Panasonic G100 Review - More than just a vlogging camera? 

I totally agree, I have no idea why this camera is pushed primarily towards vloggers, it has so much to offer photographers as well. Thanks for your feedback.

@@AvpStudios Panasonic makes great cameras but have a lousy marketing department. Sony also makes great cameras but their real genius lies in their marketing prowess. They stroke RU-vid influencers like they are pet kittens, and the reviewers purr like crazy. I love the ZV1, but its only real innovation is the product showcase mode. But so manyRU-vid reviewers got sucked into the gimmicky background blur button as if it was a new thing when all it is is a shortcut to open the aperture by going to the darkest ND filter. Something that is readily available to anyone with an RX100 V, or any camera with a filter thread to take an ND filter. Unfortunately Panasonic marketing had so much ZV1 envy in their mind that all they did was try to show how much like the ZV1 the G100 is instead of showing us how it is better because it is different and can do things the ZV1 can’t do. I love my ZV1, I think Product Showcase is a stroke of genius and should be in every camera, but the G100 is a far more useful camera over all, and gets used a lot more than the ZV1.

Thank you for such an informative reply!

The Zv1 is compared to the Panasonic LX10, not the G 100.

Underrated comment,yes indeed, what an amazing camera,might be because im not a vlogger,but wow this camera makes me so happy,i think exactly like you,the main issue is that this camera got reviews only made by vloggers,and maybe it's not the best at it,but as value,i think there is no camera out there better than the G100 ,all the features that has,the sharpness,i am very happy for having it .

I own the g100 ,and live in Spain(always sunny) and i never use the EVF ,the screen is just amazing.I cannot see myself using the EVF .Maybe if u want to keep battery,that would be the only case that i can see for using it.

Thanks, I will take a look at the G100 later

@@AvpStudios seem like people hate it cause of missing ibis. I love it for its size! 👍

Thanks!

Did you purchase ur decision yet ? I'm exploring G100 possibly to replace a Sony ZV-1. The ZV-1 lens is a retractable zoom that is so fragile that mine tipped over forward mere inches out and down from while mounted on one of those mini tripods you see people holding with the legs folded up like a mini selfie stick or gimbal stick etc, and anyway just by tipping forward from a hip bump to a desktop corner, like everybody does once in a blue moon, well poof - just like that the ZV-1's fully extended lens buckled and stuck _frozen_ *bent* like in a dogleg shape. Had to manually pull it free. Got it unstuck. But the zoom motor or mechanism was all out of whack. At startup the lens wouldn't open up unless manually hand-assisted (yanked out by hand). And also, at shut down, the lens wouldn't self-close either, unless...you guessed it - had to give it a 3-stooges-esque bop on the nose to nudge it into being seated in the camera body's lens cylinder base to be recognized as being retracted or it wouldn't shut off. That lasted a few days. Then (now) it just wouldn't turn on. When plugged in the battery lamp indicator won't indicate if the battery is either inserted and the unit is (attempting to) powering up/turning on, or charging (like before), Now nothing. Swapping batteries=nothing. Use of AC outlet with dummy battery=nothing. USB power supply=Nope. Nothing works. It won't even come on. All from a 2 &1/2 to 3 & 1/2 inch frontways tip-over ? Really ? Yep, REALLY. So good-bye ZV-1. adios. And oh by the way, I have a Panasonic Lumix 14mm F/1.2 MFT pancake lens for a Panasonic GH3, that will work for the focal lengths you asked about, that can also attach to a G100 which also uses MFT lens-mount. Just a suggestion and some observations from a fellow actual user. You said you have other cameras for other purposes so it sounds like ur already versed in the lingo. That Lumix 14mm being a pancake lens to me seems an ideal match for the similarly streamlined dimensions of a G100. Hope the info helps, if it was not too late !! -best

True,but they could let people know that the camera is amazing,and amazing value,out of the vlogging world,instead,they dont,maybe bc they just dont care .

You are right, that lens is a bit heavy but an ideal lens would be the Olympus 9-18, very compact and not expensive. Not the best lens for image quality if stills are the main objective but fine for vlogging.

I haven't tried, I'll check this tomorrow and get back to you

That's also a great little camera ! 4K with *no crop* ?. In that little box ? *NICE* Being that it's APS-C lens mount type based means that it can swap lenses with an XH2 or XH2S ? Now that's a pretty slick advantage of being within that ecosystem. Fuji's color science is truly uniquely _theirs_ , slightly contrasty but undeniably vibrant. Distinctly cutting edge fashionable, *no doubt* .

It's got V-Log L for that. Dynamic range of this thing is probably the same as G90, etc.

@@AoyagiAichou ok thanks

G100 by far is a better camera,maybe not the case if u use it for vlogging mainly,but as a camera,G100 is way,way way superior in every aspect .

@@thatdeephouse1207 curious, better than which ? than any of the other 3 ? or - - ? which were you referring to ? I'm getting the S5 IIX when it becomes available, instead of just rushing now & grabbing it's twin little brother S5 II, but I'm also interested in this little G100 model too !!

It is bizare considering the EU have lifted additional taxes on cameras with limits, maybe its to do with over heating?? although the zv1 has no limits an it's smaller

@@AvpStudios There are plenty of small cameras with no record limits (almost all phones!) - I feel that most of the features these cheaper cameras lack are done on purpose to protect the higher end camera sales. Sony does this too (no active stabilization on sony a7c but they have it on the ZV-1) because the ZV-1 is outside the alpha series it got basically all the features that any sony camera could have as they didnt see people buying a ZV-1 instead of an interchangeable lens camera