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Panasonic Lumix G7 video mode help

Started Dec 30, 2019 | Questions thread
hindesite Veteran Member • Posts: 4,893
Re: Panasonic Lumix G7 video mode help

There is almost certainly nothing wrong with the camera or lens. I have a G7, what lens are you using?

I suspect that what is happening (your description really isn't very clear and you haven't said what conditions your are shooting in) is that you have your aperture too small or you inadvertently have exposure compensation set, so when you take a still the camera uses a long shutter speed to compensate and the images work fine.

When shooting video though, the shutter speed is restricted and you get dark images.

You can sort this out by manually setting your ISO to something like 800, your aperture in A mode to 5.6 and see what you get - even in dark conditions you'll certainly get something. Try using the "creative" video mode (on the mode dial) instead of the red rec button.

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