Panasonic DC-G9MEB-K
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Price: £999.00
Brand: Panasonic
Description: DC-G9MEB-K Panasonic LUMIX Compact System Mirrorless Camera with 12-60mm LUMIX Lens - Black.
Category: Cameras
Merchant: Panasonic
Product ID: 5347
EAN: 5025232874170
Author: Dave
Rating: 5
Review: It’s probably not healthy to love a device as much as I love this camera right now! I have owned a handful of pro and semi-pro Canons over the years and still have a 5D in my possession. If all you care about is still image quality maybe your money is better spent on a used 5D with a 24-105L (though the Panny has a bigger dynamic range, more megapix, marginally better high ISO, not to mention lighter, the still images from the canon are so natural and beautiful, it’s not incomparable but the canon takes consistently more beautiful pictures so far, it’s a classic magical combination) but if you care about video or ergonomics at all, the Panny will blow your mind. The images are good enough, not sure I’ll sell the 5D ever but the Lumix photos are good enough considering everything else you get. With the EF Speedbooster I can use my existing Canon lenses at roughly the same focal length and aperture as I’m used to which further blurs any difference between the two systems. The ergonomics are a revelation - I have set it up so that in full manual mode I have literally everything I want right under my fingertips. Every time I learn something else you can do I am just squealing with glee - this evening I figured out how to set the manual white balance on the dial buttons which gives you manual WB with two quick presses of the same button - so awesome! And the video - I recommend you do budget the extra for the VLOG-L upgrade, the waveform is worth it alone IMO - 150MB 4k 10 bit 4:2:2 MOV files… it’s just an incredible machine. I love it more every time I use it! If I have any criticism at all, and I know it’s the way these cameras are and makes the video and a lot of other features possible (zebras, waveform, focus peaking, focus assist and everything, all super useful things that are probably worth the trade-off), but I still prefer a real glass viewfinder. My ideal would be this back panel with a real glass viewfinder. Out in the snow the other day the viewfinder wasn’t rendering the image well, very flat and lifeless in the contrasty situation, not showing the golden light riding across the snow contours at all where the Canon of course was showing me exactly what my eyes could see. But the metering is accurate and the photos come out looking good, it’s just the live viewfinder is a bit flat.
Author: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4
Review: I bought this during the £300 cashback so im getting it for 1.4k I was questioning myself for the first month i bought it as i have been looking for the perfect camera and didnt know if it was what i was looking for. I dont want to make this long. -The ibis- in body image stabilization is great -It has a crisp sharp full of colour flippy screen -The leica 12-60 is maybe the best kit lens ever as it gives you wide vlogging range and you can zoom in alot. Great lens and extremely sharp. -the battery i think is good, it lasted me the night of recording and sometimes having it idle -does well in low light, but nothing special. The moment there is some light source, it catches clean images such as a street light on a dark road,. It fits confortably in my hand and most buttons are in a good spot. -customisation options for different buttons -the autofous in video is pretty good but fails in really low light. So be smart, record in the daylight but manual focus is good as it has focus peaking (blueish outline on whatever is on focus so you know where you are with that). So use manual focus in low light. Besides that, af in video follow consistently. -this is a stills camera with great video quality -and the stills quality is great too. Im a novice so ive got alot to learn and this camera will teach me soooooo much. V happy with this cam. Ive tried to be strict with my review. Unless u got a faulty camera, this is a really good buy. Maybe most underrated camera yet.