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It's time to replace the carry around camera

Started Oct 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
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papillon_65 wrote:

Louis_Dobson wrote:

Ah, I missed the lack of IBIS. That's a major PITA, but still you can't have everything.
Short battery life too.

The batteries are very small, cheap and easy to obtain, unless you're shooting a lot one freshly charged will usually do to be honest. There are some compromises but the IQ really is very good from such small cameras.

pro: silent electronic shutter: since I use the GX7, silent mode is ON exclusively.

con: reduced color depth on GM5 with electronic shutter

papillon_65 wrote:

Louis_Dobson wrote:

Thanks all for the discussion.
I had not seriously considered the GM5 because I didn't realise it has a built in viewfinder.
Perfect camera on paper. Why does anyone buy anything else? What have I missed?

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Probably the main reasons are that it doesn't have IBIS and for some people it's too small and fiddly. I have the GM1 and think it's great with the tiny but excellent pancake zoom, truly pocketable, and its a stabilised lens.

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