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GX7 - I still enjoy using mine

Started Aug 8, 2018 | Discussions thread
SteveY80 Senior Member • Posts: 2,087
Re: GX7 - I still enjoy using mine

There are things that I find frustrating about my GX7 -- e.g. the near useless C-AF and extremely primitive auto-ISO implementation -- but it still gets a lot of use.

Aside from noise in long exposures, there's only a modest improvement in image quality between the old 16mp sensor and the 20mp sensor in the GX9. I doubt most people could tell the difference without some serious pixel peeping.

To me the GX7 still has the best grip and ergonomics of any camera of its size. It has a faster flash sync speed than the newer GX models too.

A five year old camera is doing pretty well if it still has some advantages over its most up-to-date successors.

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