IQ GX7 compared to G6

saudidave wrote:

dulynoted wrote:

the ergonomics of the g6 are possibly the best any camera has ever had. They are perfect. With a few control changes it would be flawless handling wise.

I find that a rather surprising statement! The G6 handling was pretty lousy as far as I'm concerned. I had one and sold it because of handling issues then bought a second and after a while sold that too. It's almost impossible to carry it in your right hand without hitting the display button and adjusting the exposure compensation with the rear dial usually results in pressing it in and changing the actual exposure instead of the compensation. Both these issues have been discussed in forums ad nauseum. I and many others fashioned foam washers around the display/ review buttons to prevent accidental pressing. The number of grab shots missed because the settings had been inadvertently changed when I raised the camera up was impossible to remember.

It successor, the G7 has the best ergonomics ever - it's a whole different ball game than the G6.

In my experience, the G6 handling is excellent except for that area under the thumb. The problem is that the thumb rest area is a bit low and there is a lack of purchase for the thumb further down because the body rolls away.

The GX7 is flatter and the body extends out a few more mm to the right (looking at it from the back as you hold it) providing a rest for the thumb lower down so the buttons are not accidentally pressed.

I have made a rude, crude, and awful looking adaptation to the body to overcome this and it works perfectly. Basically, I have built up the thumb rest a little and put a little lump of stuff on the right of the 4-way to provide purchase for the lower areas of the thumb there.

Rude, crude, and rough as guts (as we used to say) it might be, but it works perfectly.

HOWEVER -- there are better solutions around. The best is in a thread about the same problem with the GX8 . The writer shapes a very nice little lumpy thing with epoxy clay. His very good looking solution works perfectly, he says. He did not built up the thumb rest as I did on the G6.

The GX8 shares the G6's problem (and the G7's I suspecct) despite being wider because of the extra space at the back taken up by the new fully articulated screen and its hinge.

Do not look st this picture of what I did to the G6 if you have a weak stomach!