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Is Panasonic gear's reliability and durability levels comparable to Canon/Nikon gear?

Started Nov 26, 2017 | Discussions thread
FrankS009
FrankS009 Veteran Member • Posts: 6,557
Re: Is Panasonic gear's reliability and durability levels comparable to Canon/Nikon gear?
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Panasonic has been making cameras a long time.  Without figures at hand, their gear is likely to be as reliable and durable as any other camera makers including the "old Guard," and perhaps even more.

I have never had any reliability problems with my Panasonic gear, and I have had five different bodies and a bunch of lenses.   I have told the story many times of losing a GF1 in the snow for five week, finding it, and it works well today.

From anecdotal evidence on this forum, Panasonic cameras seem to stand up better than Olympus ones, but that might partly reflect the fact that more people on this forum have Olympus camera that Panasonic ones.

I think of Panasonic as a reputable company, with good solid products in general.

F.

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