When I was out and about today, I headed over to Best Buy. Unfortunately, not only did they have a G5X II that I could handle and look at, they also even had one in stock that I could buy then and there. The demo model was next to a G7X II, so I could compare sizes easily. The difference was not noticeable. Any pocket one will fit, the other one should, too. They also had the G7X III in stock, but I didn't notice whether they had one for display on the counter.
A clerk came over and to his credit, he asked me if I had looked at the Sonys. I told him I had, and gave him the reasons I have mentioned around here before that neither version seemed a good fit for what I take when traveling. We went over the pros and cons of the G7X II and III vs. the G5X II. I decided that since I was fairly sure I was going to buy the 5 eventually, through the miracle of plastic, I saw no reason to wait.
I tried out a few things this afternoon. I made this video, using default settings, other than changing between 4K and 1080p. Since they use the same bitrate, there shouldn't be a lot of difference. The color difference may have more to do with change of light. I assume that what FCP X did was upsample the 1080p to 4K. I ran it through Compressor for posting. You can watch the short video here. I first tried out the camera with video of my ceiling fan, before I figured out how to put it in 4K mode. You have to have the dial set for video before it will let you choose 4K. If you shoot in any other mode, I will go by whatever you last chose among the others. Here is the unexpurgated, straight-out-of-the-camera 4K version of "As the Ceiling Fan Turns." Again, everything was set on auto.
I also took some quick stills at 120mm equivalent on the 5 and 100mm equivalent on the 7. Here are 100% crops near center and at the corner of each:
A clerk came over and to his credit, he asked me if I had looked at the Sonys. I told him I had, and gave him the reasons I have mentioned around here before that neither version seemed a good fit for what I take when traveling. We went over the pros and cons of the G7X II and III vs. the G5X II. I decided that since I was fairly sure I was going to buy the 5 eventually, through the miracle of plastic, I saw no reason to wait.
I tried out a few things this afternoon. I made this video, using default settings, other than changing between 4K and 1080p. Since they use the same bitrate, there shouldn't be a lot of difference. The color difference may have more to do with change of light. I assume that what FCP X did was upsample the 1080p to 4K. I ran it through Compressor for posting. You can watch the short video here. I first tried out the camera with video of my ceiling fan, before I figured out how to put it in 4K mode. You have to have the dial set for video before it will let you choose 4K. If you shoot in any other mode, I will go by whatever you last chose among the others. Here is the unexpurgated, straight-out-of-the-camera 4K version of "As the Ceiling Fan Turns." Again, everything was set on auto.
I also took some quick stills at 120mm equivalent on the 5 and 100mm equivalent on the 7. Here are 100% crops near center and at the corner of each:
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