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Gx85 for Travel?

Started Mar 18, 2017 | Discussions thread
Jeff4500
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Re: Gx85 for Travel?

I appreciate all of the thoughtful responses. A couple of things. I love my Gx8's, and if it were only me taking the trips, I'd use my Gx8's, 9-18, 12-35, and the 75-300II or PL100-400. But the part I left out is that I will be traveling with my wife mostly in urban settings. She does not want these to be photo trips, and thus the need for the smallest camera that works for what I want to do. Both the 9-18 and 35-100 fit into a pocket, I will be using a wrist strap for the camera. I will have a Canon 500D adapted for the 35-100 for any macro shots that come up - again it fits in a pocket. The Gx85 has a built in flash that will be useful for macros and other shots.

I'd love to take my Pany 14 for a little more speed, but I feel two lenses is the maximum for a non-photo trip.

It doesn't appear that the Gx85 is that much bigger than an EP5 with the VF2 which was my camera for this type of trip.

I am finding the 4K photo very useful and the Gx85 has it.

I've tried the dual IS with the 35-100 with the 60 fps 1080P on the Gx8's for video and it works even at the 100mm setting, I wonder if the GX85's 4K dual is video will be as good?

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Regards,
Jeff

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