Awesome Northrup videos!

GH5, GH4 and G7 (also applies to G85 and others generally):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-ezqIyMv8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV12EHcmXNc

and for those on the other side (EM-5, EM-10):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na5D0VFI1AQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjbIiflFsD0

Full playlist of camera tutorials here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvY4q91a4a4&list=PLwIVS3_dKVpsvHpUm-K_x5ArD-HxjjjjM

These guys produce professional content and they make this free. And while many here despise the Northrups and claim they just want YouTube views, get with the program - this is how they make their living.

Enjoy, you will almost certainly learn something.

hindesite wrote:

NCV wrote:

Life is too short to watch clickbait videos. Please give us a precis so as we do not have to watch them.

I much prefer the written word, it is much easier to skip the boring bits.

Maybe, just maybe, instead of expecting me to give you a precis of something you apparently have zero interest in, you could contribute to the thread by linking to "written word" articles that cover the same detail as a 2 hr video?

For those who dislike watching videos, Panasonic has a Lumix Academy that offers 36 written articles for people to get started with Lumix cameras. There is a free registration (although you can find the links to all of them on google).

https://www.lumixgexperience.panasonic.co.uk/news/welcome-to-the-lumix-academy/#.W9OkYflKhQI

Sample of one here:

https://www.lumixgexperience.panasonic.co.uk/lumix-academy/finding-your-way-around-a-camera/

Personally I like the Panasonic advanced manual for the respective cameras. The page about buttons and dials got me up to speed on the camera quickly and I can use the search function to find out more information about any specific feature.

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/camera/om/dmc-gx85_en_adv_om.pdf

For those OK with video, and want to learn about a specific Panasonic camera, Panasonic's training guides have short videos organized per topic, which may be much easier to digest than a long 2 hour video.

http://eng-ca.faq.panasonic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/43117/~/lumix-dc-gh5-training-guide

http://eng-ca.faq.panasonic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/42633/~/lumix-dmc-gh4-training-guide

http://eng-ca.faq.panasonic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/39350/~/lumix-dmc-g85-training-guide

Thanks, I imagine that would be a big help for others of your disposition.

IMNHO the Northrups deserve every click they get; and these are most definitely NOT clickbait (which is where the title, description or thumbnail is misleading about the content). These are thoughtfully and professionally presented and instructive videos that are among the best of their genre (and are free).

Tony Northrup has no credibility! In one of his recent videos, he talks trash about UV/lens protection filters & how these cheap "plastic" filters hurt image quality. First of all, does anyone actually make plastic filters?

Then in the same video, he takes a 50mm lens & totally destroys the front element by scratching it up then shoots with it, commenting on how the scratches really haven't hurt the image quality. He then goes on to say that buying used lenses with scratched front glass can be quite a bargain.

This is the same guy who started off in this same video stating to NOT use UV/lens protection filters because they hurt image quality.

How can he have any credibility when he puts out videos like this?

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZkCnPs45s&index=17&list=PLwIVS3_dKVpsyZJ-BhsCHwTj8Y6PEAurc

Who is this person and why is there a need to promote them on this website? Anyone who is interested can subscribe.

The OP comes across as a fanboy.

ata3001 wrote:

Tony Northrup has no credibility! In one of his recent videos, he talks trash about UV/lens protection filters & how these cheap "plastic" filters hurt image quality. First of all, does anyone actually make plastic filters?

Then in the same video, he takes a 50mm lens & totally destroys the front element by scratching it up then shoots with it, commenting on how the scratches really haven't hurt the image quality. He then goes on to say that buying used lenses with scratched front glass can be quite a bargain.

This is the same guy who started off in this same video stating to NOT use UV/lens protection filters because they hurt image quality.

How can he have any credibility when he puts out videos like this?

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZkCnPs45s&index=17&list=PLwIVS3_dKVpsyZJ-BhsCHwTj8Y6PEAurc

Well cheap UV filters can cause ghosting, glare, decreased contrast and can introduce other aberrations. Basically the main problem that it causes (that doesn't apply to a scratched front element) is that it introduces another glass surface over the entire image that can have internal reflections and the glass may not be flat (which causes waviness in the bokeh and changes the flare pattern).

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/06/the-comprehensive-ranking-of-the-major-uv-filters-on-the-market/

Of course if you get a decent multicoated filter, then the effect is negligible.

A scratched front element can also decrease contrast (if bad enough) and will affect flare when in direct sunlight. But small scratches would have almost no effect on IQ.

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2016/12/front-element-lens-protection-revisited/

https://petapixel.com/2015/07/02/how-much-does-a-scratch-affect-the-quality-of-a-lens/

ata3001 wrote:

Tony Northrup has no credibility! In one of his recent videos, he talks trash about UV/lens protection filters & how these cheap "plastic" filters hurt image quality. First of all, does anyone actually make plastic filters?

Then in the same video, he takes a 50mm lens & totally destroys the front element by scratching it up then shoots with it, commenting on how the scratches really haven't hurt the image quality. He then goes on to say that buying used lenses with scratched front glass can be quite a bargain.

This is the same guy who started off in this same video stating to NOT use UV/lens protection filters because they hurt image quality.

How can he have any credibility when he puts out videos like this?

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZkCnPs45s&index=17&list=PLwIVS3_dKVpsyZJ-BhsCHwTj8Y6PEAurc

He's completely correct on both of those counts. Roger over at LensRentals has written articles about the same topics with the same conclusions.

nevada5 wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61864770

Cause, the word "awesome" never came to mind.

Perhaps understatement is the problem.  Not just some 'awe'  ... but full 'awe',  just replace the some with ful to get the word your are after

Zvonimir Tosic wrote:

whumber wrote:

He's completely correct on both of those counts. Roger over at LensRentals has written articles about the same topics with the same conclusions.

Any damaged lens means profit for Roger.

Then, shooting with a naked, large front element, is equal to going out in full sunshine and wind without any eye protection and opening eyes as wide as possible to be beaten by the aforementioned.

So I take you don't actually have any argument against them other than gut feelings? For all your bluster you're completely off base here.