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Started Oct 26, 2013 | User reviews thread
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antoineb Veteran Member • Posts: 6,653
makes sense: lower sensor score than my 3 year old D7000

SergeyMS wrote:

Bought GX-7 + 12-35/2,8 lenses, for about 2,000 euro. After day of testing: for such money you can buy much better camera. Focus fast enough, but sometimes have delays, colors good, design inconvenient, IQ is not perfect. Touchscreen changes focus point unexpectedly. Nothing groundbreaking. Right for this camera is twice less.

Thanks for sharing.

I don't think anyone was expecting miracles IQ wise, given the DxO score which at 70 compares with 80 for the APS-C sensor on my 3 year old D7000  (not that I think that DxO scores mean much but in general when there is a large enough difference it can mean something).

However there are other factors:  the GX-7 is smaller lighter and likely has more reliable and precise AF.  And it can film well.  And even more other factors: for example while I have often liked Panasonic's landscape colors (as per the in-camera JPEG engine) on the other hand I have found them to struggle with other situations, such as portraits, when Nikons (or Canons) tend to do very well.

But of course for eur 2'000 you can buy quite a few cameras that will deliver better IQ than a GX-7.

 antoineb's gear list:antoineb's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Olympus TG-610 Nikon D7000 +5 more
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