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A week of travel with manual focus primes on the GX8

Started Jun 2, 2016 | User reviews thread
jeffharris
jeffharris Forum Pro • Posts: 11,409
Re: A week of travel with manual focus primes on the GX8

Nice write-up! Great camera. Fantastic kit! Looks like a great trip!

The GX8 is damn near perfect for working with manual lenses. I set up the Fn7 button (in front) to trigger magnified view for focusing.

I'm a Voigtländer user, too. 17.5mm, 25mm, 35mm f1.4 Nokton Classic, 42.5mm and 75mm f2.5 Color Heliar. My favorite walkabout kit is the 17.5mm, 42.5mm and 75mm.

For the wide end, I've had my eye on the Kowa 8.5mm, but now I'm waiting to see how the Laowa 7.5mm f2 stacks up… when it's finally released. For now, I blaspheme with a the 7-14mm f4.

 jeffharris's gear list:jeffharris's gear list
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 17.5mm F0.95 Aspherical Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 +26 more
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