Panasonic 4K Professional Video Camera

Used with my Nikon photography cameras & lenses & my professional 4K & 1080P Panasonic video cameras. A great product to always have on hand!

I'm very impressed with the Panasonic GX85. I also use a Panasonic GH4, Samsung NX1, Sony A7Sii and RX10ii. I shoot mostly video but also stills. I purchased a US version to get 4K 30p rather than the PAL version, I do wish Panasonic would make all their cameras PAL/NTSC switchable like Sony do. The GX85 has to be the best camera I've ever used, here are my comments - The IBIS is superb, best from any camera I've filmed with. The 4K video is super smooth with any lens. I use Voightlader 42.5mm and it's lovely stable video, even the Olympus 40-150f2.8 fully zoomed in at 300mm equivalent is totally stable, it's amazing. To have a camera so small and light with excellent stabilization has really opened up great possibilities for video filming. The 4K video quality is excellent and colours lovely, not quite sure what Panasonic have done but it's a really beautiful image. Even the FHD 60p looks great, no sign of aliasing that I get on other cameras. Stills are great, a step up in quality from the GH4. The lack of AA filter has caused no aliasing in pics I've taken and the pics look super sharp. I shoot mainly with prime lenses and the GX85 pairs perfectly with the Lieca 15mm f1.7, Panasonic 25mm f1.7, Panasonic 42.5f 1.7, Olympus 75mm f1.8, the camera and lenses are really lightweight and compact with great stable video and superb image quality. Battery life is not as good as a GH4, it's more similar to Sony cameras, but then the battery is half the size of a GH4 battery so I guess you just carry a few spares if you need to film all day. I really like the micro43 system for compact size and great selection of high quality lenses, and for me the GX85 is the best camera yet, I'm very impressed and really enjoying using it, highly recommended.

Using on a Panasonic GH4, it's my backup 4K video camera and so far this lens covers my off the shoulder wide stuff perfectly! The little unlock to compress design is kind of meh for me, it's already small enough.

I have been a long time Panasonic GH5 user and love the camera, its features and video quality. However, my curiosity got the better of me and I bought the BMPCC 4K. All of the positive reviews are true about the menu system, features, codecs and ease of use. It's all true. I still love my Panasonic GH5 and use it a lot but I have been reaching for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K just as much. I cannot say one is better than the other. I can only say I love using both and have absolutely no regrets buying it. Both make gorgeous video. I won't go into spec comparison as any informed consumer should do that on his/her own. I will say whatever your needs, both cameras deliver. Usability differs somewhat as far accesorizing but that's completely up to the user. If you've used other mirrorless cameras and are ready for a change, you won't be dissapointed with this feature rich 4K video camera. And, you can spend as little or as much as you want to accessorize. I only bought a Small Rig cage, 12 rods, an INdiePro battery kit and XLR cables. The rest of my accesories came from what I bought for my GH5.

I use this with my Panasonic AG DVX100B video camera and it does what it is posed to do. Very professional piece of equipment. Smooth zoom function and capability.

I use this case for my Panasonic AC/AV 90A video camera. This holds smaller professional video cameras just fine. There is a separate container for microphones, and enough padding (somewhat adjustable) to cradle the camera safely.

As someone once said, “If you like your current camera, you can keep your current camera.”  Or you can just acknowledge the changing times and take a serious look at something much smaller, faster and with many more features and benefits. I own this camera and purchased it from B&H along with the Panasonic 16-35mm f/4 lens, the Panasonic 24-105 mm f/4 lens, the Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 lens and the really cool and small XLR adapter. What really sold me on coming over to the Panasonic S1H from 20 years with Canon was watching the just released training video for the S1H authored by the former Sony training video legend, Doug Jensen. https://vimeo.com/391706599. It was and is the best $49.95 I have ever spent.  4 hours of in depth and real world training, including 18 different videos. This is a professional training video by a professional with some serious street cred, not some guy with his ballcap turned around backwards with an iPhone taped to the ceiling showing yet another unboxing of a camera. Prove it for yourself. Watch some S1H sample videos from Vimeo or YouTube. Or, build a simple Excel spreadsheet and compare the differences between the S1H and any camera you currently own or are thinking about purchasing. After dialing in the correct settings, I can readily see why Netflix has this camera on their approved list for content creators. 4:2:2 10 bit color internally and the ability to shoot in either full frame or Super 35mm.

This camera is an incredibly versatile machine; it has almost every capability a professional photographer could want or need including video up to 4K! The focus, metering, and picture control options are just too numerous to discuss. Needless to say, if you can't take great photos with this machine, then it just can't be done.

I use this camera for professional video and photo use and it performs excellent at both. Pros: dual pixel autofocus works smoothly (best in the market), beautiful canon colors, 4k, slomotion capability (60p and 120p), built in timelapse video function, HDR video mode, viewfinder 2 shows a lot more information, rugged build quality Cons: 4k has a crop factor, 120 fps slomo is only at 720p It's hard to find a camera that can do it all at a good price. I could have gone with the sony a7sii or a7rii but neither does well at both video and photo. While the 5D4 is not perfect, it bridges both creative worlds for the type of work I do which is weddings and family portraits.

works great, handles all 4K video from Panasonic S5