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G16 replaced my G15: some thoughts

Started Oct 15, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP Henry Richardson Forum Pro • Posts: 21,956
Re: Awesome :) I had one too!
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cgarrard wrote:

Henry Richardson wrote:

A couple of weeks ago here in Japan I got a new Panasonic TX1 (ZS100, TX100, etc. outside Japan) for $419 and this, finally, feels like the real successor for my wonderful Canon G16. I haven't used the G16 for the last couple of years because tech had moved on a lot and I wanted more. I had reluctantly started using my m4/3 Olympus E-M10 II + 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ pancake as my carry everywhere camera. It is bigger, heavier, and has just a 28-84mm-efl lens, but the EVF is very good, the AF and responsiveness is great, the 16mp files (raw and jpeg) are great, wonderful IBIS, and so on. I still really wanted something smaller more along the lines of my G16 though.

The Panasonic TX1 has a 1" Sony 20mp BSI sensor, 25-250mm f2.8-5.9 lens, EVF, is fast to turn on (like the G16), fast AF, doesn't have an EVF hump, and is very satisfying to use. The TX1 is actually a bit lighter and the size is very close to the G16:

TX1
312g, 110 x 65 x 47

G16
356g, 109 x 76 x 40 mm

Finally I found a great update to my G16.

Henry Richardson
http://www.bakubo.com

I'm glad you like it. I liked mine. I can see how you'd use it for a G16 replacement indeed. Hope you like it long term... I think its nearly perfect, save for lack of rubber on the front and rear grip.

First let me say to the Canon people here on this forum that I do not intend to turn this thread into a Panasonic thread. I will not post much more about Panasonic here, but I will reply to Carl. I still have my G16 and just yesterday I got it out to hold and look at. Battery is not charged so I didn't use it though. I still think it is a wonderful camera. Even in 2019.

Carl, there is a sort of thumb grip on the back of the TX1. I place my thumb in that notched indentation just beneath the mode dial. The camera is light so I have never felt the camera was not securely in hand. It came with a wriststrap, but I don't like them much so I bought a 1cm wide neckstrap for it.

So far I have not found the metal surface to be any problem for me. I held the TX1 and TX2 several times at stores and played with them so I knew what I was getting. I guess for the TX1 Panasonic went with more a Leica metal look with no rubber grip. Pretty similar to the Leica TL2 look.

Leica TL2

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