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EPM2 or GX1?

Started Oct 2, 2016 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: EPM2 or GX1?

Love my GX1. Especially when paired with LVF2, would give similar shooting experience to the more recent models like GX7/GX85.

Grown up with film slr for 30+ years and G1 be my first digital ILC, thought dslr form factor might be my must requirement down the road of upgrade. Surprisingly, GX1 changed my mind forever and select GX7 and GX85 instead of G7...

In terms of ergonomics the more physical buttons and touch LCD of GX1 allowing faster/easier setting than GF3 (more close to the simpler design of EPM2). It also has a more full set of features then GF3, close to any mid range models of its time (not sure the entry class EPM2 would be better). Had been my main camera for 2 years (upgraded to GX7 but was robbed by my wife leaving me GX1 for one more year ) producing not obvious worse result than GX7/GX85 (except for the higher ISO department). Shutter shock is not obvious on my older lenses like 7-14, 14-45 and 45-200 etc but 14-140 M2 might not always as sharp as comparing to the e-shutter of GX7 or GX85....

I would keep both, having GX1 (more feature rich) as main camera and EMP2 as back up. When under more demanding shooting environment, you would find the usefulness of a camera having more physical controls than a simplier one.

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Albert

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