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GX7 vs GX80

Started Oct 30, 2019 | Discussions thread
MOD Tom Caldwell Forum Pro • Posts: 46,352
Re: GX7 vs GX80

brentbrent wrote:

alcelc wrote:

brentbrent wrote:

Some comparison info in this post:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59716801

Might I say that the evf and integrated flash of both models are the same. Others on the list are true.

The popup flash mechanisms differ a bit, but the review of the GX85 here on DPR does say that it can be directed at the ceiling, so you are apparently correct on that.

The EVF panels may be identical, but several here have written that they find a difference in EVF use between the two cameras, with the EVF of the GX85 less pleasant to use, perhaps because of poorer optics in front of the EVF panel. I haven't used a GX85 so I can't say, but the comment has been made here by folks who usually seem to be discerning and careful.

Some live and die by the tilting evf - in my case I care nothing for it. It can just get tangled up in a camera bag. Otherwise there is nothing much different in the evf units that I have noticed. The GX7 & GX9 tilts. The GX80/85 doesn’t. All are the small field sequential type - there plenty of moans about it but I have never found using them a bother.

I get more angst from the stupid mechanical EV wheel on the GX9 and the re-arragements of formerly very useable knobs and dial this has needed to accomplish this.

I simply turn the blessed mechanical EV wheel off ... arrgh ....

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