G7 to GX80 big enough improvement? Just for stablisation?

HRPOWER wrote:

Ok thank you!!!!!!!!!

was that lens you mentioned stablised -hard work finding stablised glass that starts with a 12

As said by member before me, there are 7 zoom lenses (3 from Olympus and 4 from Panny) started with 12 and 6 of them are OIS (4 Dual IS compatible).

Panny cameras, since GX8, started to support DUAL IS or DUAL IS-2 (a stop more effective stabilisation).

The DUAL IS of GX8 is the earliest (GX8 itself does not use a true 5 axis floating sensor), GX85 and its successor GX9 which use 5 axis floating sensor for the DUAL IS. G85/95, G9 and GH5 supports DUAL IS-2.

The stabilization rule of Panny is simple.

• OIS but non DUAL IS compatible lens = OIS or nothing.
• DUAL IS compatible lens= DUAL IS or nothing.
• Non OIS lens = IBIS or nothing.

All of the latest zoom lenses of Panny support DUAL IS. The older 14~45 (I suppose you are using it) is not DUAL IS compatible. On GX85, as per my home testing, can expect 3~3.5 stops of stabilisation. Using a DUAL IS compitable lens, e.g. 12~35 f/2.8, is 5 stops, the pancake 12~32, is 4~4.5 stops because of the ergonomic concern.

I suppose  the two 12~60 (one from Panny and one from Panny Leica) should have not less than 5 stops stabilisation also.

Unlike Tele lenses that 25mm difference is not obvious, on wide angle side, the 2mm of a 12 (eq AoV of FF 24mm) has quite substantial difference from a 14. A reason for me to replace 14~45 with 12~35 despite of its satisfactory IQ.

To the heart of this question, yes, GX85 has quit substantial change from G7. However as GX85 is a lower spec model to G7, if you compare G7 to G85 or G95, the improvement is more significant.