Bread and Butter Workhorse Lens: Pan 12-35 f/2.8

wiryawan wrote:

curiosifly wrote:

Thanks. I can't find a GX8 in store near me. But I did hold the GX85 a couple days ago. The grip feels too small for me to hold comfortably. I'm wondering if I can add a larger grip. I always have a dilemma. For example, G7 actually feels really good in my hand. But I'm afraid I won't want to carry it all the time due to size.

ciao

Curiosifly, I agree with the GX85, it too feels uncomfortable in my hand. It is the same size as my GX7, but somehow has a smaller grip than the GX7, so it isn't as easy to hold especially with larger lens like the 12-35. The G7 feels almost like a GH4, and I quite like it, but I still prefer the GX8 because of its rangefinder profile and superior electronic shutter.

The GX8's handling is somewhere between G7 and GX85. More toward the G7 I must say. The front-positioned shutter button really matters.

I used nothing but the G6 for a year and a bit -- feeling from Day 1 very much at home with it. While it did give the impression of being a bigger camera, in fact it occupied much the same hole in space that my E-OL3+VF2 did once you added a lens.

The grip is terrific (the E-PL3 effectively had no grip).

Then I bought a GX7 as back up and gradually it began to take over so now it is my go-to camera. It's grip is different but also very "hand filling" for want of a better term.

BUT recently I did a few days with the G6 exclusively, and at the end of that time, I was in love with it again. Yes, it is bigger, but it is much the same weight with lens fitted.

One of the areas where it really is superior: the EVF.

Looking at he G7, I see a superior camera in virtually every respect. It was a remarkable upgrade from the G6.