Advice please on G80 or G90 and 24-140 lens

Lilyanna wrote:

I have been waiting for price of G80 to go down, at the moment it is variable £550 to £700 12-60 lens. But now I am thinking about the G90 with 14-140 lens £999. which seems a good price, depends on quality of lens.

Look at Panasonic outlet on eBay. Full warranty but can be significantly cheaper. Also, do check out mpb.com for cameras and lenses with warranties.

I take nature pics, macro's and some landscapes. I like the 12fps on my fz150 to combat camera shake, but would like better quality pictures. My Oly E-510 had better pics, and I hope a G80/90 would be even better. But the 510 broke down after only 4/5 years leaving me with useless lenses.

I tried the G7 with 100-300 lens which felt good, but wanted the dual stabiliation. So later tried the G80 which did hurt shoulder a bit. And the G90 is heavier, but it does have 20mp and I think more fps which is good for camera shake. But one site said the extra mp's make it worse in low light, which in the Uk is most of the time.

There are other pluses besides the 20MP on the G90 but the price IMO is still way too high.

Is the G90 alot better than the G80. I will buy the 100-300 lens but have choice between 12-60 and 14-140, I think the gap between 12-60 and 100-300 may be annoying. Is the kit lens 14-140 good? dual stabilised? The separate 14-140 is £400-£600+, way too expensive. And the G80 doesn't come with 14-140 in UK.

Yes, dual stabilised but not the very original 100-300mm f3.5 to 5.8

The latest 14-140mm is weathersealed, likewise the 100-300mm, plus, of course, the kit 12-60mm. Both are good lenses. If you buy the previous model 14-140 or 100-300mm, they will be cheaper and more readily available secondhand. The 12-60 and 14-140 focus quite close. Unless you need the 12mm, which is noticeably wider than 14mm, you’d be better off with the 14-140mm. Sometimes, when wildlife is close, the 100 end of the 100-300 is too long and the 14-140 is actually better.

You can see dedicated albums by lens for example images on my Flickr.

Difficult to get to a shop at the moment, the Panny shop closed down. Need to find another larger shop somewhere. Small shops too expensive and would feel guilty trying and not buying.

Need to make decision so ready to snap up when price is good. Can only afford one camera so need to get it right.

The G80 is still a very good camera and now at bargain prices, especially if there’s a Panasonic offer on. I have two G80s and, given they’ve come down a lot, I’ll upgrade at some point but probably to the G9 - much bigger true but much more of a step up than the G90.

Any advice welcome.