Panasonic GH6 - One Great Reason to Switch Back to Micro Four Thirds 

Speed booster, eh? So you're gonna destroy even more image quality after being compared to large format video?

Hollywood has every aspect of the film under control. The lightning, lenses and focus etc. many youtubers on the other hand are one person team and having a reliable auto focus, good iso performance and more dynamic range is important. that's why people prefer the full frame cameras like the sony's and the canon's

@@trym2121 Clearly you've never used a GH5 and speedbooster. Unless you're pixel peeping or shooting natgeo/planet earth wildlife footage (and not uploading to youtube) you won't notice a decrease in quality from a speedbooster. Not to mention tons of people are putting soft/mist filters in front of their lenses anyway to get that 'cinematic' look, which is going to be a hell of a lot worse for your image quality than a speedbooster

@@maoraharon21 I guess that's a good point. If you don't have the time or ability to properly compose/light and set up a shot and need to rely on the camera to do it all for you, then large format certainly can offer a lot more room for error.

nah fam

@Dalton Beauregard oh yeah absolutely! I just need to come up with a small fortune to get it!

the best camera is not the one you have with you but the one you know how to use......love my G9.... but cant help wondering more than passing eye at this....

The still would be bad compared to ff

The 100MP mode is PERFECT for copying medium to large format film. It would complement my old Bronica ETRSi nicely.

@@Yupthereitism Its not. I've shot a ton of commercial work with a GH5. I own 3 other FF cameras. People who make this statement have never shot M43 with decent lenses (the Panny 42.5, any Olympus prime).

You need a stash of external ssd's if you want to shoot 4k/100fps all day long.

@@marklondon8793 my dream lens would be the 10 - 25 f1.7 as my fullfame focal range is 20 to 50mm at F3.5. There just isnt a full frame lens that could replace a 20 24 35 and 50 - so excited at this.

DCI 4K 10-bit up to 60p and 1080p up to 240p is pretty darn good. The OM-1 can shoot ProRes RAW as well. It's no GH6, but it's good enough for 95% of people.

@@danieldougan269 The OM-1 is not a 95% camera, this is OMDS's top-level (professional) camera. This is were every detail matters. What counts in favor of the OM-1 is the hybrid autofocus and maybe a bit better low-light performance, and that it works better with Olympus/OMDS lenses. For everything else, the GH6 is more attractive (even for a non-videographer like me). I'm not a pro and I'm not currently in the market for a new MFT camera (having two Olympus models at my disposal). If Panasonic puts the 25 MP sensor in a "lesser", more affordable model, it might be the deciding factor for me when the time comes up to buy a new body.

You have GAS bro

I have a G9 and debating this or the OM-1, which seems to be more stills and wildlife focused, which I do a decent amount of. But I have done and hope to do more video, so obviously this is the better choice in that regard. Not sure which way I'm gonna go and hopefully will get some comparisons on still image quality between the two.

If you're mainly into stills and committed to M43, for the same price you can get an OM-1 with much better stills capability. The GH-6 is very video-centric by comparison.

Why would you pay this money for stills? This is a camera for video dude. Take that money and get an R6 if you want stills. A micro four thirds for stills doesn't make sense

You are wasting your money

I'm coming from a G9 and also mainly shoot stills. I'd strongly consider this one but I agree with the comments the the OM1 may be better. I love the handling and buttons on the Panasonic cameras but the OM1 may be my first Olympus.

I just bought an old D200 because the way that CCD handles skin is so unique and beautiful :-) I have M43, APS-C and FF cameras in my kit. Use the right tool for the job.

I really think part of the others usage is user error, inadvertently touching the screen putting the focus box in the corner etc. Kai’s had lots of experience with LUMIX cameras so seemingly knows how to make it perform its best

Hugh Brownstone of Three Blind Men and an Elephant on YT actually showed it's better than the A7IV in some cases. GH6 has great af, I still wish Panasonic would go PDAF, but I also can't fault the GH6 here, they figured something out for it they didn't have before.

@@tankerbruja you are dreaming sir. the AF on the gh6 is awful. same as my gh5 PULSING. i predict a lot of people will avoid it.

@@tankerbruja 2200 for a camera that does not reliable autofocus. LOL. are you kidding man?

@@martysender5539 you really sound like you have only ever shot video solo, and of your own face. most film makers have focus pullers and will not be using af anyways, but for those who do, GH6 does seem to be vastly improved over it's predecessors, literally every channel I watch it looks much stickier. I won't be getting one myself as it's very video focused, but I won't ignore that it is the best contrast af on the market. but again, I really wish Panasonic would just get some PDAF. but I'm not really a fan girl of any one brand. so unlike you seem to, I have no allegiances. I use wtvr tool is right for the job. c: stay sensible friend.

4k120 is 4:2:0 H265 at 300 Mbit/s. But at least you can write it straight to the SDcard also.

I wouldn’t count on it

Agree

This camera is bigger then S5 Full frame from the same company.

That is exactly what I did on my S5!

I never dikm very fast moving subjects, most people dont.

The A6300 has terrible rolling shutter... Though I'm a Fuji shooter so I'm spoiled

The question is which lenses and setting did he used. Jordan Drake of DPreview said many times the AF worsens with slower frame rates like 24p.

Not with rhe crazy compression in video. 77mbps is waaaay too low

@@professionalpotato4764 missed the point of the OM-1 aiming to be a hybrid camera. Panasonic shouldn’t have even bothered putting a mechanical shutter in there like kai and lok said. It’s too bulky and heavy to be a stills camera, they stripped out a lot of photo features that were in the G9. Panasonic themselves have even said they’re not making a G9 successor so they already handed Olympus the win on the stills end before they even showed the GH6. I already knew this would happen so I hoped Olympus would bring in a phase detect af system that was even better than what’s in the M1X, a stacked backside illuminated sensor, a relatively compact body like the E-M1, all with a better resolution EVF and more features on the stills end than what Panasonic would put in the GH6. I’ve been using a G9 for 4 years, once they announced that there will be no G9 successor I knew Olympus would throw everything they had to make the ultimate MFT stills camera. And they’ve done so while taking video more seriously but not as crazy as the GH6. So to me of course the OM-1 would be the best camera of the 2.

@Danny _R27 Everything can be a hybrid, but the compromise in each mode is what matters. I think the om1 works well for a 80/20 or 90/10 stills/video type of shooter. The gh6 would be a complete reverse. That compression makes grading tough, even with 10 bit.

@@professionalpotato4764 I was hoping that both the OM-1 and GH6 would be hybrid cameras. 60% stills and 40% video for the OM-1 and 40% stills for the GH6 and 60% video. But Panasonic’s marketing lately has been all video related, like they’ve abandoned stills and handed Olympus the win with in that area. Olympus never truly wanted to get into video so it’s like the just added similar video specs to the G9s firmware 2.0 update with slightly better slow motion and called it a day. But like I said, I knew way ahead of the reveal that they would be ignoring stills with the GH6 and that there will be no G9 successor. So the G9 is still their flagship stills MFT camera. I was really hoping for a G9 successor announcement a year ago but then they said there won’t be one so I knew Olympus would win me over eventually. I won’t be getting the OM-1 until like late September or early October. So I’ll still enjoy the G9 till then. The G9 has all the video features I want since firmware 2.0, so the Olympus OM-1 only had to match the G9 video capabilities to win me over for video. But they blew it away with stills, and it may only be 20 MP res but a stacked backside illuminated sensor is gonna do wonders for stills. Which is what I’m interested in the most. I was disappointed at the GH6 but happy for people that do video as it’s pretty much the ultimate run and gun MFT video camera while Olympus made the ultimate stills MFT camera with better video capabilities than their previous E-M1 Mark. III.

@@danny_r27 I feel you. They both went too deep in either direction (for better or for worse). I think Panasonic really need a G9 successor. I felt that the G9 was in more was a successful hybrid. Perfect price point, great features, even if there were limitations. Most people serious with video already have a Ninja V so that unlocks the full potential. I would love to see a G9ii or G10 that's basically a scaled down stills first GH6. No fan,3 way tilt but more compact would be nice, LongGOP for all recording modes and dual SD slots with a larger buffer to allow for 5-10s bursts. And it cannot be priced more than $1,500. The OM1 has me excited for some features like the better AF, the possibility of having good AF while vlogging using the Pana Leica 10-25 f/1.7. And the crazy weather sealing. I can see myself looking at an Olympus if I ever join my (pending) father-in-law for multiday hikes.