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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?

Pete_W wrote:

EcoPix wrote:

The technician couldn't clean the GX85's sensor. The dirt had impregnated onto the actual sensor photosites, and they had to quote me nearly AU$500 for a new sensor. Given the camera had also developed a faulty viewfinder module, I had to say no. Another Lumix in the bin.

The take home message I think is to consider dirt behind the sensor glass like fungus on a lens - best to clean it off without delay, lest it write off your camera.

How does this problem happen?

Sloppy quality control.

I have the same problem on one of my GX7.

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