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Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8?

Started Jul 16, 2015 | Polls thread
brentbrent Veteran Member • Posts: 5,766
Re: Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8? -- No
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richj20 wrote:

  • Too expensive
  • I prefer the smaller size GX7 for my uses (only with primes)
  • I prefer the tilt screen of the GX7 for my uses
  • No built-in flash (I use a built-in flash quite often)
  • It has nothing new that attracts me enough to shell out that much money

I agree with this, except I only occasionally use the GX7's built-in flash. I have no weather-sealed lenses, so that feature only adds expense (and size?). 20MP doesn't matter to me, and I just bought a G7 that I can use if I want to play with 4K stills or video, or take advantage of DFD.

I'll be interested to see the sensor's raw IQ, and how the dual IS works. The GX7 hit a sweet spot for me (size, tilt screen, flash) that the GX8 misses. I'm sure the EVF is great, but I've been OK with the GX7's EVF.

Bottom line, I may consider getting the GX8, but probably only down the road when the price drops. I'd have to handle one and be convinced it has significant improvements that are meaningful to me, before I could make the mental adjustment to wanting one. Or I may skip it and see what the GX9 looks like. Maybe Panasonic will swing back toward GX7 size and features.

Or perhaps the GM10 will grow to be the actual upgrade to the GX7, like the GX1 became the real upgrade to the GF1.

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