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Yes, my G80 has noise breakthrough from the IBIS system onto the sound from the internal mics, and no, turning off stabilisation doesn't remove it (because the sensor has to be held in position by the IBIS system, even if it isn't dynamically moving it for shake reduction). The GX80 has the same issue - I own that as well, in addition to a G6. Just use an external mic - I use a Tascam TM-2X (it's powered by plugin power, so no batteries or on/off switch to worry about), inexpensive, reasonably compact and it seems to work well with the G80 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tascam-TM-2X-High-quality-microphone-digital/dp/B00FAC3KPK

One difference between the G80/G85 and GH5 is that the G80/85 has some aliasing in 1080p, whereas the GH5 (and probably the G9) do proper, filtered, down-scaling from a full sensor readout, so have nicer looking 1080p. Probably not an issue for a lot of material (or if you shoot in 4k), but I shoot a lot of video of things with fine horizontal/vertical lines, which show up the aliasing problem quite well when panning the camera across them... It's not a huge issue, but it is there. The only other significant issue for me is crackling noises from the IBIS system breaking through onto the audio from the internal microphones - easily fixed with an external mic. Otherwise it's a great camera (and noticeably fast to startup compared to the G6 I had before).

...and the AF is noisy. On the other hand, it's very compact & light weight (and cheap secondhand) - the sort of lens that you just slip in a corner of the camera bag/pocket in case you need it.

Do you mean 'M' on the mode dial, or with the mode dial set to 'Creative movie mode' (the 'movie camera' icon) and then setting that into 'M' mode (via the touchscreen). To get full exposure control for video you need to select 'Creative movie mode' on the mode dial. Then use the icon at the top-left corner of the LCD screen to select P/A/S/M for 'Creative movie mode' (only). Pressing the movie record button when the mode dial is in P/A/S/M positions (which control the exposure mode for still photos) will always use auto exposure for video.

Wex in the UK have the GX9 on pre-order at £699 body-only - https://www.wexphotovideo.com/panasonic-gx9-digital-camera-body-1652892/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=4416669&utm_campaign=1652892-b&eid=781996 ...and the spec is up on dpreview - https://***URL removed***/news/8865133559/panasonic-lumix-gx9-offers-20mp-with-no-low-pass-filter-improved-shutter-mechanism (looks pretty much like a GX85 with 20MP sensor, tilting viewfinder and more physical controls, so basically a hybrid of the GX85 and GX8).

No personal experience of using it for 4K H.264 files, but VideoRedo TVSuite is also worth a look/tryout - https://www.videoredo.com/en/Products_TVSuite_V5.html and https://www.videoredo.com/en/CompareProducts.htm

You might want to read this before exposing to salt water a camera that is not fully weather sealed - https://***URL removed***/news/4176919219/this-is-what-happens-when-a-weather-sealed-camera-takes-a-dip-in-salt-water It's a sad story of a Sony A7sII that is probably terminally damaged by salt water.

This is the official lens compatibility list for the GH5, showing what features are supported on which lenses - http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/connect/gh5.html

The UK prices include 20% VAT (sales tax), but normally US prices don't include any local sales tax.

Wex in the UK is now listing it for pre-order (stock due Mid-December) at £1849 body-only, £2399 as a kit with the with 12-40mm PRO lens. http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-olympus-om-d-e-m1-mark-ii-digital-camera-body/p1607761 http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-olympus-om-d-e-m1-mark-ii-digital-camera-with-12-40mm-pro-lens/p1611181

You can disable the 4k/UHD proxy generation in VMS 13 - it's a tick box in Options -> Preferences -> Video tab. 4k .mp4 files from my LX100 work OK in VMS 13 (I don't have Quicktime installed, and proxies are disabled). Only problem I've had is that I needed to disable 'GPU accelerated video processing' otherwise it would crash when rendering from 4k media, but this might just be an issue with my Intel GPU/driver setup.

The offer that started this thread has ended, but there is a new (but not with 'double cashback') offer just started - http://promotions.panasonic.co.uk/promotions/promotions/view_terms/111

Panasonic in the UK are running an 'Easter' cashback promotion until 30/03/2016 - it's £50-£100 (or 70-140 Euro) on the G7, GX7, GX8, GH4, FZ1000, LX100. See http://promotions.panasonic.co.uk/promotions/promotions/view_terms/111 for the UK details.

If you are considering the GH4, the GX8 (with a newer, higher-res sensor and 'hybrid' stabilisation capability, but no headphone socket) ought to be on your shortlist as well. Or even the G7, which has nearly all of the GH4 capability (no headphone socket is the main downside) in a smaller package and is so much cheaper that you could buy another secondhand lens or two with the difference...e.g. the 'pancake' 20mm/F1.7 for low-light work and the 45-150mm zoom are both usually around £120-£150 used.

I think it's obsolete now, but I use an Olympus LS-3 which is very small, metal-bodied and sounds good (as long as you avoid the 'auto' level control - which 'pumps' badly - use manual plus limiter instead). It looks like the current equivalent is the LS-14, but that is bigger all round and possibly made of plastic (as it doesn't say it's metal in the specs). The LS-12 is basically the same but with less internal memory and without the centre 'low bass' mic ('Tresmic') of the LS-14. My LS-3 has 'Tresmic' but I normally have it turned off because the bass response using the normal stereo mics is quite good anyway, and it becomes positively subterranean with it 'on', picking up every rumble and puff of wind (even with a muff on it).

Try here - http://www.eoshd.com/the-eoshd-panasonic-gh3-shooters-guide-book/ (hit the 'Buy it now' button)

The notes for the video above do say "f=100mm + ext. teleconv. + 4x zoom" so that jitter is very exaggerated (e.g. 1.7 x 4 = 6.8x extra magnification)

For MPC-HC, View -> Options -> Internal Filters -> Video Decoder (button near bottom of window) -> Disable 'HEVC' in the 'Hardware Acceleration' section maybe ? (HEVC = H.265)

I use exactly that lens (Nikon mount) + cheap Camdiox speed booster on a Pana G6 - works fine as the equivalent of a 12-36mm f2 lens, and that speed booster does have a aperture control ring for Nikon 'G' lenses. Main downsides of the combo is that all the glass makes the camera very front heavy and there is no stabilisation. The other cheap M43 low-light lens option is the Pana 20mm F1.7 (lots around used as it's quite an old lens now), which works well but the autofocus is slow and a bit noisy.

​No, it's the successor to the FZ200 - note the small sensor size (1/2.3")

​There is some info on the 4K cropping/downscaling in the 'preview' here - http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_G7/

I agree with Vesku - there seems to be no good reason for not showing the iso/aperture/ss info. It's really useful to know in bright conditions if you should be thinking about using an ND filter, for example. To take another Panasonic camera, the little LX7 (in creative movie mode) does show this information when you half-press the shutter button. On the G6 (for example) I can work around this lack of information when using the 'flicker reduction' option to fix the shutter speed (which essentially gives you a limited video shutter priority auto mode). I set the main dial to shutter priority and the shutter speed to the same as the 'flicker reduction' setting. Then half-pressing the shutter button will show the exposure info (for an equivalent still shot). But you shouldn't really need to do this to get the exposure values....

The effect sounds like the auto wind-cut filter may be kicking in - make sure it's disabled in the menus.

​I'll don't actually own a GX7, just G5 and G6, but on the G6 that is certainly true for Creative Video mode 'S' (and is a real pain), but it certainly seems to behave differently i.e. have smoother exposure transitions, when using normal 'auto' (not iA/iA+) plus 'flickr decrease' with at least some Panasonic lenses (the 14-42 Power Zoom lens in particular). I've never understood why Panasonic don't just offer at least variable, stepless auto-ISO in Creative Video mode - ISO adjustment is basically just video gain adjustment anyway, so why is it so difficult ? (the range could be limited if need be to say -/+ 2 stops - that would cater for many situations)

​Look for the 'Flkr Decrease' option in the Motion Picture menus - that basically fixes the shutter speed to whatever you set it to (normally 1/100 second for 50p video i.e. '180 degree' shutter) when you shoot video in everything except iA, iA+, or Creative Video modes e.g. P, A, S, M modes on the top mode dial are fine. The only other way of doing it is to use Creative Video mode and select Shutter Priority (and set it to 1/100 again). As others have said, if you do this, in very bright conditions you might need to use an ND (neutral density) filter on the front of the lens to stop the video being over-exposed because the camera can't reduce the lens aperture and ISO enough.