Pany G7 vs G85 vs G9

alcelc wrote:

Although this is a very old 2017 thread, but it seems that a new topic is going on...

NZ Scott wrote:

mentos77 wrote:

Haven't tried the other two yet, but they don't interest me. I will probably next get a video camera instead of the G9. The G7 being so good is why I have never wanted to upgrade. The wife has a GX85 which has that better quality sharpness, but the G7 is so good ergonomically that we are going to keep the G7 and a GM5 and sell the newest bestest GX85.

Color doesn't seem to be mentioned much around here. For me there was a problem with Panasonics colors until the G7 came out. I am sure it has improved since, but the G7 fixed the main issues with color that the GH4 and GM5 have. Mainly reds and greens.

Agree with this, but for me it was the .JPG blues that were terrible.

I can't agreed with you on this.

First, unless we are controlled by our tool, a camera is no more than a tool. IMHO what we get indeed is highly related to how we set up the shot. We can set it cooler, warmer, higher exposure, lower exposure etc all could deliver very different result. The talks of this color, that color science etc puzzled me since if we should control our camera, not our camera controls us... It is more truth for the very customizable camera of today.

The point is that a camera creates a jpg based on its own raw conversion engine - and some engines are better than others.

Fuji and Olympus have a good reputation for their jpgs colours. In the past, Panasonic hasn't - although it's jpgs are much improved on their latest cameras.

There are only limited ways to control this in-camera, whereas shooting RAW gives you more control in post.

Here's an example from my old Panasonic:

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The G7 is ultra light