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2. hand gh3 or fz-1000 for video?

Hey forum, i have decided to make a temporary upgrade to my camera, originally i wanted to upgrade to the GH4 but looking at my skills and finances the jump from my current d5100 seemed a little big and it would take me too long to scrape together them money.

 

So i decided to look a bit lower priced and buy secondhand so i can sell it again when im better and have the money to upgrade to maybe the gh4.

I only use my camera for making music videos for youtube but do so quite frequently (2-4 videos a month). My current setup is a d5100 with 2 lenses the kit-lens and a 35mm 1.8.
I can't decide between getting a Gh3 with a Decent lens like a 20mm 1.7 or go for the Fz-1000's 4K video. I really only use my 35mm lens as of now and are doing fine since most angles of a music video can be achieved just moving the camera around.

 

the Gh3 with lens would set me back around 150$ more, so which camera do you think would get me the best results and work best as a stepping stone camera before making a bigger jump in the future when im better at using them and have a little more cash?

 

Thanks in advance for the answers! i really appreciate it !

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SINP

 

What about the G7, its half the price of the GH4 and shoots 4k

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waow ! i did not know the camera existed, love the specs, perfect middle ground camera for what i need! still a bit over my budget new with a lens but i should be able to gather the money much quicker than for the gh4. A shame it's so new though, makes it very hard to find a secondhand one which i would be able to afford right away :P but i think i found my camera now to gather a little more money and then we're ready for som 4k magic :P
Thank you so much!

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Thank you so much!

 

Ask and ye shall receive :P

 

yeah its a baby GH4, not really losing out on much, its nearly identical spec and feature wise

 

Dont forget to get a UH3 SD card :P and some good audio!!!

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yeahh with files that big a good SD card is needed :D and audio quality is no problem as i do "lip sync" music videos and im a musical producer så alle audio is recorded in a professional studio :D

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yeahh with files that big a good SD card is needed :D and audio quality is no problem as i do "lip sync" music videos and im a musical producer så alle audio is recorded in a professional studio :D

 

FAST SD too, or you will have dropped frames or failure to record

 

Oh thats good glad the audio will be good

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