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Finally some love for the GX8?

Started Feb 14, 2019 | Discussions thread
jeffharris
jeffharris Forum Pro • Posts: 11,409
Re: Finally some love for the GX8?
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Nowadays I feel its the best, most balanced RF camera no matter the sensor and I am happily surprised that a lot of people are finally appreciating this camera!!

IMHO, if it even had a tilt screen instead of a FAS, it would be the ultimate RF body!

PLEASE! NO! Unless they do a 3-way tilt screen. Even then…

A flippy screen is far too limited. It's especially bad for those of us who shoot LOTS of vertical/portrait images. It' also very handy when contorting to shoot tight interior spaces @ 7mm with the 7-14mm.

Not sure if there will be a real GX8 successor, but the imaginary GX10 could have almost the same body, change to a tilt screen or even better an XT3 screen, add all the latest improvements from GX9/G9 (deal with SS, remove AA filter, latest JPEG engine, better IBIS), add manual SS controls (like Fuji or LX100) and combine it with a WR edition of either the 15mm/1.7 or 25mm/1.4.

I sure hope there's a REAL GX8 successor. Maybe Panasonic will release an S-series GX8! A pile of lens adaptors, not unlike what I use now, and I'd be good to go!

GX8 and adapted Voigtländer Trio: 75mm f2.5, 35mm f1.4 and 21mm f4.

 jeffharris's gear list:jeffharris's gear list
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm F0.95 Voigtlander Nokton 17.5mm F0.95 Aspherical Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 +26 more
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