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Buyer's Regret: GX8

Started Jun 3, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: Buyer's Regret: GX8
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Fulcanelli wrote:

Wow, what a disappointing camera!

I thought the GX8 would be much like the GX7 and with improvements. The GX7 was one of the most enjoyable cameras I have owned.

Mistake the Panasonic IMHO did was to release whole GX8 as GX8 instead as totally another name.

They should have sticked the GX8 name to the GX7 Mk2 aka GX85/GX80 and just skip that.

As I have perceived the GX8, it has got like 60% negativity and 40% positivity. First example DRP didn't review the whole camera for like half a year or year after release, and then the shutter mechanism got the news circulation and then there was the negative talks about its size as a "brick". And then came the PEN F that stole the thunder.

Many small things went wrong with the GX8 and IMHO Panasonic should have just discontinued it and put the GX85 as GX8.

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