Hi to all; does anyone know if it is possible to use a wireless wifi reciever with the G6. Like if you need to send the video signal to an external monitor like in a steadicam or such things.

Yes, i knew, in fact i tried today and it works.

However, what i was thinking was to use an external wifi reciever (not a smartphone or a tablet) wich can output a sdi signal that can be sent to an another monitor

Have lurked for awhile hoping for a hack on the G6, but looks unlikely with 4K already out. I still like the camera having got it recently. Have experimented with an anamorphic projector lens on an old prime with some pleasing results, though for pulling focus or quick setups, it is not great! Here's a link to my first test. Vimeo sure takes the sharpness out though.

You can also check and try to get used GH3.

As for narrow DOF. Usually small DOF is used very rarely in practice. If you want DOF like on bigger sensor cameras, or want faster lenses - http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/9086/rj-lens-turbo-m43-adapters#Item_447

Thank you for the quick replies! I'm really sorry if I came over straight up arrogant a bit, but the more I read the more I realise I know nothing about cameras and it's really tough and frustrating to decide which camera to buy. I guess I have more lighting than I need lying around my apartment so that's no problem. Getting a used GH3 is going to be a bit more expensive than it should be, since I'm in europe, it's gonna go up to 700€ (body only) that I cannot spend right now. It's going to be either the T3i or the G6, whereby I kind of opt for the G6.

@dishe Why compare the G6 to the NX30? Well - why not... basically that's what I'm asking. Some of the reasons are it has uncompressed HDMI out. It has a bigger sensor. It's price should drop quite quickly to the same level. But the way, the technical data sheet says it has 24fps - and it seems to be region switchable. Especially 30fps are much more important to me and something the G6 does not have for us people in Germany. It's EVF should be better than that of the G6 and from what can be read about the picture quality, it's said to be good to perfect (not my words). It does 1080p60, has NFC and WIFI, it also can be remote controlled with a tablet or smartphone, it has full control of external audio in, full manual video control, it also has focus peaking,... it just has many features that are what many of us are looking for.

As there is no information about video quality anywhere - at least I couldn't find anything about it - I'm asking here: Could the NX30 be a serious competitor of the G6.

5 months ago I took my Panasonic G6 on a journey to tell the story of our local filmmaking community here in Jamaica. I have come to this site before as a resource of good help. I now share with you the culmination of that work, my short documentary "Just Action". All of the content you see was filmed on the G6 along with some of the audio. Hope you enjoy!

Just Action - Behind The Scenes of Jamaican Filmmaking from David Boncrek Johnson on Vimeo.

@claim if you're a totally newbie filmmaker with not much cash then the Panasonic G6 is the blatantly obvious choice to make, just go for it!! :-)

The #2 choice after the G6 in its price range would be the Sony A6000, #3= choice after that would be the Nikon D5200/D5300. But I'd say a Panasonic G6 is clear winner over those if you're new to this, due to its features. As for Canon... NOTHING Canon makes in this price range comes anywhere near as good as the ones I just mentioned.

For myself, I personally most recently went with getting a Nikon D5200. But if you're total new to this I'd still recommend you go with the Panasonic G6 instead. I only went with a D5200 instead because I knew very very specifically what I wanted and what trade offs I'd find acceptable, but it still was a tough choice for me between the G6 vs A6000 vs D5200! So if you're starting out with no experience, don't worry about that and just get the Panasonic G6.

For those who have slightly different budget requirements who might be reading this, if you've got a lot more money to spend then the Panasonic GH4 is an easy choice over the G6 (but double check your budget! As the body is a small part of the overall budget, once you add it up... you might realise a G6 is a more sensible choice for you), and if you've got a much smaller budget then the clear winner here is to get a second hand Panasonic GH1 (which is what I did myself for my first camera, it served me very well!).

I highly recommend taking a look at this webpage:

I found it very useful when I was starting out, and it is still broadly applicable to anybody starting out with any other Micro Four Thirds camera. The key difference I'd note is buy all your lenses for a Nikon F mount (as is the best way to "future proof" your investment) and use the RJ Lens Turbo (it isn't mentioned in the webpage before, because focal reducers didn't exist back then for m4/3, it is a relative recent development which is a huge game changer): http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/9086/rj-lens-turbo-m43-adapters/p1

@KDLproductions Very good work and grading!! what scenes were shooted with the G6?

And in particular, in what scenes have you used the Canon FD 50mm F1.4 with RJ Lens Turbo? I was very interested in this "couple" but I haven't found vimeo test ;)

Short thing shot with the G6 at 50p (3 shots with gopro and 2 with 5dmk2 and mosaic filter - rest G6). Shot in natural dialled all way down in contrast and -2 saturation. Sharpness at default. 50p is nice on the G6 and holds up quite well in grading.

@matthere @claim The BMPCC (in ProRes) is a good idea, however you have to consider the extra cost for SD cards, wide lenses or speedbooster too ;) and a decent pc for heavy color grading... I think that the total cost for the BMPCC plus lenses like the Panasonic 12-35mm or Sigma 18-35 1.8 + speedbooster would exceed the GH4, which is more user-friendly camera...

@KDLproductions thanks for your detailed info! :)

I'm kind of thinking about waiting for the GH3 to become cheaper.