Panasonic G9 Mark II. I was wrong

[Snowfun]

It’s for a personal travel/ski film next winter in northern Finland (supplemented by a Sony rx0ii). I have several manual Nikon lens which I previously adapted to the Pocket 4k. The 85mm is a favourite. Plus all my M/ZM/VM (one of my favourites is the Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Vintage Line Heliar). I want the Panasonic/Leica 100-400 (not sure why but it seems ridiculously fun to go to 800mm equivalent!). I’ve also ordered the 9mm f/1.7 Panasonic/Leica to replace a MFT Voigtlander 10.5 (far too heavy). A healthy mix of MF and AF. Shallow dof is certainly not a priority.  Interestingly, I am finding that the “fun of using” is far more important that ultimate IQ… after all, none of this really matters! 

[kye]

10 hours ago, Snowfun said:

It’s for a personal travel/ski film next winter in northern Finland (supplemented by a Sony rx0ii). I have several manual Nikon lens which I previously adapted to the Pocket 4k. The 85mm is a favourite. Plus all my M/ZM/VM (one of my favourites is the Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 Vintage Line Heliar). I want the Panasonic/Leica 100-400 (not sure why but it seems ridiculously fun to go to 800mm equivalent!). I’ve also ordered the 9mm f/1.7 Panasonic/Leica to replace a MFT Voigtlander 10.5 (far too heavy). A healthy mix of MF and AF. Shallow dof is certainly not a priority.  Interestingly, I am finding that the “fun of using” is far more important that ultimate IQ… after all, none of this really matters! 

Yeah, agree with you, and you should have fun with your lens choices - some cool stuff in there.

One thing you might have fun with is matching the 9mm PanaLeica to your less clinical lenses, I have the 9mm and it's incredibly sharp - my sharpest lens by a long shot I think.  Just remember, amateurs ask "what is the best way to sharpen your footage?" and the pros reply "actually, I soften the image on most projects I grade".

I find the GH7 to be almost invisible, which seems bizarre when you consider the size and weight of it, but it's true.  With my AF zoom lenses I find a composition by eye, raise the camera, adjust the screen if required, adjust the zoom, hit the AF-ON for it to focus, check the histogram to make sure exposure is good and adjust vND or ISO if required, then hit record.
With manual lenses I do the same thing but normally hit record then manually focus the lens.  In situations where the light isn't that variable, it's just a matter of vND -> hit record -> focus.  It's like the camera is just a screen and a record start/stop button on it, and the rest of the action happens on the lens and in front of the camera.

The experience is more like I'm operating a lens rather than operating a camera.

People talk about how complicated the menus are in this camera or that camera and TBH I don't really know what they're talking about.  You buy a camera, work out what modes you might be interested in, test them, then choose which mode you'll use and save that to a profile, and from that point on the camera is essentially a box where you only adjust something once in a blue moon.
The reviewers act like you're taking one shot in 48p 5.7K Prores HQ V-LOG and the next in 23.976p 1080p h264 HLG and the next in 30p C4K h265 in Sepia or some BS.  
Quick - the bride is about to walk down the aisle - change settings!  Why can't I assign the shadow slider in the picture profile menu to a hot button?!?  It would save me so much grief!!