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Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8?

Started Jul 16, 2015 | Polls thread
Helen
Helen Veteran Member • Posts: 7,606
Re: Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8?

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

0MitchAG wrote:

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

Yes but when the price has dropped. I like just about everything about it. No built in flash is a bit of a nuisance for me so I will have to be able to buy an equivalent very small add on.

It might be shipped with the same flash as the GM5.

is that included in the overall price or does it need to be bought separately

I've seen several articles now that say a flash will NOT be included in the box, in any package (one specifically stated the body only package but didn't mention what would be the case with others; the rest said in any configuration).  Every shot of the GX8 I've seen has the hot shoe cover in place so I can't check the truth of my suspicion, but I wonder whether it doesn't have the necessary power contact for an LX100/GM5-type accessory flash.  Because if it did have that, I can't see why they wouldn't just throw it in.  Whereas it's very unlikely a full-spec flash would be included - hence my suspicion that the GX8 is not compatible with a tiny in-the-box flash.

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