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Talk Me Out of Panasonic G7

Started May 3, 2016 | Discussions thread
G Rash Senior Member • Posts: 2,890
Re: Talk Me Out of Panasonic G7
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Iku-Turso wrote:

Well, if you don't care for 4k video and haven't written Olympus off I'd suggest lookingat Olympus E-M1 + 12-40 f/2.8. Why?.....

I seriously considered the E-M1 when I bought the G7 and frankly, I was a little concerned about the reports on this forum of multiple strap lug failures and multiple dial failures.  And a search on here when I had an EVF issue on my EM5 Mark ii revealed the EM-1 can have the same issue I had on my EM5 of the EVF getting messed up if you have strong positive diopter adjustment dialed in and then let any bright sunlight hit the EVF, such as what happened with my EM5 Mark ii with it just hanging against my chest on a sunny day.  I've carried older Panny G series cameras that way for years and never had EVF damage, so I was shocked when it happened on my EM5 Mark ii.  I'm sure lots of users don't have these issues, but the reported problems convinced me to avoid the E-M1.

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