Panasonic G80/85 for events

Luis Gabriel Photography wrote:

goncalomp wrote:

Hey everyone!

I need your help and experience with something.

I currently work as a pro, shooting private and corporate events and the ocasional wedding. I use a full frame system, it works great but the weight of the 2.8 zooms + 12 hour events where destroying my back so I switched to primes. I saved a lot of weight but sometimes a zoom is necessary.

Do you think it makes sense to add a G80/85 ( not the GX80/85) to my system with a couple of 2.8 panasonic zooms for the type of photography I do?

If I buy a Panasonic flash will it work like a DSLR with the read beam that assists focus?

I chose this camera because I can get it for around 560 euros in a store near me and read good reviews about it but if there are better suggestions around this price point I will consider them!

I picked up a friends GH4 with the 35-100 2.8 and laughed out loud, the setup was so light!

Many thanks

Not sure what FF you own but what about using F4 zooms instead.

That's what I did, but it was still too much. Admittedly, I was using 1-series beasts. Even so, shooting with three MFTs with f1.7 primes gives me 1/2 stop more light than 35mm format with an f4 zoom, covers a good variety of focal lengths, and spreads the weight in a way that's much less burdensome than a single DSLR with even an f4 zoom.

Blur wise, it will still give you more subject isolation than 2.8 on m43 and you wouldnt have to change systems and noise wise, with the advantage a good FF sensor has over m43, you shouldnt notice a difference. Of course it depends on how much weight you are saving with those F4 lenses and how heavy the body you are using is.
Also for pro work, I want dual cards so that rules out the G85 and goes to the G9 instead for example.

I have triple cards. One in my GX85 and one in each of my GX8s, and in 15 years of doing this work, I've never lost an image to a bad card. You NEVER do event work with just one body. At least not professionally. Murphy's Law.