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G9 first impressions

Started Mar 22, 2018 | Discussions thread
amtberg Veteran Member • Posts: 6,217
Re: G9 first impressions

Similar situation here, except I had a G85 in between the GH4 and G9, which I just received yesterday.  So far I'm very happy with it.  For me it's ergonomically much better than the G85.  On the smaller camera my pinky finger was a bit squeezed to get on the grip.  And I HATED the slippery, low profile buttons on the G85 (which I otherwise liked just fine).  Also, it's a huge deal to me that there's finally a minimum shutter speed setting and EV comp. in manual video mode.

EVF on the G9 is great, and I can use the full size despite being a glasses wearer.  I really like the extra function buttons on the front of the camera, which I've assigned to min. SS, and AF type.  I reassigned F1 to Playback, as I hate having that button on the upper left.

Wasn't sure I'd use the joystick, but I'm finding that I do.  Quite handy for scrolling around menus as well as moving the AF point, and the click to recenter is so much better than having to hit the Display button on other Panny cameras.

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