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

Started Nov 26, 2017 | Discussions thread
Yxa
Yxa Senior Member • Posts: 2,693
Re: Is Panasonic gear's reliability and durability levels comparable to Canon/Nikon gear?

CaMeRa QuEsT wrote:

In the fence here for a G7 kit and perhaps a 42.5 f/1.7. Have only ever bought gear from "traditional" camera manufacturers: Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Fuji, Minolta, and had never had reliability or durability problems from any of them, even after a drop or two onto concrete ground. Sony and Panasonic are not traditional camera manufacturers: I saw that lack of experience in the Sony A7's wobbling lens mount and I have seen several old, used Lumix compact cameras that looked like gadgets ready to be thrown to the trash rather than the optical tools made to last decades that I am accustomed to see from the traditional camera manufacturers. Already I've seen that all silver G7s sold on ebay have their paint finish chipped in some way or another. So, I feel there is a big question mark hanging over Panasonic regarding reliability and durability. How has been your experience with your Panasonic gear in these regards?

I have Nikon cameras and Panasonic cameras and I think that the quality level is equal

The only problem I have had is dust between the sensor and low-pass filter in one of my GX7:s and my  Canon G9 and G10 that had built in lens caps that scratched the front lenses on both of them

In all these three cases the cost of a replacement sensor or lens was as high as a new camera.

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