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Pen F vs GX9

Started Nov 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
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Funny about looks because for street life photography...
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JPrice wrote:

Just Saying . . . . I replaced a Pen F with a GX9, which I replaced with a Pen F.

Both cameras are excellent and both take marvelous photos . . . The Pen F, however is, to me, MUCH more fun to shoot with and I am MUCH more "proud" to take it out in public . . . It just looks better . . . and it looks more like a "fine" camera.

It's better to NOT stand out.  But again, if what you want is to have the camera be part of your looks and dress, sure, the PenF wins hands down.  If you want to do street photography I think the GX9 has the better looks.

That said, Panasonic has really disappointed me with the rear dials catching a bit of dust and the dial becomes "jumpy" and nervous.  It's too bad because their fake leather doesn't fall off like Olympus usually does on me (my penF thumbnail rest fake leather fell off).

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