My video rig has taken a little while and is not settled yet, but I have seen enough to know what I would do again differently.
The Niceyrig cage is great. The fit is very good considering it fits most Panasonic MFT cameras. Smallrig made a dedicated one for the G9, but it lacked the same real estate and could not be re-purposed if I went into a GH5/5s later and it still cost twice as much.
The top handles have forced much re-thinking. If I went again, I would have just gone for the 1446b or a wooden Camvate, and the direct screw-in type.
A side handle is still in the air also. I am torn between no handle (left hand is focussing most of the time anyway), the mini top handle I have employed partly as a protective bumper bar for my HDMI input, a proper side handle (coming), or something I have not yet discovered. The mini top handle is functional, but I keep adjusting it since mounting the monitor. That may also be because the monitor is in the wrong place.
The 759 monitor is a real surprise. I am equally impressed by its clarity and contrast and its usefulness. The thing really does make a difference. Latency has not been an issue and battery life is good. I don’t even know what half the features do yet, so it is more advanced than I. Perfect.
The biggect issues I have had with the onitor have been cabling. It is hard to find locally the right angled fittings and cable length/gauge. Several misses on line have resulted in a cupboard full of left overs, but at least I have spares. The Smallrig ultra thin 55mm HDMI cable and a single right angle adapter eventually did the job.
Mounting mics has been problematic, mostly because of my choice of mics. The Zoom H series require some real estate and a lot of vibration dampening, especially for run and gun mounting. I am sorely tempted to get a Diety D3 (not pro), simply to up my on board shotgun performance, but have not found a lot of comparison reviews that indicate it will make a huge difference to my existing mini shotguns (the Neewer reigns supreme at the moment).
I may need to go an NTG or MKE 600 to make any real difference and then I am competing directly with my SSH6 Zoom capsule. I do not regret the H5 for its versatility, but the shotgun, bought for static interviews and productions, is not probably a realistic on camera option for movement.
The reality is with mics, any that are close enough will do a decent job. Asking more of them than that leads to problems only a lot of money can solve.
This brings up the role of sound though. Much of the on the go footage I will be capturing is going to be sound track or voiced over. I may never need a shotgun mic for that type of shooting. Maybe an area cover or no mic at all is better and maybe a mini shotgun will be near enough if needed? Still might grab the D3, just in case.