LUMIX G85

Panasonic G9 or G85/90 second hand will be good for video.

Camera “phone” or if you have a budget g85 with mechanical lens for cheap. Medium budget Panasonic s5ii and a lens. Audio need shure 7mb or similar based on budget xlr is king. Good mixer so many options. Just make sure it’s 32 bit float. Helps in post Editing. Davinci…. That’s all you need!

M43 sensors are iso-variant from around base ISO to ISO 6400, give or take a stop or so depending on which specific camera you're working with. All things being equal otherwise, using higher ISO beats lifting in post on M43 sensors. Carefully executed ETTR, will in fact result in an image with more

E-M5 III, OM-5 on the olympus side for something similarly sized but pricier G85 on the Lumix/Panasonic side; similar price but bulkier. https://camerasize.com/compact/#673,835,689,ha,f

Camera; Panasonic DMC-G85 Captured: Wed, 08 July 2026 4:44 PM Focal length: 150.0 mm Aperture: ƒ/4.5 ISO: 1250 Flash: Off, did not fire Exposure time: 1/320 second(s) At high ISO, some details get smeared during in camera JPG processing. Which probably prompted the 1st comment "why does it look like

G9 is the cheapest camera I could tolerate for video but you have to use Lumix lenses or the autofocus will suck. If I had mostly OM lenses an OM3 would be the cheapest video camera I would want to use. G9II is objectively the best value MFT video camera. But if you’re using Olympus lenses on it the

Some of the older full frame canons DSLRs is probably your best bet. They're cheap and plentiful on the used market. Ditto for the lenses. Your other option is the crop Sensor Sony a6xxxx range. I think they might be over your budget once you add lenses. The even more budget option is Panasonic or O

The GH5 and G9 are the top picks. After that, G85 and G7 are pretty tied, but I’ve owned both and the G85 build quality, ibis, improved shutter mechanism, weather resistance, and dual battery grip is worth it. If you need reliable autofocus for video, around that price you’re limited to the e-M1ii,E

You could be me. I stated on the g85 as it was called in Ireland too. Have a GH7 now and the AF has really opened up more movement and play. But still use a GH5 as a second camera. With the right grade it can blow people away. Have a FX30 too - via work- can’t deal with the menu systems and ergonomi

Strongly seconding this, though I would recommend the Olympus 12-40 2.8 over the Panasonic 12-35 (which still is a great lens, mind) The Panasonic is smaller, but with a camera as big as the G9, the Olympus handles better in the hand imo It has somewhat better optical performance too which isn't a d