The Most HATED Camera 

Still love it. Not sure why 🤣

I have a G100, and I love it. I only shoot stills and I use it as a throw in my bag and take anywhere camera because I can use all of my M43 lenses on it. There are times when my G9 and even my G80 are too big to lug around, and this fills the gap.

Great Video 👍🏼 I just got myself a G100 a few weeks ago. I‘m a Hobby Photographer and I think it works really fine for streetstyle and travel photos, because of its light weight an the fact that you can just take it everywhere. My only two problems are the missing weather sealing (that would have been really handy) and the other one hasn‘t much to do with the camera itself, but I tried to get a camera cage for a better grip and just the feels of it but unfortunately those things don’t get produced anymore. Probably has to do with the cameras overall reputation 😅

I totally agree that this camera was marketed wrong! I have to say I love my G100s. Yes, that’s plural. I have 2. I also own the GM1 and GM5. For me it’s the size, flippy screen and the form factor. And I’m a sucker for the S&Q mode too. Coincidentally I have a new G100 tutorial queued up for tomorrow.

A G100 has found it's way into becoming my 2nd body for event photography behind an OM-1, and 1st choice for travel leaving my GX8 and GM5 on the shelf. Do wish they'd bung all the G9 tech into a new version though.

I LOVE MY G100 Emily. It depends upon your definition of VLOGGING. In real terms vlogging is a video log, it doesn’t have to be mobile. So from that point of view it’s great. But most bloggers consider vlogging to be filming on the move. In the high case it’s pretty poor, especially if you are an old duffer with a false hip like me. I actually find the Auto focus to be ok for the way I use it. Especially for face detect, it never lets me down. 4K? I don’t know as I never film in 4K. On 1080/30 I find it excellent. I find 4K on my videos just adds so much in file size and transfer time. It’s super light and super small. Box ticked. Who is it for? It’s for me. So yes I LOVE the G100 even though no one else does. Let’s start a group to stop the hate, at least it wake two members, you and me.

I would not have shot 5 minutes of video in my life, and bought one. Love it. Fabulous light and little camera. Yes, my G9 on paper is better in every single way, but I still find myself reaching for the G100 the majority of the time. Makes a brilliant every day general purpose carry everywhere camera, which is just plain old good fashioned fun to use. Basic, simple, capable of excellent output

Love your channel name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And from just watching for 10 minutes, I can tell you have a great personality

Hello:) What do you think: I am looking for a new camera and the Lumix G110, Lumix GX9, Canon M50 and Sony a6000 are all similar priced. I only take photos so no videos at all. Which one is the best choice? :) or any other recommandations? Thanks and greetings from Germany!

My mom is trying to do a project for her kids/future descendants where she shares life skills (sort of like a video cookbook to be passed down, but with useful skills and tutorials) but her old camera broke. We recently bought this one, but we're running into the exact same issues that you've covered, especially the lack of recording time. I was thankful this video explained WHY recording was so much harder for her 😅

I love-love-love my little GX850 with its 14-42mm power zoom lens! It was my most used camera on a recent South American journey despite the fact that it doesn't have IBIS and has 5 minute 4k video limit. A viewfinder was the only thing I truly wished that this little gem of camera had. Voila! My new-to-me G100 (thanks Emily and MBP) has everything my lovely, little GX850 has along with a viewfinder. The small package of the G100 fits my needs and in the palm of my hand. No IBIS, no problem. If I need extremely slow shutter speeds or use very long lenses, I have my G9 or old schoolphotography techniques. I can do short 4k videos clips with the G100 even though they gobble up 1gb per minute. I can use the 4k stabilization crop as an advantage for magnifying distant objects in landscape videos or small objects nature videos. My arms are long enough so that I can even vlog (is that a word?) In 4k without looking like a felon or used car salesman. The simplicity of the G100 puts the MICRO back in m4/3.

I got one of these a few months ago and im on the fence. I got it mostly for video and it does the job but it has a lot of really frustrating issues.

I love mine, I use it as a regular camera. I find the audio dreadful for vlog work but have yet have to get an external mic.

Perhaps the better option (albeit much more $) is the new OM5 (or the older OM 5 iii, similar but less $). Not much bigger or heavier, but has good AF and weather sealed. It (you) took some great photos on your trips with the G100 though!

I love baby Lumix G100, but for stills. Light and compact. With a Leica 8-18 you could film with stabilization on high to counteract the crop, but an expensive lens for a beginner. I still grab it over G9 for quick trips.

3:30 The 10 min rec limit is easily removed by following the myriad of guides on RU-vid. But it starts to get a little warm around the 20 min mark. No dropped frames, but I haven't recorded anything longer than that because the battery is pretty much dead by then.

Cute but crippled, I looked at the G100 when I was in the market but went for the older G80 in the end for the IBIS. Fun video Emily, made me smile :)

this is my main micro four thirds, in addition to my fuji xe4, the g100 gets me good images, nice and compact with the 25mm prime

I really like your videos 😊 keep up the good work 😊

I bought this recently to go with my G9 and S5ii. It's absolutely perfect as a micro travel camera, and paired with the Leica 9mm f1.8 it's phenomenal...

What a refreshing and entertaining review… subscribed 🔔

I got a second hand G85 and a G100 at the same time - if I use the same lenses on both , the G100 seems to crop the image more than the G85?? Also it performs a lot worse than the G85 in low light and it seems to not be able to handle strong yellows etc - overall I am really disappointed with it and I almost returned it after buying it as there is this goofy button that turns the monitor off and not obvious - this is my second camera if the G85 has issues but a real disappointment

Would it be possible to ask you a random question about your CF Express cards, and how you get the information off them onto your computer? I got an Alxum card reader from Amazon. At first it transferred files at 400mb/s but since a few Windows updates ago, I only get the same transfer speeds as my SD cards which is around 40mb/s. Maybe I've a duff CF Express card reader?

I was planning to get this since my G85's shutter button fell off and is now almost useless. As someone invested in M43 system, what would you recommend as my secondary (smaller) M43 camera?

Such a funny Video. Lovely natural thoughts! I'm left scratching my head with this camera too!! It's almost like a piece of a puzzle that you want fit somewhere in your setup but there are just some many other options. I Hope Lumix has learned from the cringe!!

I bought a G-100 about two months back despite poor reviews. I wanted one thats different than what is commonly used. I never really used it for vlogging. I use it mainly for photos and so recently bought an off camera flash- and BOOM 💥- thats when I discovered one inherent flaw. After much research (basically youtube) the camera has electronic first curtain shutter. So with the flash (both inbuilt and external) the shutter speed cannot be adjusted to beyond 1/50th of a second which has turned out to be a huge bummer for me UPDATE: So the G100 can support HSS up to 1/500. So this makes it the smallest camera to do so. It’s a wonderful camera. Regarding the autofocus-I’d suggest refraining from the kit lens and getting the appropriate prime lens. I noticed there is a difference then.

I never had any problems with the G100. Especially with the 9mm on it for video. The 15mm 1.7 is the go to lens for photos with this camera. I didn't have any Ibis issues with the 12-60 Leica lens or the 12-32 Lumix Vario X lens on the Gangster 100. I love this little gem of a camera. You guys don't know how to use it. Markus Pix shows all of you how to use this camera.

Love this camera. Just took it on my last vacation with a 9mm Leica lense. Great pictures.

Is the g100d any improvement?

The G100 seems to make these compromises for one simple reason which is so those of us who get the more expensive Lumix does not feel shortchanged. Anyway, I shoot with a GX9 and G95 and I love them, M43 sensors and all. I just have one problem. When i am shooting with flash, I am not able to get the camera to show the exposure without flash. They always brighten up the image with the assumption the flash will be enough, and they are never accurate because I sometimes bounce my flash, or the flash simply could not reach the background. Anyone can advise how I turn this preview off. I just want to see the exposure "before flash".

It doesn’t have a zoom lever and I didn’t know that until i bought it brand new.

Could you do another follow video of a day shooting stills (not video) of different scenes, landscape, street, portrait etc? I think it's really underrated and has a good sensor.

I am seeing it as the successor of the GM5. Just a bit taller but with a flippy screen, more resolution, better EVF, better battery life. I am considering getting one and use it alternatively with my GM5. I am using the GM5 as my office days camera. I am not expecting much from it except being available for opportunities. The G100 will also be perfect for this.

I totally agree that this camera was marketed badly! but for photography and as a webcam, I have two lumix cameras, the G9 and the G100, photography only, the difference for me is that the G100 carries me in my pocket (street photography), the quality is the same and that it doesn't have IBIS, I don't care.

I have a G7 and a G9. i.e. I have a very nice collection of M43 lenses. Wanted a nice compact "G" camera that has: full features capability of using interchangeable M43 lenses nice viewfinder full featured "flippy" screen good build quality VOILA' G100!!!

You said it, for street photography. I've never cared about weather sealing. If it rains in the city, I have an umbrella, or I go inside. And lack of IBIS is mostly irrelevant at wide angles and fast daylight shutter speeds I use in street. YMMV. Just playing devil's advocate, I don't own a G100.

What Panasonic needs is a phase detect AF system that knocks our socks off. They do everything else quite well. AF is better than it was, but that is still not good enough. That said, I'll buy a GH6... and turn AF off most of the time.

It does do have it's place. Just not the one it was advertised for.

I'm going to get into astrophotography, and the G100 is on sale right now here in the USA, should I buy it? (oh, I have a bunch of olympus lens from my pen 3)

I've never held one of these, but it looks to me like an excellent choice for taking high quality photos in good light. And for photographers who are into M43, isn't that kind of the whole point of the system? It looks fantastic for stills in the outdoors, which is over 90% of what I use my cameras for. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I think it's time I tried one…

I started my journey with iphone, then went to ZV1. After a year i sold my ZV1 and was looking for interchangeable camera. I did look at G100 but decided to go to Sony ZVE10. Honestly i love M43 camera, yet it was not easy to find G100 at that time, thus ZVE10. Most camera shops did not recommend G100, reasons are - autofocus and limited 4k recording. After using ZVE10 for six months i am considering again to buy M43. G100 is a beautiful tiny camera but i’m going for GH5ii or G9 or G95.. 😅

Use mine all the time for photo backing up my G9. Video is always on a tripod simulating a studio.

Even 1080 recording is limited to twenty minutes and that has a slight crop too... In my opinion the G80 was a much better vlogging kit (ibis, mic in, weather sealed with the plastic fantastic 12-60 kit lens), it's only downside being it was a bit bigger and heavier. My G100 is currently having it's back dial repaired, it started to fail after 18 months of near daily use. Something to watch out for. I can't wait to get it back, I miss the little beast :)

I love the g100, too. I don't use it to vlog. I use it as my always on me camera.

I LOVE this camera, had it going on 2 years now. Since the beginning of the digital camera revolution, this is the first digital camera I have owned that I like better than my Pentax K1000. I use it with full manual prime lenses because thats what I shoot with. I usually pre-set the aperture for a shoot, then focus, and the camera does the rest. Easy.

I swear to God you are reading my mind for these RU-vid videos lol I’m making a video on this camera as we speak! Great video and I’ll definitely have to share this on my community page until mine is ready

How much recording time at 1080?

I use this camera for street photography a lot because it failed to be my vlog camera 😂. The other bad thing is when you connect using your phone the camera can turn off while you are recording. Why Panasonic ? 🤡

this was my first camera that i bought for travel video, it lasted about 2 weeks before it fell into a river when i was trying to flim myself driving though said river with my 4x4. It was in the water for only a couple seconds but it was enough for the water to get through the non weather sealed body housing and into the circuit board where it immediately fried the works. The size is what i most liked about the cam. Now i own a gh6

So, would firmware updates correct most of these defects? I know that lack of water sealing cannot be corrected. If they could install a “Vlogger Mode” with recording time of 20 minutes, that would be an improvement. Finally, does 1080p recording have the same cropping behavior?

How is it as a stills camera?

I can't decide on the g100 or the GX80, I've found the g100 with 12-32mm lens for £420 and I've found the GX80 with the 12-32mm lens for £270 which obviously is a bargain however, I'm overthinking life and stuck on a fence trying to decide. I'll only be using for photography and I already have the g9 but want something for travel photography/street. There are hardly any reviews on the g100 but from what I've read and seen so far it's pretty class, except for the no ibis but do I really need it? And that's where I'm stuck. I use the g9 for macro.

From a strictly photography point of view, which would you prefer? The G100, or your GX85? (Assuming you still have the 85....)

Oogling a second hand one in the local classifieds. Absoulutely no need, and it is a very odd duck. With weathersealing and IBIS it could have been a killer camera. I am almost suspecting Panasonic to make it, just to get rid of the stock of shutters left overs from the GM1 and 5.

hi there I would love to hear your opinion comparing G100 vs GX85

i love what they did, sadly i cant afford to import a camera, maybe someday i will have one

Nice review, and I don't hate this camera. I am just not the target user as I am not a beginner or a VLoggOmatic. I think they rushed this to market to compete in the Niche and maybe it works well maybe not in the Niche. Also with no IBIS, 1/500 max SS, they are charging too much for it IMHO. Again, they didn't make this with me in mind so I hope it does well, I just won't get it, I have way too many other camera bodies that do much better and what I like to shoot.

Super portable, great sensor, great viewfinder and flippy screen, no need for stabilisation for shot lenses, if you need to use long ones just use stabilised. And since the best camera is the one you have with you, this one rocks. In fact this is exactly what MFT is all about - being micro!

beautiful color

The G100 has DFD+CDAF which can and will give it PDAF+CDAF-like AF capability (quite possibly quicker to react too) - but only with Lumix lenses. Do note it is not just CDAF but DFD+CDAF. And there's the rub, Ollie lenses will not use the DFD resulting in slower focusing and unsuitable for video. You do want a Power-OIS lens for video without IBIS. The Lumix PZ14-42 is generally a better lens than the mini 12-32 I had on the GM1 (gone). That may not be wide enough for the selfie stick but you can cheat a bit with the image format. For reasons I cannot fathom out the Lumix G7 is still on Panasonic books, it makes a good B-cam. It is more sophisticated than the G100 and available very cheaply used.

Pana should have put the technology into an GX1 form factor, so NO tilt-screen of course (makes it too big!). And a new EVF optional, maybe Leica Visoflex compatible... . With weather sealing THAT would be an uncompromised photographers tool everyone could carry all the time. Too bad Panasonic screwed the GX/GF Form factor over time - no wonder no one wanted to buy these (last usable one: GF6 which has at least a lever instead of a clickable scroll wheel as GF1/GX1... . Why the GF6 can only change aperture via scroll wheel is beyond me... . Lever dropped on GF7 - THAT was smart)

I think the main problem is that it was basically a slightly worse GX9, a couple of years later, at a higher price. It should have been a straight upgrade, not a pricier sidegrade. It's as if Panasonic for some reason decided to copy the EOS M50, while their own GX9 and G90 (and even G9, occasionally) were already better options at more or less the same price point. It's not an inherently bad camera, but it doesn't make all that much sense, except maybe in terms of margins.

I think I have "THE LENS" for this camera, but it's no longer available- it's the Panasonic 14-42 PZ with the Panasonic DMW-GWC1 .79x wide angle converter specifically made for that lens at 14mm. This would give the camera a 21mm FF equivalent with stabalization, making it relatively serviceable. I'd just use it in 1080p without the crop on a 4k timeline- no one would know the difference. I know this because I've done with the GX800, a very similar camera to the G100. For vlogging, just use single point focus and don't move too much.

Hm, what's the price? Maybe for beginners or hobbyists in photography?

Hoping for a pdaf g100 mii

GX8 is still my go to travel micro four thirds camera. If you know, you know..

I have one and i use it mostly for street photo. And it's really cool for that : small, light, discreet and a good sensor. It's good as well as a daily camera to take everywhere. I got this at the half of the price (less than 500€ with two lenses and two batteries). Thank's to the haters

not just the limit of recording, but the crop... the crop! the crop thst stopped me from getting the gx9

I wish they'd just slimmed the G9, or made it a GX8 mark2, if that makes sense. either.

Yeah their marketing department has dropped the ball before. Managing people's expectations is so important. The marketing that disappointed me was the GX9. It is a good camera in it's own right but my expectations was it was going to be an upgrade to the GX8 - it wasn't it was more a GX80 mark 2. If it had been marketed as such I would not have had negative feelings towards Panasonic.

I think it's not so much of a case of hating the G100.. I think it's more a case of Panasonic Lumix users feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles ,,looking for a way forward (Focus) or assurances that M4/3 was still in the long range plans in the midst of full frame releases. What we got was a camera for the blogging community ,,which at the time of release was thought to be somewhat passe'. I remember driving 45 miles to the only local dealer for a Factory Rep day, and the G100 was all he would talk about. So..wrong camera at the wrong time. Leave it to you to make excellent use of it and really show what it can do. It's like ...me..never understood the continuing love people have for the GM-1....until I bought one.

I used one a bit, would have bought one if I didn't have a GX85. I only shoot stills, work bodies are EM5iii and G9 for MFT and Leica CL/Sigma fp for l-mount aps-c/full frame (not why I use the fp, I just like it). Lack of IBIS isn't a killer, neither the CL or fp have IBIS, eshutter isn't bad (I use eshutter if possible or if I'm required not to on every camera), AF doesn't matter to me, I'm either using full MF m-mount lenses or mostly shoot still enough subjects, so it's fine. Really came down to the GX85 just being better for me in every way that mattered for the cheap light body. It's only 16mp, but it's a very good 16mp image for the size. To be fair, the only body I have that isn't truly "compact" atm for work is the G9. The CL is tiny, the fp is on par with the rest once you add the small grip I like (I don't faff with the evf).

I think I'll buy one!

tbh nothing attracts me to buy it over GX9. am so happy with my Gx80 and my new S5, which I replaced my G9 with,

Not sure if I heard correctly, but I thought you said the G100 does not have IBIS which it indeed does.

Film in 1080p for wide angle. Most people don't watch in 4k nor will it make much difference

I love the G100, it makes a great street camera paired with the Panasonic Leica Lumix 15mm.

Bit late to the party, but I believe outside of M43, the most hated or at least most dismissed camera is the Nikon Z5. Not without reason, since its specs leave a lot to be desired (e.g. its AF is fairly terrible for anything but landscape photography). I don't believe that any respectable photographer would wanna be caught dead with that thing, even if it were just sitting on their shelf collecting dust.

What about photos?

i think 4k is just a byproduct of being under the panasonic umbrella, but i think for beginner hybrid shooters or primarily stills shooters, because this would be a perfect travel camera(and imo that is how panasonic should have marketed it) but for that crowd 1080p should be enough. and there are a lot less restrictions on 1080. and it is also the cheapest camera you can use with panasonics webcam software. wait, what if they were poised to market it as a travel camera, but 2020 was the rigid release date, and they had to spin it at the last minute and thought, "well who else could this camera be for? vloggers! they dont go out much do they?" and this is now my headcanon conspiracy theory for why this camera. 😂

Thanks for hating it - I got a great deal on one new, it’s a fantastic camera!

or can just put it on a gimbal to give you stabilization and a further reach lol

I bought one and i really like it…

dude i really loved the g100

Spot on re the mis-marketing of this camera!

oh dear.

sony puts an ff sensor in a apsc body，panasonic puts a m43 sensor in an ff body，I known which one I prefer。😂

In fall of 2023 what camera would you buy to replace the G100?

I bought one second hand and it's a great little camera for someone who wants to dabble in everything but doesn't want to commit to doing anything. My biggest pain point is the lack of USB C. I didn't think I'd mind but I think it's the only thing I own now with a micro usb connector.

To be honest all they needed to do was stick the gx80 features in this body. Maybe try to improve the auto focus and add a mic input but still.... Everything about this camera is done better by the outdated gx8!

Now that it's been essentially review bombed for the last 3 years, it's actually the perfect beginner camera because it can be found brand new for $400 and the lenses are cheap. IMO it is actually good, but absolutely do not use the stabilization. It definitely is not a walking-selfie vlog cam, but the swivel screen is great for getting interesting shots.

I like it, but I own one at this time.

Wow 10 minute 4K, I guess almost all mobile phones give you much more than that. I wish Panasonic would do a real successor to GX8 and not cripple everything for no reason.

Sounds like a decent camera marketed terribly. Good video. #VLOGLIFE

I love mine. I don't do video. I'm stills only. I keep my g100 in my bag and keep with me. The images are very pleasant, at least to me.

Someone made a short documentary with it, using an anamorphic lens. Seemed great. So, what is de g100 capable of ? Shooting movies, street and general photography in a small form factor. It's a pity marketers and reviewers seem going hand to hand destroying the g100. For travelers ? Yup, as long as you don't shoot under the Niagara Falls, it will work fine. Seeing the boom of street photography, Panasonic just missed the spot, and the comments here show how much it is street wise.

I own one. Is okay. I don’t vlog. I also own a Sony ZV-10.

it feels like it is a gx850/880 with an evf and some (for that audience) useless features

I don't know, if you pop by /r/Lumix, it's not all that hated! As for its treatment, other equally rubbish "vlogging" cameras ( ZV1F, R10, Z30) didn't get nearly as kicked about. One thing to note: you can vlog at fHD, no need for 4K. Most people won't be any wiser. I don't quite understand this obsession with 4K. And most people basically ignore just how small and especially how cheap the G100 is. 8bit VLog is great for that tiny bit of dynamic range boost and slapping a Varicam LUT on it. The majority of people have no use for 10bit anyway, *especially* vloggers. I'm using the G100 as a secondary/tertiary camera for events (photos, tiny amount of videos) and as a webcam. I think the G80 largely debunks it, but the G100 has somewhat better AFC, better sensor, and slow motion, plus all the new features. Pick your poison I guess.

As a stills shooter, the G100 is a step down from the G80, not the 2 steps up it should be.