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Pen F vs GX9

Started Nov 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
Okapi001 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,145
Re: Get GX9
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Keithpictures wrote:

yanisha wrote:

I have the PEN-F and I like it a lot. I suggest that for you the GX9 would be better though. The PEN-F has 2 bad features for street photography that annoy me and cause many missed shots for the 2 years I have owned it:

1. Relatively slow wakeup from sleep mode and power on time. I have missed many shots because of this. My 3 OM-D bodies are the same. My Panasonic G3 is faster and I rarely missed shots with it.

2. For street shooting the GX9 quick to deploy, hidden tilting rear screen is much better than the PEN-F slow to deploy, awkward, very visible side mounted FAS screen.

Much appreciated analysis! These are definitely real-world factors - nice to hear from an actual owner.

I am an actual owner and I don't find it slow to power-on. Also I don't think creepy shooting "from the hip" is particularly useful. If you are too shy to shoot like a true photographer, street photography is most probably not for you.

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