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HELP! almost bought a GM5,..

Started Sep 1, 2018 | Discussions thread
Eric Nepean
Eric Nepean Veteran Member • Posts: 6,209
Re: HELP! almost bought a GM5,..
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The unique thing about the GM5 is that it is a very small body with an EVF.  It's an EVF with some limitations, but, hey, on a body that size I'm happy to have any EVF.

You can use the LCD momnitor most of the time to carefully compose your image, but in the event that strong back lighting washes out the LCD monitor, the EVF is stilll pretty functional.

The GX800/850 is apperently a pretty nice small camera with seevral good features over the GM5, BUT there is no viewfinder, and the cards are microSD. Nice new shutter design however.

That's the latest tiny size body from Panasonic. The closest from Olympus is the EPL9.

I'm not planning to sell my GM5 but if I had to replace it I'd probably consider the PEN-F. I find that viewfinder is invaluable.

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Eric

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