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G85 overheating? record time? light sensitivity? stabilization?

Started Jan 25, 2018 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
Michael Meissner Forum Pro • Posts: 28,013
Re: G85 - with kit lenses

JosephScha wrote:

You wrote:

"... a church or hotel meeting room. Those are a real unknown. ... The plan is to use, 2 G85s - each with the kit lens"

Well if you insist on using the kit lens ... I suppose 14-42mm is a reasonable zoom range for indoor work, but the minimum f stop you can achieve - especially at 42mm - is somewhat high. And church interiors can be quite dim.

For the G85, the Panasonic 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 is the normal kit lens.  And I would suggest before going down the prime lens route, make sure you know whether you can place the camera in an appropriate position, since you have no zoom capability.  On one of the videos I did last year, I had to switch to the Olympus 9-18mm lens to record a large group, because I was against the back wall and I couldn't get any further.

While a f/4 or f/5.6 lens is not ideal, I've shot with them in some dim halls, and typically it gave ok results for recording an event (i.e. it isn't movie quality, but usable).  It really depends on the venue.

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