Stever,
Schewe, as always, is brutaly direct. I like it because it's transparent. You know what he thinks, no diplomacy, no politically correct but just the truth of his thoughts. We need more of that indeed into this flabby soup customs we are seeing nowdays.
But IMO, it's important to take distance and observing one self. Michael is not going to resolve our part of responsability, wich is testing the gear in real world, having them in hand. What works for him does not necesarly work for you, or me. His indications are relevant, indicative but then you can't rely on anybody when it comes to choose equipment. This site is no exception.
Unless you're living in the Sahara or Gobi desert, there is for sure a good photo dealer at less than 50 miles from home.
A lot of questions can actually being answered just using common sense. The Nex 7 is another generation above the GH2. As tech now evolves fast as you know, this means obviously that the camera belongs to the newest generation and therefore that has consequences in term of performance. (same would be the GH1 and GH2 step).
Does it mean that the GH2 is obsolete? it depends. My aim is motion, in that terrain , the GH2
for me is still a better tool mainly because of the hack and body external functions access. Now, if stills are a concern, the Nex is obviously a more powerfull camera. Then, you have to consider the sensor's size, wich kind of lenses you might want to put etc...For me for example, the smaller sensor size is better because of the type of lenses and workflow I'm using (cine lenses and M39 monut). all those parameters can be deducted by yourself without the help of Michael or any other reviewer.
You can find on internet direct 100% comparaisons of files if that's your concern:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM (select on one side Sony Nex 7 and on the other GH2 and choose the same image settings)
It's clear that the Nex 7 performs better in higher isos, but we knew that. It's totally logical.
Now...if you look carefully at the files at based isos and you are used to post-prod, I'd choose the Panasonic for heavy retouching but the Nex for more "right-out-the-box" output. It depends on a lot of factors.
What will give you MR is a report of how things are working in a daily use. He's always been doing this and this is what differs from other sites. That's a great source of info, but that's also where the limit is: internet won't give us more than we can legitimally ask for. I don't think by the way that MR has ever wanted to compare or do a versus. He moves on with the ultimate gear of this industry. He owned (or still owns a GH2, now owns a Nex, that's a pretty good and enough indication that both cameras are great cameras. But what's the life of a digital gear nowdays? 3 - 4 years max. The Gh2 already has some years, the Nex is a newcomer. Tomorrow MR will own different cameras.
So it seems that many users feel unhappy when their answers are not answered the way they expected, and from there start to questionned if there is not a commercial interest here or there. In this site, there are MF vendors, Phase, Leaf, Hasselblad. Nobody will listen to them just like that.
It's up to each one's responsability to decide ultimatly with the camera in hand. We can't ask others to think for us but just receive impressions, (relative) informations is more than enough.
