Pansonic Lumix DMC-G7 problems

Brisn5757 wrote:

Tim Reidy Productions wrote:

Brisn5757 wrote:

While the G7 is a good camera as its light, has lots of functions and dials there are two main problems.

1. When recording video for some unknown reason the camera tried to re-focus by going out of focus then in focus again, which can ruin some good video shots.

This is solved by manual focussing, also area focussing does better with this camera, but it could be defeated by moving subjects.

The most difficult in AF-C tracking is when the background or foreground is busy.

Being able to identify the target in such conditions requires advanced algorithms and a lot of computing power, which explain the much improved performance in recent high end models like G9, GH5 or OMD-EM1-2.

As there is no free lunch, these models are bigger, to allow better heat dissipation,  and expensive.

2. I have not experienced this but I'm told that in certain conditions this camera has camera shake.

With other Panasonic models similar to the G7 have these problems been solved and on what model cameras?

Brian

Some of the newer models do better with the shutter, and this camera has no Ibis, so you can buy one that has that easily now and look for it when purchassing.

Hi Tim.

What do you mean by area focusing?

Area focusing is an AF setting telling the camera to search or track the focus target inside a specified area, often a 9 points (3×3) square, but different settings are possible, depending the camera model. It is one of the key settings for AF-C tracking (see user's manual).

I'm thinking the lbis has something to do with better focusing?

Why?

Brian