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Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8?

Started Jul 16, 2015 | Polls thread
s_grins
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Re: Will you upgrade from GX7 to a GX8?

brentbrent wrote:

Helen wrote:

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.

I'm betting the hot shoe does have that power contact. I can imagine them thinking that it's a "serious" camera for photographers who will want a full-feature flash, so they will save the expense of including a little flash with every camera, keeping the price down a bit. Users can always buy a GM5 flash if they want one (or better, the Oly swivel equivalent).

They keep hot shoe hidden under cover. I'm not sure there is a power pin to feed a flash from camera battery

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