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GX8 v G6 long exposures at night

Started Dec 9, 2015 | Photos thread
Impulses Forum Pro • Posts: 10,039
Re: GX8 v G6 long exposures at night

Astrotripper wrote:

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.

Can you point me to where I can see a comparison please? This is very interesting - long exposure noise is definitely not a strong point of my GX7 / GM1 combo.

Richard Wong indicated that progress had been made in this area in his review (link below), but did not have any examples. I have not seen any published.

http://photobyrichard.com/reviewbyrichard/panasonic-lumix-gx8-review/

I have been considering the GX8, but also the EM10 II which has the advantages of those live composite / bulb modes.

Check out some of the Cameralabs reviews... I'm not sure which Panasonic reviews he tested for long exposure noise in, but I do remember seeing at least one comparison within the E-M5 II review (where he compared it to the E-M1 which has a Panasonic sensor).

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