The Everyday Kitchen: A Comparative Review of Two Cameras

We're glad to have you here today, and welcome to The Everyday Kitchen. Unfortunately, we can't go outside like we normally would because there's a hurricane coming, and it's been raining out here for like two days straight now. That being said, let's get on with the cameras. I personally think both are fantastic. The A5100 has been my trusty sidekick for about a month now, and it's an awesome all-in-one package. On the other hand, the G7 was used for months as part of my YouTube channel setup, and it really turned into a workhorse that I relied on heavily. Both cameras are fantastic in different ways.

One of the things we're going to see right now is the autofocus. The Sony A5100 boasts phase detection instead of contrast-based autofocus. I'm currently using the Lumix, which is a great camera by itself, but it lacks some features that make the Sony stand out. I can see here that the G7 is in focus, and that's awesome, but you'll probably notice some hunting in the background. The Sony A5100, on the other hand, locks onto the subject immediately without any issues. While autofocus performance is crucial for quick turnaround online content, it's not the only factor to consider.

There are many features beyond autofocus that make a camera stand out. One such feature is audio quality. Currently, I'm hearing the Rode Wireless Lavalier system plugged straight into the G7. The G7 has excellent preamps and an audio-in jack, which allows for professional-grade audio quality. The Sony A5100 lacks this feature, which could be a deal-breaker depending on your video workflow. It's worth noting that both cameras are great for vlogging, and with the right accessories, you can achieve high-quality footage.

Now that we've talked enough about the cameras, let's get back to the studio and do some additional tests. We'll compare the two cameras in low-light conditions to see how they perform. I've decided to shoot a scene using both cameras and compare their performance. We'll see which one performs better, and make some conclusions based on our findings.

After conducting our tests, we can conclude that both cameras are fantastic in different ways. The Sony A5100 is super fast with autofocus and features an APS-C sensor that devours low-light situations. However, it lacks an audio jack, which could be a problem for those who need professional-grade audio quality. On the other hand, the Lumix G7 boasts a fully articulating touchscreen, 4K 30 frames per second, and excellent preamps. These features make it an ideal choice for content creators who want to work efficiently.

However, there are some drawbacks to both cameras. The Sony A5100 can overheat if used extensively for long periods of time, which could be a problem for those who do a lot of continuous recording. On the other hand, the Lumix G7 has autofocus issues that could be frustrating when trying to get focus on your subject quickly.

Ultimately, the choice between these two cameras depends on what you want out of a camera. Do you want a super small auto-focusing powerhouse or an all-in-one workhorse that can handle everything? Both cameras are great options and are not bad choices in their own right. They're both fantastic at what they do, and it just depends on your specific needs.

As we wrap up this article, I want to emphasize the importance of considering multiple factors beyond autofocus performance when choosing a camera. Audio quality, touchscreen functionality, and overall features all play a crucial role in determining which camera is best for you. With that said, both cameras are fantastic options, and it's ultimately up to you to decide which one suits your needs.

In conclusion, we've covered the key features and drawbacks of both the Sony A5100 and Lumix G7 cameras. While neither camera is perfect, they're both great choices for content creators who want high-quality footage without breaking the bank. Whether you need a super fast auto-focusing powerhouse or an all-in-one workhorse, there's a camera out there for you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: encreating online content doesn't have to be expensive the sony a 5100 is a highly capable budget camera with super fast autofocus a rare flip up screen and Sony's super versatile aps-c sensor the Lumix g7 on the other hand is an all-in-one package that not only has a fully articulating touchscreen but also shoots 4k for less than a quarter of the price of some of the competition which one of these wins as an awesome budget content creation camera let's find out what's up everyone I'm the everyday dad and if I can figure it out you can figure it out today we continue the hunt for the best budget camera for creating videos on your online content whether it be YouTube Instagram Facebook etc on Monday we found out that the Lumix g7 is a highly capable camera that will not break the bank personally it's what I used for the first eight months of my channel and darn it if it doesn't still impress me almost a year later and it kind of makes me rethink my own camera systems it's darn good the a 5100 on the other hand is the current reigning champion of my super budget recommendations it's very small very light and packs a lot of awesome features into a camera that only cost me $300 yeah the hills can be had all around on both of these little behemoths diseased behemoths behemoths and if you'd like to get either of these cameras after watching because why wouldn't you cameras are awesome there will definitely be links in the description for both systems however let's make sure we are all on the same page and let's cover the basic specs of both cameras now I do try to mention this as often as possible but I am NOT a photographer nor am ia professional videographer I'm just a regular guy that makes home videos and YouTube videos so the specs that matter to me might not line up for you if you do those other aspects va 5100 is a super small camera from mega camera Corp Sony it is an effective 24 megapixel camera it has Sony's very own aps-c sized CMOS sensor and can take the ever popular email lenses if you recorded up to 1080p 60 frames per second and in a rarity for Sony cameras has an articulating screen that not only articulates but is touch enabled for focus that's that's shocking when it comes to cameras the real strength of the sony a 5100 though is its autofocus system it comes equipped with Sony's seriously performing autofocus system with a hundred and seventy-nine phase detection point meaning you don't really have to worry if you are actually going to be in focus if you spend the majority of your time here you know in front of the camera the Lumix g7 on the other hand is a little larger but it is also super small for a DSLR styled mirrorless camera it comes equipped with a 16 megapixel camera and it runs the staple of the Panasonic line a micro 4/3 sensor and again that comes with the very versatile Micro Four Thirds mount that can adapt darn near any lens in existence I mean it is super versatile it can recording up to a very beautiful 4k 30 frames per second and comes with a fully articulating touchscreen something this and all Panasonic cameras do really well is it comes with an audio in Jack and some really good preamps built straight into the camera the real main strength of the g7 is it's an all-in-one package that and it doesn't really need anything else to turn it into a workhorse of a camera I mean it by itself is almost a complete all-in-one package okay we've talked enough at the cameras let's go do some additional tests whoo and welcome to the everyday kitchen we can't go outside like we normally would because there's a hurricane coming and it's been raining out here for like two days straight now parade thanks nature so what we're gonna do now is we're gonna do a quick comparison of the two cameras now I personally think both are fantastic you know the a 5100 I've been using for about a month now it's amazing it's an awesome all-in-one package the g7 I used for months just starting my YouTube channel and it really turned into a workhorse that I used all the time but they're both fantastic in different ways and one of the things we're gonna see right now is the autofocus so the autofocus on the Sony is you know it's way better it is phase detection instead of contrast based autofocus the Lumix will you know I can see right here I am now in focus which is awesome but you'll probably notice some hunting in the background I'm sure I'll zoom in on one of these points the Sony it just locks on that phase detection stays on there but a camera's not made solely on autofocus performance you know despite what some angry youtubers would say you really got to look at some other features so like right now the audio you're hearing is the rode Wireless lavalier system plug straight into the g7 because the g7 has awesome preamps and it audio-in Jack which the Sony doesn't have so there currently is no perfect camera out there but for these two budget Titans it's pretty good and this is about as good as vlogging so we're gonna get today cuz uh hurricane's so audio and autofocus are two really big deals when it comes to quick turnaround online content so that's what you're really gonna get out of these two cameras okay back to the studio and we're back okay so now let's do a very quick low-light and let's just you know what let's close out the rest of the video with these two cameras okay so we well I've decided that that both cameras are actually pretty darn good but which one comes out on top dramatic pause well they both do Supercop at mode initiated like I mentioned earlier they are both Ausmus what they are specifically designed to do against what you actually need them to do hopefully that makes more sense you know then I think you probably did they're basically good at what they're designed for the major benefits of the a 5100 are super fast autofocus flip up screen Sony's aps-c sensor which devours low-light situations especially for the price the benefits of the g7 are the fully articulating touchscreen a nice 4k 30 frames per second wonderful preamps that you're hearing right now and enough manual control to really get the settings dialed in quickly and efficiently but neither camera are perfect and there are a few things that might make you want to pick something else the major negatives of the a 5100 no audio jack and the real potential deal-breaker depending on you know how your video workflow goes is overheating many of these small Sony cameras have problems with heat management it's really down to Sony packing an awful lot of tech into those tiny small bodies and that just that causes problems when the sensor generates so much heat that it can't compensate now I've personally only had the overheat indicator warning turn on while leaving it on for a 30 minute clip but I've never personally had it turn off from overheating so if you do lots of little clips like I do you probably won't run into this issue but if you do lots of long continuous recording you'll probably run into overheating problems and when it comes to the Lumix the only real negative is the autofocus I mentioned this during the Monday video but the g7 works off of a contrast based autofocus system so it has two a little bit to find focus and that's a real problem with making videos you can use the very functional Panasonic app to pull focus for you it's very nice to not have to fiddle with a camera once you have it set up so at the end of the day which one works out best for you really depends on what you want out of a camera do you want a super small auto focusing powerhouse or do you want a compact all-in-one workhorse that you can legitimately run an entire YouTube studio with I love both and neither is a bad option nor neither is actually a bad choice they're both really great at what they do it just depends on what you I'm plenty of Oh cameras right now it just depends on what you want thanks for watchingcreating online content doesn't have to be expensive the sony a 5100 is a highly capable budget camera with super fast autofocus a rare flip up screen and Sony's super versatile aps-c sensor the Lumix g7 on the other hand is an all-in-one package that not only has a fully articulating touchscreen but also shoots 4k for less than a quarter of the price of some of the competition which one of these wins as an awesome budget content creation camera let's find out what's up everyone I'm the everyday dad and if I can figure it out you can figure it out today we continue the hunt for the best budget camera for creating videos on your online content whether it be YouTube Instagram Facebook etc on Monday we found out that the Lumix g7 is a highly capable camera that will not break the bank personally it's what I used for the first eight months of my channel and darn it if it doesn't still impress me almost a year later and it kind of makes me rethink my own camera systems it's darn good the a 5100 on the other hand is the current reigning champion of my super budget recommendations it's very small very light and packs a lot of awesome features into a camera that only cost me $300 yeah the hills can be had all around on both of these little behemoths diseased behemoths behemoths and if you'd like to get either of these cameras after watching because why wouldn't you cameras are awesome there will definitely be links in the description for both systems however let's make sure we are all on the same page and let's cover the basic specs of both cameras now I do try to mention this as often as possible but I am NOT a photographer nor am ia professional videographer I'm just a regular guy that makes home videos and YouTube videos so the specs that matter to me might not line up for you if you do those other aspects va 5100 is a super small camera from mega camera Corp Sony it is an effective 24 megapixel camera it has Sony's very own aps-c sized CMOS sensor and can take the ever popular email lenses if you recorded up to 1080p 60 frames per second and in a rarity for Sony cameras has an articulating screen that not only articulates but is touch enabled for focus that's that's shocking when it comes to cameras the real strength of the sony a 5100 though is its autofocus system it comes equipped with Sony's seriously performing autofocus system with a hundred and seventy-nine phase detection point meaning you don't really have to worry if you are actually going to be in focus if you spend the majority of your time here you know in front of the camera the Lumix g7 on the other hand is a little larger but it is also super small for a DSLR styled mirrorless camera it comes equipped with a 16 megapixel camera and it runs the staple of the Panasonic line a micro 4/3 sensor and again that comes with the very versatile Micro Four Thirds mount that can adapt darn near any lens in existence I mean it is super versatile it can recording up to a very beautiful 4k 30 frames per second and comes with a fully articulating touchscreen something this and all Panasonic cameras do really well is it comes with an audio in Jack and some really good preamps built straight into the camera the real main strength of the g7 is it's an all-in-one package that and it doesn't really need anything else to turn it into a workhorse of a camera I mean it by itself is almost a complete all-in-one package okay we've talked enough at the cameras let's go do some additional tests whoo and welcome to the everyday kitchen we can't go outside like we normally would because there's a hurricane coming and it's been raining out here for like two days straight now parade thanks nature so what we're gonna do now is we're gonna do a quick comparison of the two cameras now I personally think both are fantastic you know the a 5100 I've been using for about a month now it's amazing it's an awesome all-in-one package the g7 I used for months just starting my YouTube channel and it really turned into a workhorse that I used all the time but they're both fantastic in different ways and one of the things we're gonna see right now is the autofocus so the autofocus on the Sony is you know it's way better it is phase detection instead of contrast based autofocus the Lumix will you know I can see right here I am now in focus which is awesome but you'll probably notice some hunting in the background I'm sure I'll zoom in on one of these points the Sony it just locks on that phase detection stays on there but a camera's not made solely on autofocus performance you know despite what some angry youtubers would say you really got to look at some other features so like right now the audio you're hearing is the rode Wireless lavalier system plug straight into the g7 because the g7 has awesome preamps and it audio-in Jack which the Sony doesn't have so there currently is no perfect camera out there but for these two budget Titans it's pretty good and this is about as good as vlogging so we're gonna get today cuz uh hurricane's so audio and autofocus are two really big deals when it comes to quick turnaround online content so that's what you're really gonna get out of these two cameras okay back to the studio and we're back okay so now let's do a very quick low-light and let's just you know what let's close out the rest of the video with these two cameras okay so we well I've decided that that both cameras are actually pretty darn good but which one comes out on top dramatic pause well they both do Supercop at mode initiated like I mentioned earlier they are both Ausmus what they are specifically designed to do against what you actually need them to do hopefully that makes more sense you know then I think you probably did they're basically good at what they're designed for the major benefits of the a 5100 are super fast autofocus flip up screen Sony's aps-c sensor which devours low-light situations especially for the price the benefits of the g7 are the fully articulating touchscreen a nice 4k 30 frames per second wonderful preamps that you're hearing right now and enough manual control to really get the settings dialed in quickly and efficiently but neither camera are perfect and there are a few things that might make you want to pick something else the major negatives of the a 5100 no audio jack and the real potential deal-breaker depending on you know how your video workflow goes is overheating many of these small Sony cameras have problems with heat management it's really down to Sony packing an awful lot of tech into those tiny small bodies and that just that causes problems when the sensor generates so much heat that it can't compensate now I've personally only had the overheat indicator warning turn on while leaving it on for a 30 minute clip but I've never personally had it turn off from overheating so if you do lots of little clips like I do you probably won't run into this issue but if you do lots of long continuous recording you'll probably run into overheating problems and when it comes to the Lumix the only real negative is the autofocus I mentioned this during the Monday video but the g7 works off of a contrast based autofocus system so it has two a little bit to find focus and that's a real problem with making videos you can use the very functional Panasonic app to pull focus for you it's very nice to not have to fiddle with a camera once you have it set up so at the end of the day which one works out best for you really depends on what you want out of a camera do you want a super small auto focusing powerhouse or do you want a compact all-in-one workhorse that you can legitimately run an entire YouTube studio with I love both and neither is a bad option nor neither is actually a bad choice they're both really great at what they do it just depends on what you I'm plenty of Oh cameras right now it just depends on what you want thanks for watching\n"