Best Lumix G7 Camera Settings for Vlogging

[@In_Red_Blue_Green]

G7 owner and shooter of many years, after tons of research over lots of time I can say: -Do not turn everything down to -5. You will not be able to recover the lost information. I started with -5 many years ago, then I went to -3 on all my settings with the standard profile (the best one and by far easiest to grade) and then I found what I enjoy the most for post is everything on 0 except for the noise reduction which I have on -5. After lots and lots of shooting with the G7 these are by far the best settings I have used. -Do not shoot in Cinelike D on the G7, it is horrible on skin tones i.e its very hardy to grade such a low codec in cinelike D without making the skin have a yellowish plasticy look. Shoot in standard or if you are short on time or less comfy grading in post shoot with the natural profile. This is a well done video but I would say it provides misleading information.

[@northboys8223]

pretty interesting actually because I've only had mine for a month but the day i got it i adjusted the settings exactly as you said. when ya know ya know

[@natterbat]

I don't think I know anyone who could have done a better job of presenting so much useful information in such a clear, organized, and very efficient way. If I meet someone who has a G7, I will definitely recommend they watch this.

[@jazzylev]

Guy Van Natta I have one!

[@natterbat]

Jazzy Lev Hello. You should definitely check out this video. 😀

[@Fotogs]

You are a very articulate young man... excellent video I'm really impressed with how you explained this camera.

[@Take_Down_Squad]

Best G7 tutorial I've watched awesome!!

[@beestings22]

This video is literally saving my life for my shoot tomorrow, barely anyone else online used g7s with this much detail. Thanks so much!

[@AidinRobbins]

Glad I could help!

[@justthatpm]

24fps for vlogging and shooting and 60fps for b-roll! I'll remember this!

[@mpess8569]

Watching a video about g7 in 2018 is amazing. I learned a lot and will be watching many times this video again... Subscribing! Brazil/Ireland

[@hemi969]

Just bought the G7. Thanks for the tips, Aidin. Best on YT.

[@ehJoe]

Try and watch every video, you deliver crystal clear info and right to the point. Great.

[@yujitsuzuki5439]

your editting skill is just amazing!

[@AmmarAjjoub]

When you don't have a G7 but you're still watching cuz u wanna support ya boii!!!

[@KaiwenGaming]

Same here.

[@AddyRCBuddy]

Yeah, me too :D

[@thomasshabazz8946]

Very well done quite helpful I am waiting for my G7 to arrive and will try the settings you mentioned thanks for a great video tutorial.

[@celo2043]

the best g7 guide I found on youtube so far... great job mate!

[@thebarbellmountainista7006]

Watched this video as a cram session before filming some fairly important stuff (newbie here), but this was suuuper helpful. Will check out what else you have on your channel. Keep doing what you do! You're excellent at explaining things - thank you!

[@PapaDuck]

great info ....thanks

[@josh1674]

Very useful. More so than other videos.

[@itsjustsam7405]

THANK YOU! You really help me, dude! I am a beginner with cameras, today I bought my first camera ever! haha (that's why i was searching for videos like yours)

[@AidinRobbins]

Nice, glad I could help!

[@anshmandy8088]

Love it man, liked and subscribed! Gonna use these tips for our next vlog.

[@LukeLearns]

Excellent vid!!! I just bought the g7. Thanks for the tips!...subbed.

[@ASMR-xe9kw]

YOU ARE A GENIUS FOR REAL, im just starting my flmmakiing journey and those are infos that i dont know about, you re gonna help me alot

[@61akra12]

this video was GOD LIKE! you're a boss

[@MykeTruth]

I just got my G7 for Vlogs and Music Videos and thanks bro for the helpful info!

[@sharpshooterjd]

Just got a G7. That was great! Thank you!

[@AnishJerome]

Good info! dude. Learning something new from little brother every week.

[@BlackapinoTheTechGuy]

I Love my G7, just bought it a month ago with the Len's Kit 14-42mm and will be looking forward to getting the 25mm this week,

[@cheyennebarton]

oHHH MY GOD I can't believe i didn't realize having auto white balance on was the thing that was making my footage impossible to color grade/correct in post. thank you so much for this video!!!

[@samascunce5427]

Great stuff man! Super helpful as I try to improve my video skills on my G7.

[@kennymccannYT]

Good job. Gotta love the G7!

[@sharonmax6968]

Great video young man!

[@normanwhitelaw2314]

Nicely done.

[@shiftymuu]

Great Video Aidin I like the Out door style video You should make more g7 videos! 👍🏼🔥👌🏼

[@millerliftin365]

Awesome work man! Just subd, best vid on the net for this!

[@HollywoodConnection-jast]

Does the G7 have an auto-iris control? I own a G7 and have constantly adjusted the Fstop and shutter when shooting run and gun outdoors. Thanks for any feedback

[@pelikhano]

Thanks so much man. I learned a lot in this video!!! Subbed!!

[@OliverMotorized]

thanks for the little tutorial dude! Just got one of these bad boys.

[@shaflonka]

Awesome video man! Ur videos really help me out!

[@AidinRobbins]

Thanks! Glad I can help :)

[@TheRealCasadaro]

fantastic video man, looking forward to seeing how the channel grows.

[@OlgaBeastmode]

Thank you for this video! I am new to this and its my first camera! I have my camera on japanese language without other options so this guideline definitely helped on setting it up!

[@BryanBrosGolf]

What settings do you use when you want two subjects focused? IE when I am doing an intro video and two of us are in shot? I’m a noob

[@Yuri-qp3sx]

Great video, completely agree with you on 4k, but I still like to use it for adding smooth movement in post though. Keep creating these awesome videos!

[@JohnSmith-sz9bz]

Very underrated video. I can tell how much time you put into the editing to make sure everything looks really nice. Well done. I'm thinking about getting a G7 for making films that sometimes involve a lot of people in public settings with a beginner behind the camera. This concerns me since I hear the G7 has horrible autofocus. What's your opinion on this? Am I better off getting an SL2? I worry I'll miss out on the sharpness of 4k (if it's even that good, hard to find demos comparing it on KZbin)

[@AidinRobbins]

It really depends- with the SL2 you'll have better autofocus and access to Canon lenses, but the G7 gives a better quality of footage. Depends on what's most important to you

[@RaceToALamborghini]

Excellent 👍🏾

[@GeoElmoGeocaching]

Thanks for putting this video together. Just got the Lumix G7 but am learning how to use the settings and this is the best video I've seen so far. Did you shoot this at 24 fps? I'm new to filmmaking and everything I've done so far has been using an iPhone, so I'm looking forward to what I can create with this camera.

[@FerBa]

How do you export your videos? I have the same camera and the video quality is not as great as yours :(

[@mrdrewburrows]

Hey, great video.... some great advice, especially regarding shooting in 24fps and 60fps (when is best to do so) One thing I've found out recently is the use of the 'C' mode on the top dial - where you can save up to 3 customised settings for fast switching, so basically adding your 60fps preferences as C1, setting you 24fps preferences in video (Movie) mode and flick the switch to alternate quickly between the two! I think also, I prefer to turn the live view sensor to 'OFF' and just use the actual hard button to make the change but to each his/her own! I'll be watching this again - thumbs up from me, cheers dude Off to check out some more of your vids.

[@DopamineOverload]

Dude, I keep coming back to your channel when I'm searching for stuff. Crazy helpful, seriously. I'm considering a G7 instead of an M50 MKII... just for cost, mostly, and to get away from the Canon ecosystem that I've been stuck in for a few years (T3i). I keep searching about autofocus... a lot of people say the G7 and nearly all Panasonics are terrible, but it seems pretty usable to me, for most things (vlogging). As long as you're not in 4k, it seems like autofocus works as it should (maybe not as fast as DPAF, but...). Thoughts on the G7, three years later (even though you don't use it, anymore)? Thanks, Aidin! Also, you mentioned in another comment that you don't use autofocus, ever. How do you focus yourself so well in all of these videos? From the companion app on your phone? Lastly-- what mic are you using for your audio, here? Thanks again, so much!

[@TheHomemadeIndian]

This is brilliant thank you. I loved it very detailed and exactly what I needed to get me started

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

If you want something that looks good out of the camera. Natural with no settings adjusted looks great! 👍🏻 Also Cinelike V. I think any profile will work, it’s not like on canon where you could risk destroying your footage. Even with the Natural profile there is still plenty of room to color grade.

[@jilinak]

U r so talented.

[@dansaghin1]

Great useful video, thank you!

[@AidinRobbins]

Thanks, glad you thought so!

[@Dev_UI]

this explains everything! thank you 🙂

[@MyOwnDrum]

This was incredibly helpful!! I literally took notes 😂🤣Thank you!! 🙌

[@VirtuosityToniLekic]

Hi Aidin, nice vid as always, BUT I have one question: Did you filmed in V-log when speaking about flat picture profile? Becouse there is no need to turn down saturation, contrast... unless you film in V-log. Not only on G7 but in every camera. Becouse in every other picture profile when you bring everything down to zero - you simply loose informations, you loose data.... so in post you have to bring it back artificially, that's why most of the people have that washed out look in their videos (and they think that's cool). I mean - only when filming in V-log all the informations are still there despite original look is flat - only in V-log you can bring everything back. I other picture profiles informations (contrast etc) are gone - so we can only "color" it in post on artificial way... If I am wrong please correct me - but that is what I know... greets!

[@AidinRobbins]

The profile I use is called Cinelike D, it's the flattest one on the G7. Using a flat profile doesn't lose information. Your camera isn't reducing the contrast and saturation, it just isn't adding them, you're basically turning off the filter your camera adds to the clips

[@VirtuosityToniLekic]

I see, but what I saw - when I turn down everything and try to bring it back in post - It looks so artificial and unnatural - so I research it and one videographer said that to me- only Vlog keeps all the informations (so you can bring them back in post) and that other picture profile simply loose informations. if you have some video or article where we are guaranteed that everything "stays" inside other picture profiles - would be great. I know that everybody on the youtube speaks how all the informations are still there- but in my experience when I turn everything to 0 - in post when I ad contrast, saturation... it looks really bad... (and I have gh5), same happend with my other camera canon 700d thanks!

[@AidinRobbins]

If the footage looks unnatural in post that's a problem with your grading 😂 as I said, a flat profile is the original image from your camera- anything else like standard is a modification. Adding contrast = more highlights and shadows are crushed = less information. Some flat profiles can reduce the range of colors, maybe that's why you think the information is gone

[@dahir1939]

try to reduce the opacity in post to make it look more natural. Hope that helps.

[@vincenzodellama7158]

You are losing information turning everything down to -5. It's a 8 bit codec, it does not support flat recording as you can see in this video with the severe color banding issues. Also cinelike D is awlful on skin tones. The best profile for skin tones in the g7 is standard. Adjust the image so it look as close as you want it to be in camera, since you can't change 8 bit footage much in post. People should stop giving advice without doing proper research.

[@xella7735]

I may be moving from Canon to Lumix so thanks for the tips !!!

[@AidinRobbins]

Ooo nice!

[@ry92ukwj]

How do you get a really good video a week out? So good Aidin! Keep it up!!

[@ptgofficial]

Rory Marion work 😂

[@ry92ukwj]

Lol!

[@janilleberdin141]

SO HELPFUL. GOD BLESS YOU

[@HAZEYDAZE]

Great video man....

[@thetoothfixer8509]

great video man

[@GarageBiz]

Good video! What lens do u use in this video?

[@NICKPAYNEMUSIC]

Your Great my guy! Thanks

[@Kenyi_]

If I don’t have to color grade, what color profile do you reccomend out of the Panasonic g7? What’s closest to film or cinematic? Natural, cinelike d??? Thank you

[@christysitorus]

Hi..how if u compare lumix g7 vs canon eos m6/m50? Thanks

[@cjmadridtv4289]

G7 rocks canon m6/m50 grains sarcasm

[@ptgofficial]

Awesome!! #squad and this is gonna b helpful! 😁👏🏻

[@AidinRobbins]

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[@JERZFLOW201]

whats the best setting for on like for vlogging i dont wanna edit the color or anything in that sort just cut from this part to the next but also making the video look very good any good mode?

[@valleyfilmsuk]

Sorry, just noticed your jumper and had to make a comment 😂😂👌

[@AidinRobbins]

😂😂

[@DariaCallie]

Great! Thank you so much! it was helpful

[@AidinRobbins]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful :)

[@StickAndPotato]

Thank you! I agree with 1980 frame. At first I set mine to 4k and it consumes a lot of time downsizing the file and I ended up not using the video I recorded.

[@AlfredKingTV]

You did a wonderful job with this video sir. Thanks a lot. Gonna get G7 tomorrow because of this. They should give you commission lol. By the way, what was the lens you were using in this video? It looked so neat.

[@clementcoetzee7090]

Hey Aidin. Love your videos man! Just want to know, which monitor do you use?

[@RVGFam]

What lens did you use for this video? Love the wide angle narrow shot. I clicked on link but it showed multiple lenses. Thanks.

[@ManteShotIt]

What type of lens are you shooting this with ?

[@BryanStupar]

This video was super helpful... What mic do you use? Do you record direct into the camera or do you use a recording device?

[@ry92ukwj]

5:14. Would have been SUPPER awkward to have someone find you laying there talking to your camera! 😂😂

[@AidinRobbins]

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[@KevoPlaysYT]

love your ..video! subbed

[@AidinRobbins]

Thanks for the support! :D

[@Dylan_Belle]

Oh, my favourite notification! 😁 Thanks for the tips! Two questions though: 1- You said you'd rather adjust the shutter speed than the aperture, but isn't it better to keep the shutter speed double the frame rate (I've heard that rule very often)? 2- Aren't you freezing wearing just a sweatshirt? 😅 I mean even muffled in a coat and scarf I'm still cold haha

[@AidinRobbins]

Yeah it's most cinematic to keep the shutter speed at twice the frame rate, but I don't think it's worth lowering the aperture and reducing the depth of field for such a small detail- and I don't really care enough to bother with an ND filter right now 😂 I live in a pretty warm region so generally I can go out in just a sweatshirt during the day

[@richarddimell7405]

Hey man, don't you get MTS video files when you transport the footage to your pc? Shooting in 24 fps? I can't get any audio to play in premiere pro cs6...

[@yuniorbb879]

How do you lead with grain when recording and post production? Please, respond to this question I highly need an answer, thanks.

[@RaihanAmin]

For film, should i go with mp4 or avchd ?

[@MCDonaudis]

I loved this color you used in the shoot, which lut did you use, could you help me?

[@nerddujugement8334]

so you're using the built-in mic? I'd say it's decent. Can't wait to get my G7, should arrive in a couple of days....

[@DopamineOverload]

Thanks again for another great video. Subbed! I noticed you use an M50 these days... how do you think it compares with your old G7 and do you prefer the M50? Some people have said the autofocus is terrible on the G7, but it seems just fine to me in most videos. I'm sure the M50 is a lot better. Also, curious of the lens you're using here. Thanks!

[@AidinRobbins]

Appreciate the support! Never used the M50, it's actually the EOS R- main difference for me has been full frame and proper LOG colors. Actually not huge on autofocus myself regardless!

[@IsmaelRodriguez45]

So...when vlogging, you use full manual video mode?

[@thorneber]

What are the best settings for video taping a speaker and powerpoint presentation? My wife is presenting to a group at a conference (probably not a big room). Audio as well as video settings appreciated:)

[@BadKarma714]

Do you use Cinalike D?

[@ZackFilms100]

Quick question... How do you film cinematics with manual focus? I have a panasonic g80/g85 and I am new to filmmaking. Thanks for creating awesome content, keep it up!

[@diman4010]

ZackFilms100 check out The Hybrid Shooter channel to get a ton of useful info about your camera. Don't forget that you always can use the autofocus capabilities by tapping on the screen to focus. The point is - don't use CONTINUOUS autofocus.

[@jasminethomas1131]

What SD card you use?

[@AllThingsFilm1]

I traded a couple lenses with MPB.com to get the G7. I was wondering if I could use V-log with the G7. But, since you showed that I can create a log like recording, that means I can color grade my footage as well. I, too, shoot manually. Looking forward to when my G7 ships to me. Thanks for the recommendations.

[@bbowman105]

I do shoot in 4K and frame the shot wide. This gives me the option in post to move the frame around within the image.

[@angelyiu9892]

Awesome video!! ❤️ Do you use any stabilisers or gimbals for your videos?

[@AidinRobbins]

Nope, no stabilizers at the moment. Hoping to start using a gimbal soon tho

[@angelyiu9892]

Aidin Robbins oh wow cool! How do you make such smooth shots without using any stabilisers?? 😍😍

[@graphitupinc.3204]

When using a field monitor with the lumix g7 like a (freeworld monitor) does anyone know what in camera settings you use to view what your shooting on the field monitor while your recording. My field monitor is just black with the words displaying “recording in process”

[@brandon2melissa]

Hey man! Super helpful video. How do i adjust the shutter speed and aperture for video? I only see it appear when turned to manual mode or anything side from video

[@RVGFam]

How did you get your mic to work so crisp and the back ground so quiet? Are you using the Rode video mic?

[@AidinRobbins]

Rode VideoMicro :) keep in mind that the lens I filmed this on is hella wide, so I was pretty close to the microphone

[@geebininc7848]

Aidin Robbins which lens was that? You didn’t mention in the description.

[@HindsightWithHustle]

i use the G7 i do youtube videos what are the best settings on Manual Focus? does anything change other than what you mentioned in this video?

[@CrazyWiechu]

Hello, I changed this idea, everything works but when I turn off the camera for the Lumix Log is the exclamation mark now ??????

[@MONST4RxHD]

what lens should i get? for this exact camera. I only want to spend $500 max and i want something for medium to long range

[@KahyohBe]

Hello, Ive watched your channel a lot this is a good tutorial of how to set up your G7, I noticed after I put my camera on silent mode as you showed in this video whenever I record my footage there is no sound but I can see the mic meter moving during recording.... but when I playback my footage there is no sound any tips on what could be my issue

[@cassidystokes9045]

Where are you filming from? I think I've been there!

[@triflow]

I only can film 50FPS with my Lumix G7, How do you record 60?

[@FCTHETRUTH]

SUBBED YOU!! this was great... i been looking for a video like this!!! can you share the best settings for taking PHOTOS? noone ever talks about photo settings on the g7

[@AidinRobbins]

Thanks! My photo settings are pretty much the same, all manual with a flat profile

[@niel363]

I like your hair 😄

[@AidinRobbins]

Haha thank u 💈

[@niel363]

😂😂