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GX8 v G6 long exposures at night

Started Dec 9, 2015 | Photos thread
OP xelnt Forum Member • Posts: 56
Re: GX8 v G6 long exposures at night

Astrotripper wrote:

xelnt wrote:

I took my new GX8 for its maiden run shooting Aurora's a few nights ago, and before finishing up I took a shot with both my G6 and GX8 with the same settings (2500iso, F1.8, 13 seconds). Imported and pushed the exposure by +3 (nothing else done) with the results below.

Thanks for sharing this. I was wondering how big of an improvement it is, and as expected, it's significant.

It is certainly an improvement, however I do wonder if the G7 at 16mp may have been a better choice for this type of shot.

No, it would not. It would be roughly the same as G6 (probably a bit better, but not by much).

Those 16MP sensors from Panasonic exhibit really high levels of dark current, and that's probably the reason they do not have a real Bulb mode. GX8 does not have this problem. It can make 30 minute exposures, and behaves very well at long exposures. The only other Panasonic cameras that can handle long exposures well are GH3 and GH4.

Interesting - thanks for that. This was the first time out under the stars with the GX8 so I haven't worked out how far I can push it - I know the limits of the G6 and now I need to figure out how far I can push the GX8.

And grab one of those rumoured 12mm F1.2 Olympus lenses...

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