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This was great bro! How does it hold up for you today? Any buyers remorse over the gh7?

I have two GH5’s, and one GH5 Mk2. These have never over heated and they have run up to 5 hours continuously at 4K 30fps both to Ninja’s and internally as H264, albeit indoors. I don’t expect the G9 II to overheat in the same conditions. I also have a GH6 which records 4K to my Ninja and 5.7K 30fps ProRes internally, of course there is no danger of over heating because of the fan but I have never even heard the fan turn on.

Great video mate, thanks for sharing the video. Honest feedback is always appreciated. Excellent work.

Even though I have a micro 4/3s cameras and lenses, I also have an S5 and have a few lenses for it. I just ordered an S5ii, mainly for the autofocus so I can create CZcams videos and not worry about the focus hunting, or breathing. Since I already have the glass, spending $1,200 for the body was not a bridge too far. I considered the G9ii and the GH7 also, but the full frame won out.

Helpful video, have been struggling with picking a first video camera due to concerns of choosing the "wrong" ecosystem. Unrelated note, but your beard and face structure is giving strong Liam Neeson Qui-gon Jinn vibes

The camera was not matching the person talking in many ocacions. Sometimes it would switch to the person not talking. So, i'd say that either you're lying, or the app didnt work as it meant to. 🤔

This is a kool audio kit that am thinking of getting for interviews how so ever here is a draw-back where you have to raise or lower the volume on the device instead of the receiver which should have had mute buttons as well so the guest don't play with the volume as all the audio mixes as one. Even if the receiver is a little bigger it should allow you to control each mic separately & lastly the lav mics should have been included even if it would cost a bit extra. P.s you forgot to TEST the Noise Cancellation.

Everyone is talking about exFAT (in isolation) but, given the "it's apple's way or the highway" nature apple devices I suspect it is far more likely to be an apple problem with the apple devices corrupting exFAT (specifically) formats. i'm guessing that there are millions of Mybook Duos out there happily using exFAT with other OSs. It's just with apple that the incompatibility shows up. It is interesting that someone else here has commented how their Windows PC identified the error and fixed it. This implies to me that Apple's inability (unwillingness?) to "play nice" with anything not proprietry is at the heart of this. So the moral of the story for me is..... Good video and very well presented. Well done for potentially saving others a lot of grief.

If this fix doesn't work, try clearing your cache in Premiere and rebooting your PC. It worked for me.

7 years later and you just saved my life 😅😅😅

Even 7 years later, you have helped a relatively rookie editor solve a problem with this video you made. Everything was fine with Mercury Cuda setting, but then something happened, and I had to switch it to Software only. At least I can see my video, and render it again. Thank you!

I finally think Nikon and Canon can compete again on the cinema level really good and see what they can do with improvements. Imagine a RED camera with the pricepoint of a C200 or C300....

I'm researching spatial video now. Looks like Apple doesn't support a true Spatial experience via CZcams (yet) but Meta does. Are you shooting spatial yet? If so what are you using to edit it and what format are you exporting it in for CZcams? It seems seems to be the logical distribution platform for small creators like me especially since CZcams says a Vision Pro app is on its road map. Assuming formats play nice together, Acer's upcoming Spatial consumer camera looks like a cheap way to jump in for those of us that don't have a iPhone Pro/Max.

Thanks very much, i had a problem opposite to the one in your video but it still worked for me... 👍

Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you

His adapter isn't lined up thats why its leaning to the right

I would be curious to see a heat test done at more normal codecs. I want the G9ii mostly for wildlife photography but it can double as a wedding camera as well, thats where I'd likely be filming 4k 25fps in the longGOP codec and it may be in direct Australian sun. I'd love to see how it performance in that instance. The 6k open-gate is probably one of the more intensive codecs for the camera to process and I'm willing to bet most people would be simply shooting in 4k 16:9 or 17:9 potentially even in the longGOP compression. The reason I am saying this is because that would match much closer to the GH5 and we can really get an idea of it's apples to apples heat performance. The G9ii is more prone to overheat than the GH5 both without a fan because it is doing much more than the GH5 is. Not just in larger files sizes, resolutions but as its a 25mp sensor it has to work harder to downsample as well. As the G9ii is a photo focused camera and Lumix didn't put in a fan because thats what Photographers asked for it shouldn't be surprising that its at risk of overheating, that being said, a use case I can see myself using it for is as a c cam for weddings, to film a ceremony you need multiple cameras. EDIT - Side note: The flimsy piece of paper you held up is not the user manual that is a quick start guide or something along those lines and I am willing to bet there is a QR code somewhere on that sheet that takes you to the user manual. It's pretty common these days that the manual isn't included in paper with a product but rather a web address to it. Not great but also not just Panasonic doing this, its just standard practice. The User Manual is here help.na.panasonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DCG9M2_DVQP3010ZA_ENG.pdf

It is completely natural that you look through a camera with your dominant eye. It is like asking a kid to throw you a ball, he will throw it with his dominant hand. Or kick a soccer ball with his dominant foot. I am left eye dominant while right handed which is to say wrong dominant eye. It makes shooting a rifle difficult because I should aim with my right eye but I can't think as well about the info coming in my right eye so I had to switch to shooting left handed. As a dart thrower my wrong dominant eye makes it very hard to throw a dart straight because I am watching my throw from a diagonal. When I have asked someone which is their dominant eye and they don't know, I ask which eye do they look through a camera with .. and there you have it. It is natural.

Definately not for the average filmmaker. the IR pollution doesn't seem to be an issue on my camera....I have been using it for weeks now with ND filters - some of the information mentioned on this video is totally incorrect from my experience. Built in Nd's and IbIs are amazing on this camera. It's the reason I won't buy the Venice but will buy the burano. High end Docos will use cameras like the burano, often handheld with Ibis and variable ND without changing iris. You need buttons to program for your own use or not assign them, they wont cause any disturbances if theyre not programmed. Auto focus is something most doco makers dont use as it will tend to ruin shots. The Burano works well for everything I want it to in my world and glad sony gave us a great gift! A smaller raw capable version would also be great. The highlight rolloff is similar to Alexa and heaps better than the fx3 on the highlights due to 16bit compressed raw recording. It's not until you use it that you realise how good it is as I'm also color grader and the Alexa is Definately the next step up. Never going back to black magic or fx6 unless I'm using a gimbal, and in most cases I'll probably use the Black magic pro 6k in raw. The Burano Doesn't overheat after using it all day in the sun and sometimes at 37 degrees Celsius. It's basically the only camera that uses ibis on pl lenses and has a nice hand held feel on the final shots for long form doco making, I've also used it hand held 8 hour a day. Many of the comments made here just have no basis in doco makimg, but I can understand indi filmmaking is different. It is a heavy price tag......but no regrets in my field. In Australia, as far as I know the cameras were placed on hold for a month before they were released because of an alleged recall, might have been an ir fix. Also note that full frame 4k with fast readout is coming in the next firmware. So Im pretty sure the model you have is an earlier firmware. I wont use the cam much is 8k due to a lack of 50p, but in 6k, ive seen some awesome results which were unattainable in the lighting conditions and formats on other sony cameras. I was really suprised by the lattitude and how far I can push the footage in post.

You mentioned that Panasonic can remember 3 focusing points; with the help of even contrast focusing, you can focus and move to different points. Could you watch a video of how you do it?

moço, tem como colocar luts, tipo na g9mk2 só que na g9mk1?

So, waiting is almost over? Or do you still miss something crucial in the GH7? Or do the new functions not make a big difference to your workflows?

I don't think he's selling himself short when he says 'what do I know, I'm just a youtber'. Yes he's being super humble ( we all know he's great at what he does and he's very knowledgeable about cameras), but it's a very important disclaimer for a lot people. Gerald is a full-time youtuber and that's very different from say a freelance filmmaker. Also he tends to nitpick on very small things and get annoyed by things that aren't really that important and can be worked around easily. Things that a lot of filmmakers wouldn't mind at all once they just gave it a try. When I started out watching his videos, I pretty much took everything he said as gospel because he sounds so knowledgeable about what he talks about, but once I came into contact with some of the things he would rip apart about cameras, rolling shutter, chromatic abberation, lenses not being all the way sharp, I realized that all of these things were really not that bad and barely noticeable to the most trained eye, let alone the average viewer. Auto focus and IBIS, that are amzaing in the cameras he uses, don't even matter if you prefer to use manual. Filmmakers are trying to tell stories (in whatever capacity they can) and Gerald is trying to break down every piece of gear to the nearest decimal point because those are the kind of in depth videos he likes to make. Many pieces of gear have huge caveats but also huge upsides (like price), and he acknowledges that, but some of the things that bother a youtber wouldn't matter to a filmmaker at all. He says countless times that he's never actually going to take any of this gear outside of his studio and actually make something with it. That's a huge reason to take what he says with a grain of salt and that's why the disclaimer is so important. At least to me. On the other hand, the kinds of videos he makes are great for cutting through the bullshit that these camera companies try to wrap around their cameras and justify the stupid prices. This Burano review is a great review of that. An average camera (compared to other cinema cameras) being sold for 25k as if it's some groundbreaking camera. That's what I love about Gerald's videos.

I have it but the big problem is that shitty wobbling lcd screen…. For the rest is an amazing camera!!!

70 imax sucks and liemax also sucks it totally sucks in the uk

It's funny, People who use FF cameras, are now arguing what APS-C Camera Users have been saying for years, it's only till now, that Medium Formats are gaining market share, That all of a sudden FF users are arguing, bigger isn't necessarily better because new Technology has radically closed the gap between Sensor sixes., Literally the same argument they vehemently denied just a year ago.

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Incredibly helpful, thank you!

Sony is small and light weight and the lenses are just as small as 4/3 at least some of them. Or a lot of them. I think the main concern is Sony over heat…. Yes they do where go won’t. We shoot videos in ca summer and it’s not even close. So what if the gh has ND ?

Lumix has taken a patent for an electronic variable ND some while ago.maybe one year. So...

I am really glad to hear this!!! I am so thinking about getting the G9ii because it simply does all the things I need...the overheating is the only thing holding me back. Please bring us updates whenever you can :)

thanks man

I'm a postgraduate student and right now my qualitative research work needs something relatively cheap, compact, convenient and simple to use that allows my old Zoom H1n recorder to deal with multiple interviewees at the same time. This might just be the ticket! These wireless gizmos used to be really expensive back when I was in graduate school. Thank god for these Chinese brands.

Are you ready for the GH7 on june the 5th ? ;)

Hey... AMAZING VIDEO!!! I am curious, do you have any video about the SOUND test directly from the camera? From the built in MIC, because mine is TOTAL TRASH... Thank you!

Awesome video guys, this helps a lot, so thanks you so much, but you should definitely be using additional popfilters in front of your mics, ...

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Nah man I gotta disagree. It’s a photo focused camera, there’s a lot of photographers don’t want the fans as they pose a potential risk in its weather sealing and construction. It’s better the camera can offer features above its weight class so it can be used as a b cam or a c cam or back up camera than it simply being unable to. If the heat is such an issue and you think the camera shouldn’t offer features above and beyond the camera is designed for then just limit it yourself… shoot in the lower video specs that you think it should be limited to. They’re tools designed for specific jobs. It fills its job and more and as a result it pushes its thermal capacity. Get the tool that works for your use cases, it was fairly obvious the thermal capacity of the camera was being pushed due to the lack of a fan.

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Nice Intro! 😊 I've also experienced overheating when recording in 4k24 or 30. (Mov and mp4). I can get between 18-23mins before it stops. Weird that my Lumix g85 can shoot longer (almost 2hrs) with the same video settings. Im waiting for the ulanzi fan that i ordered, hoping it helps.

what a silly thing with Premiere but thank you for this to the point fix!

Did you try to use a recovery software after reformatting your drive from EXFAT to HFS+J ?

The short film "Stalled" really reminded me of Primer, I'd recommend it. And great video, your title kinda sums up Primer perfectly lol.

extfat was originally designed by microsoft for use with removable digital camera SD media, which is where it performs best, but using it with raid disk arrays and managed by WD raid controllers and related firmware shows that, in this instance extfat should not have been certified as ready for enterprise use scenarios.

saying Nikon doesn't have a cinema line is crazy

Thank You! ✌🏻

I have two GH6 and one G9ii. I wish Panasonic does not desert the GH6 and come with a firmware update that will improve autofocus. The G9ii is my everyday walk around camera, but the GH6's are my work horse

Hi, loved this! Exactly what I was looking for. Right now am using the MEVO Go, but since it's just me and my guest... I am talking and switching at the same time. I loved this!! The only question I have, how do you phyisically hooked everything? Are the microphones hooked up to each camera? Or to the ATEM Mini? I don't understand that part, but am ready to purchase both the mini and the app... I just purchased the ipad pro 12.9. can you help?

Hey do you still think it’s a good idea to rent camera equipment, If we can’t afford to buy?

Ah, I remember when this was a $5000 camera. Now they go for around $300 on ebay! I still have one from the old days, and I am thinking of using it as a teaching tool for kids (hard to find super cheap or older cameras that allow you to monitor audio with headphones). What I'm trying to figure out is if the SD card slot on the side actually works for recording video? If not, why would they include that?? I'm definitely not trying to deal with P2 cards in 2024, would rather go back to tapes lol. Great video, awesome to see someone so stoked on this camera!! Subscribed! :)