A7S III & A7 III vs. GH5 - Panasonic Fanboy Switches to Sony! The Good the Bad and the Awesome!

The Sony A7S III and the Sony A7 III are both awesome cameras! But so was the Panasonic GH5... In the process of transitioning to Sony from Panasonic, I am encountering a mixed bag of differences and similarities between the systems. But the bottom line is these cameras are amazing, and I'm pretty excited to see what I can do with them. Good times!

[melissaculpepper]

Very interesting! As usual, you are so helpful in sharing your personal experiences with the various brands. Keep ‘em coming!

[mitchmedmedia]

This is perfect as I’m in the same situation. I’ve had the gh5 for year but considering making the jump. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[BezPlanu]

Thanks for the video, I am thinking of switching to A7S3 too :)

[coastalbayk]

Great video....keep up the good work👍🏻

[Alexrocks]

I’m just hoping for a firmware update that could easily add DCI 4K and flat 24.00fps too. Hopefully they do but we’ll see

[GeorgeNiksch]

Great video! You have to shoot in 10bit to use v-log in the GH5. I love v-log in both the GH5s and in the S5. I use Panasonic's Varicam LUTs(mostly Nicest709).

[paulomateus]

Thanks! This video it's what was looking for. Can you tell me how bad is the ibis in the A7sIII compared to the GH5? Thanks!

[mikey]

Good vid, thanks.
How would you rate the Sony 50mm f1.8, as most folk say it's not good.

[jelliffcrystal]

Do you like the photos you get with the GH5?

[antiphonylife]

Very informative video and topic! I am a current GH5 shooter. I had a couple of questions.
How does the image stabilization of the A7Siii stack up to the GH5? I'm curious outside of catalyst, because even thought I think that feature is unbelievable, I don't think I'd be excited for another step in workflow.
Also, how are the color differences? I've heard of people needing to take extra time to get their Sony footage look the way they want to. One thing I've enjoyed about Panasonic, is it's the closest I've seen to Canon colors, as I was a Canon shooter before.

[blaspayri]

I am using the GH5 and have been looking for a long while to switch, mainly because of the Autofocus. Now the a7sIII has all the dreamed features: high frame rates, reactive and trustable autofocus, full frame, hi dynamic range and sensitivity, etc. BUT, there is one thing that tends to bother me: when doing camera movement (even a smooth panning) there seems to be a lot of stepping or a discontinuous feeling of separate images being put together rather than a flowing and smooth movement. There is also stepping on AF even when the camera is static. In general, I would like to know your experience on the smoothness of camera movement (also, the hand held stabilization on the GH5 with a proper lens seems unbeatable)

[ExploreTravelTV]

I am in the same boat, been using the GH5 for 3 years now and thinking of upgrading gear, eyeballing that a7s3 for sure! I do a bit of photos though too but really thinking about it Most everything just ends up digital anyhow. But def would like better low light video and auto focus for sure. That new A1 by Sony has everything but even way more expensive. Will have to get all new glass too. it's only money right.

[ReallyRayan]

Great video. I've always used Sony APS-C, and I really want to be a Panasonic fanboy so bad, but there's just a few
Achilles' heals that Panasonic cameras have that keep me from switching. I am having the hardest time picking between an S1H and the A7siii. The a7siii has so much more feautures in every which way, but that beautiful image and colour that comes of the S1H is pretty irreplaceable. I think Panasonic would be the perfect system if they had better rolling shutter performance, better autofocus (basically a given for a panasonic camera lol), and no serious 1.5 crop on 4k 60. For now I'm going with the a7siii, but I promise I'm itching to switch to Panasonic once they deal with those few dealbreakers because truly the Panasonic colour can almost compete with big boys like Arri in my opinion.

[schoeferfilm]

Sony is a good choice my friend 👍🏻😉 best cinematic greetings from germany 🎥 i am still waitong for my FX6

[RICHARDVINCSNIPERV]

My A7S3 suits me well. Best camera I ever bought.

[Makta]

Now you have a real camera. Panasonic just sucks with their dumb dfd. Joke of the industry...