Panasonic Lumix GH6 REVIEW hands on 

My hands-on review of the Panasonic Lumix GH6! Lumix GH6 at B&H: bhpho.to/3s6v6uc / WEX UK: tidd.ly/3BDEtEG Buy Gordon a coffee: www.paypal.me/cameralabs Gordon's In Camera book: amzn.to/2n61PfI / Amazon uk: amzn.to/2mBqRVZ Cameralabs merchandise: redbubble.com/people/cameralabs/shop Gordon’s retro gear channel: ru-vid.com Lost photos? I recover mine with: www.dpbolvw.net/click-100568658-13808570?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stellarinfo.com%2Fphoto-recovery-software.php Equipment used for producing my videos Sony A6400: amzn.to/3hul53c Sony e 24mm f1.8: amzn.to/2TqWNzk Rode NT USB mic: amzn.to/3AdHcUp Rode Wireless Go II mic: amzn.to/3xkCvGo Rode Lavalier Go mic: amzn.to/3ygzzKY Godox UL150 light: amzn.to/2VpVbXE Godox QR-P70 softbox: amzn.to/3yQfGdF MacBook Pro 14in (16GB / 1TB): bhpho.to/3HiafJL 00:00 - intro 01:26 - design and controls 03:40 - ports, card slots and battery 05:50 - viewfinder and screen 07:10 - sensor 08:25 - GH6 photo quality 11:18 - GH6 high ISO noise 11:50 - GH6 video modes 15:47 - GH6 overheating tests 18:07 - GH6 video quality 21:40 - GH6 video autofocus 24:40 - GH6 vlog and IBIS tests 25:14 - GH6 rolling shutter 25:29 - GH6 high ISO video 25:59 - verdict Music: www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

Impressive camera, impressive review! As always packed with a wealth of excellent information! You're doing so many people a big pleasure with your work. Thanks! 👍

I think this camera is a landmark in finally letting amateur videographers have all the same tools as pro cinematographers. Imagine if it came with an anamorphic kit lens!

I got so many notifications at 8PM EST. Yours is the one I went to first, Gordon. Thanks for your amazing work!

Amazing in-depth review. Great work.

Always love your reviews and hands on preview...Keep it up!

Great and thorough review as usual Gordon! Thanks. Looking forward to your follow ups!

Your channel offers the most compreensive reviews as always. Keep up the good work.

Excellent video, Gordon. Thanks for producing such valuable camera reviews for so long! I hope Panasonic eventually delivers competitive CAF on their Lumix lineup, to boost their value proposition and sales.

Brilliant job G-man, covered all the important things and gave people some great context to understand this camera within.

Great review--question, if you set the temp to high, can you record 5.7K with the fan on low or are you stuck with the middle speed, tx.

Hello Gordon. Thank you for your work. Would you recommend the GH6 or EOS R3 for video work? 60-70% vlogging and 30-40% client work (video and a little bit photo). Especially in terms of video quality and stabilizer / ibis (vlogging...) Thank you for your help and feedback.

As always, awesome video Gordon! My favorite channel to check out a new camera. For further testing, I'd be interested in the effectiveness of that dual native iso implementation for video!

Excellent review! Happy to see these M4/3 cameras back again and adding so many features!

I ordered the GH6! I’m very excited.

Brilliant test as always! Thanks! Very helpful!

EXCELLENT review! I think you just sold me. Careful due diligence is key and given the price point and the impressive feature set which you presented nicely, I think this camera offers the proverbial "most bang for the buck" and I may pull the trigger and get one! Thanks again....

Hello Gordon, Just discovered your channel tonight. I've watched every video on GH6. Hour and hours worth. I thought and found yours the best and most helpful. I pre ordered mine on the 21st. Not 100 percent sure I'll keep it but almost sure I will. I'm a GH5 man for the last 3 years. You made so very excellent comparison points and they were helpful. Bravo. Looking forward to my GH6 videos. Thank you.

Thanks Gordon! Enjoyed as always. Frankly, this camera offers much more than I would need! Autofocus seems about on par with my G9 (at least at lower frame rates in video), so not really tempted, but for many pros who need perfection they will likely use manual focus anyway, so this camera will be wonderful. I’m more tempted by the OM1, but both are really too large for my needs (long hikes). Maybe the OM5 III?

Thank you Gordon for much awaited review of GH6. Midnight express from Brighton arrived in Tokyo just before lunch time! As usual so much information that I can trust in.

Excellent review Gordon. The stabilisation on micro 4/3 is so good!

Thanks for this excellent review and detailed samples!

Hey Gordon, I'm not here to ask questions, I just wanted to thank you for your incredibly indepth review! I can't imagine the research and scripting that went into this! It's a weird situation when I both dream of owning a medium format camera and a M43 GH6, but the GH6 is a videocentric power house for sure, well done Pany!

Fantastic work as always Gordon!

good video ! thanks, it helps. Do you remember the level of hight ISOs used in your couple of nights clips ?

Thank you so much for the honest, unbiased and well researched review. New, excited sub here.

Nothing to do. There is only one Gordon Laing around. Thank you for yet another extraordinary review mate. Bless from Italy. 👏🏻

The only review you need - thanks Gordon!

Thank you Gordon, Your comment and analyses was very informative. I was on the edge after looking at some other RU-vid videos but you convinced to go for it because of your very very good approche analys of that cameras. Anyway I am all in in MFT so at that price it is a no brainer... Thanks a lot and greatings from CH

"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back IN!"

Thanks for a great, detailed review making tough decisions a bit easier!

As always on of the best reveiwer on Internet has a review of this camera.

Excellent review, as per usual. Looks like a fantastic camera.

One of the advantages of the M43 system are the lower priced lenses. Most of the reviewers, if not all are using the more pricey Lecia M43 lenses. It would be interesting to see some more (autofocusing) tests with the GH6 paired with the old Vario lenses like the 12-60mm (f3.5-5.6), 45-150mm (f4-5.6), or even with classic 12-35mm f2.8.

Absolutely no interest in this camera but just watching because Gordon is the best ☺️

Awesome camera, actually it gives more than I expected (except in screen and viewfinder department)! Thanks Gordon!

Great review as always. I really rely on your comprehensive reviews. I hope you can compare the OM-1vs GH6 low light in photography using high iso. Thank you..

I have already 25 reviews video about this LUMIX GH6 on You Tube. Watching this review for the second time I find your review one of the best balanced of all. You have checked the AF under different scenario and show that it can be useful for a You Tubing and vlogging. I have the feeling that most reviewers who use LUMIX GH line moved to full frame and are expecting AF suitable for run and gun video, You Tube style video and vlogging to be at the same level as more expensive camera. Good you put the emphasis on the price range of this camera comparing him with the same competitors in the same price range.

Thank you again Gordon

Which camera has the best rolling shutter ?

Which lens do you recommend for the GH6 as a good overall lens? Thank you.

Thanks for this! I'd love to see more of the Anamorphic/Open Gate mode used to shoot 4x3 5.8k video during acquisition then cropped/reframed to a 16x9 4k project.

thanks for the review Gordon, as always fun to watch, how is by the way the internal sound recording , is it any better than the competition, and did they adopt the directional microphones of the G100 for this camera ?

Very informative review! How would you compare the high iso photo/video performance of the GH6 to that of the OM-1? What’s your initial impressions?

Hi Gordon, fantastic review! Thanks for that! Do you happen to know if you can use flash with the High Res mode? Thanks a lot of n advance!

Gordon, thanks for the comprehensive review. Does the GH6 keep the Pull Focus function? The other MFT models have it, but not the G9 or FF ones. Thx.

I have to come to Gordon’s review first!!… Interesting camera. Rooting for Panasonic

Nice, Gordon. Thanks.

I should have watched this review first. Top job - thank you! :)

Thank you Gordon. It would be nice to see direct comparison of AF for GH 6 and OM-1. I am solo creator and good AF is for me essential. I am leaning towards OM-1 as with kit lens f2.8 gives me all I need for £2499.

What's the highest possible resolution you can take a picture with?

nice review. Just to confirm, will the mic input allow for line-level connection? (I highly enjoy that on the gh5s)

Good review, for the price the camera is not bad for the features and future updates.

I’m looking forward to your reviews with the production models. I’m also hopeful of this sensor being used in a G10 as I’m mainly a stills photographer.

Thanks Gordon

Is there AF in the 240fps or 300fps mode?

Hey Gordon! Just curious what your opinion was on the photo capabilities of the GH6 since the making of this video. Videos take a long time to make so I totally gotcha I’ve loved watching all of them and thank you for everything you’ve been doing!

The Great Gordon at it again! Thx! One question of personal interest at least: since HHHRS must work different from tripod Hires is there an option to chose tripod Hires in some way. The latter is very accurate and of course does 4 shots for resolution and three for colour accuracy something a handheld version cannot possibly get us and tends to use a load of shots that does not get us any better colour if I am right. So on an Oly this is a choice, how about Panasonic. Another one is the restriction of a max of 1 s exposures on the previous hires modes of Panny. Do you know if this is extended to 60 s or preferably minutes? Thx in advance!

Hi Gordon 😊 Great review! 👍 Question. Do you remember which lens / lenses you used for the stabilization, autofocus and vlog test samples? I saw a 10-25 that I don’t think has optical stabilization if I remember correctly. Was that the lens used for the vlogging test? Were any OIS lenses used for stabilization and autofocus tests or are we looking at ibis only? Thank you sir. 😊 All the best! 👍

Ultimately I want a Nikon Z8 but Im intrigued by the GH6 coupled with the 10-25 as it my exact fullfame focal range. Its very tempting to go for a setup that I don't need to change a lens with. So far the GH6 looks very tempting mainly because of the stabalisation and the ability to shoot open gate 4:3 with a 16:9 film marker as I now get asked to do a combination of vertical and horizontal video for social media.

Thanks, Gordon. I’m quite interested because micro 4/3 is smaller and lighter. The R5 is a chunk. But is 4/3 really smaller and lighter anymore? My old G3 may set me up for a surprise.

Top Notch as always - cheers !

I wonder if still has the same features as the GH5 with 4K live cropping or in this case a 5.7k live cropping and transition focus?

Hi Gordon, thank you for your straight forward excellent review(s). I have an important question. As I am also a 'one man band' 95% of the time I use AF during my recordings. I now own the G80 and GH5 but am slightly disappointed about the AF capabilities. For example it is difficult to use AF in Vlog style interviewing my customers at an exhibition, something I do very often. I most cases the AF is not catching up well and when people are standing/walking behind me, I loose AF on me and the person to be interviewed. The challenge now is that I own some 6 Lumix Leica lenses and one 25mm 2.8 Olympus MF4/3 lens. Now it is time for me to buy a new camera and I feel, I have two options. I now would like to choose between the OM-1 and the GH6 taking in mind that I use a 8-18 mm lens for my interviews (No IS). Would it make sense to move to the OM-1 using Panasonic Leica lenses or stick with the Panasonic brand (GH6)?

Very useful review Gordon. Thank you. The high-resolution mode is especially interesting for many stills photographers (e.g. those potentially moving on from a G9), but no early reviewer - as far as I can see - or the specs has yet mentioned whether the GH6 addresses the 1 sec max exposure limitation of the high-res mode on the G9. I assume it does, since the electronic shutter is longer than the G9's 1 sec, but is it, like the S5, now limited to 8 secs? And does the GH6 - like the S5, but not the G9 - allow for long-exposure noise reduction in high-res mode, with dark frame subtraction? The G9's limitations in long exposure and noise-reduction in high-res mode were significant constraints for low-light use of the high-res mode (e.g. for dimly lit interiors), so it would be great to have a little more detail on this!

Excellent Review ! I have a question: I searched the GH6 specs and didn't find any 8-bit codec for 4K at 50 or 60 fps for MP4 or MOV format, only for 25 and 30 fps. But the GH5 II still had 8-bit codecs for 50fps and 60fps in 4K. Is it true for the current GH6 firmware that there is no longer an 8-bit codec for 50 or 60 fps?

Please test the 3d noise reduction and dgo Dr for video and report.... those are compelling enough for me to buy

Awesome review. Can you do a side-by-side review of the video quality between OM-1 and GH6 when you get the chance? I’m really impressed by what you showed here. Is it wrong to assume that there is *no way* the OM-1 can bring this level of quality, just like the GH5 was years ahead of competitors?

It looks like a great video camera. With the introduction of this new sensor, the big question I have is, will we get a stills centric camera; G9 II and, even more importantly, a GX10? I was hoping the 4K Photo mode would be enhanced, not dropped, but perhaps on a video camera like this GH6 it isn't needed. This GH6 doesn't compete at all with the OM-1. If Lumix don't make a range of new models below the GH6, then they are effectively giving m43 stills to OM. I hope that doesn't happen because the competition in the past has pushed both companies to give us some fine cameras.

Is it rude to ask you which one wowed you the most… GH6 or OM1? I’m personally favouring the OM1 at this stage

A very interesting Camera for video. But to big and less hybrid, compared with the OM1. Great review Gordon!

Hi please can you make a ZCam e2 M4 v GH6 ?

thanks for answering a question no reviewer did on launch day...streaming capability. you say NO. uh oh. that is the gh5 II, and just plug and play on the web LIVE is great. shame on them, not putting that in the gh6. the AF? no one is praising it. even you are careful to nuance your comment. what a shame. In the launch event, right off the bat, the American Lumix rep said "it's contrast based AF, we may consider PDAF down the road, but not in this camera, take it or leave it....watch reviews and make a decision about AF". I'm paraphrasing but that's the essence. anyway thanks for the effort. We've all waited 5 years. what difference does 50 codecs make if the video is not reliable focused? It seems it's pretty much like the gh5, even some pulsing. I don't mind slow smooth focusing but the pulsing? meh. And the FAN MAKES NOISE. I think that may be picked up by some mics. Oh no !!!! thnx again. MARTY SENDER YOU TUBE

12:40 ish you say audio recording regardless of selected frame rate? I’ve noticed audio stops if I use VFR. Would like to know how you managed to get sound recorded in VFR. Am I missing a trick? Thx Rich

Me personally. I've been holding off purchasing the gh5 ii for this camera. I'm exploring anamorphic and panasonic offers the best option " in my opinion " a " prosumer " can buy at a consumer price. This camera has over exceeded my needs and allows me growing room. With the upcoming updates to this model. I'm excited and can't wait to take this with me through all of my travels. ( auto focus is not an issue for what I do. I shoot manual )

Looking forward to a potential G10, I mainly as a photographer don't really need smooth autofocus as long as the focus is on point, which it almost always is even with DFD.

The only reason that could prevent me from buying is the HDR bracketing settings called AEB. The GH4 shot brackets of 3,5, and 7 in increments of 1 EV or smaller. It needs to have steps of at least 2 EV for real estate. Could you tell me if the GH6 has AEB 5 @ 2EV??

Hey gordon. I would love to see quality Comparison between the gh6 to the xh2s or other new cameras of a talking head. For some reason the gh6 talking Heads videos I see on youtube, seems a bit soft! ..in compared to others new cameras. Thanks' you the best

Gordon, which one would you choose for your own use (if any) for wildlife and Birds? GH6 or OM1, and why?

hI Gordon thx for ur nice review as always , Got one question for U hoping u still have GH6 and make a test for me ,I'm getting crazy asking about this all around the web and no one reply me clear , Im talking about LVF viewfinder of GH6 , In my copy when move dial from Photo still mode ( S , A , P or M ) to VIDEO M mode , the resolution / sharpness of viewfinder change , I mean in photo mode the resolution drops , just keep eyes in the viewfinder and move dial from "M" photo to video M ,Just coz are close and u can move without take out eyes from monitor ( of course u know how to get same exposure between photo and video forgetting about different crop black bars etc etc ) and check if u can see this difference ? Thx and sorry my bad English

This may be a better option for people who are doing more manual focusing too. I was really hoping for a significant change in ISO since I mostly do stills. It might be time to start considering the Panasonic S5, Canon R6 or even maybe a Fuji X-T4 for average image quality and overall budget. I currently own the Panasonic G9 and love everything about it except the low light ISO performance. I also love the Panasonic menu system. Great video and very detailed for just a preview. Thanks Gordon

Can the built in animation mode create prores files in camera?

I really think you should have made a little more emphasis on the 100 megapixel handheld multi-shot with movement compensation. The GH6 really does an amazing job with this... shooting way above its weight, even when comparing to medium format cameras.

I would prefer two V90 SD slots (into which I might insert V60 cards), when that is not fast enough, record to an SSD. I suffer from sticker shock every time I see the price of CFExpress cards.

Personally, I think RAW formats are the way forward for shooting video. Without them, it’s just another camera, regardless the other features. Picture preservation/flexibility and quality is everything - This is why companies like Blackmagic are ahead.

The GH6 is a little MONSTER! Nice first look review.

Hi Gordon, great review - and thanks! I was wondering. I've been watching your reviews for ages now and thought of how you often mention if a camera is appropriate for vlogging or not. I'm not a vlogger but one feature I've discovered that is I think quite important to vloggers is not only face/eye detect AF and good IBIS but also the ability to automatically adjust exposure avoiding a silhouetted face. My Olympus doesn't do this. My GH5 couldn't do this. My Sony rx100vii and my Nikon z6 can do this really well. The Sony needs centre weighted metering and the Nikon needs matrix metering enabled. Wondering if this is something you might consider checking for with your reviews. I really appreciate your unbiased and accurate reviews. Many thanks!

whats your ambient temperature of your room?

Should i get GH6 with 12-60mm or Olympus OM1 12-40 for travel video and photos. One has tons of video feature and i will really like 4k120 but other one has better autofocus. I dont intend to record any vlogs. it will be for B rolls mostly and some shots covering family members. What do you recommend?

By the way is it the width of lens seems too wide to a m4/3 Rd senor ratio isn't

I prefer the OM-1 for the autofocus and it's lighter in weight.

A very balanced review

Nice video. The GH6 appears to have a lot to offer. I must say I'm tempted. I own a Nikon D850 which is awesome for still photography but cumbersome to shoot video with. Since I retired, I've been wanting to do more video work but have been unsure which camera would be the best for my needs. This just might be the one.

Is the fan problematic with sound recording in video?

I see everyone just released thier G6 video. Like usual, I watch Gordon First!

Damn, no PDAF. Where can I get one? :D Awesome reviewer, awesome camera at an awesome price !

Tbh I don’t agree that autofocus is essential for your type of work, it’s just easier that’s all. Manual focus is really easy to set when filming yourself, all you do is sit where you are going to be and focus on your tripod then when manual focus is set put the camera on the tripod and that’s it job done, no pulsing no drama, just total control.

Is ISO 50 a native ISO or is that part of the expanded range?

What lens are you using?

Super price super camera would be tough for me to go to any other system with that feature set and price for video..