/show me what the keeper rate is compared to the OM-1's keeper rate. otherwise, if i ever need another one of the umpteen content creator camera choices i might look up the G9II.

Other than you are constantly out of focus when talking about autofocus and the camera...like tell me what THAT camera is because I don't want it.

A MFT Sensor and your video is to dark. Thats not a good idea...

The essence of the MFT is portability and lightness. Panasonic has completely missed this essential feature. You might as well get a fullframe.