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Pen F vs GX9

Started Nov 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
Keithpictures
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Re: Get GX9
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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.

The best post so far IMO. The PEN really looks like a fantastic little street shooter, but it has been ruined unfortunately, by the two points you made.

As usual, you have no idea. I wonder if you ever had the Pen F in your hands. It's on and ready to shoot in a second, and as far as the creepy shooting using a tilt screen is concerned, can you name one well known street photographer that uses it?

The tilting screen and EVF don't have to be used in a creepy way. I've used it on the streets not to aim at skirts, but to position the camera upward, at light posts and tops of buildings. It's a nicer posture to hold than to raise the whole camera to my face.

I definitely don't want to swivel the whole articulating screen out when I'm in the street. I don't understand the purpose of this style, except for selfie vlogging. It's a minor point in the end, and doesn't turn me off the PEN F entirely, but overall, the GX9 is simply more flexible for composing shots comfortably.

The OLED viewfinder sounds good for sure, but the interlaced GX9 viewfinder, even at 16x9, doesn't bother me. I like that it tilts too.

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