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Panasonic GX10 (rumoured, FT4)

Started Jan 22, 2020 | Discussions thread
unhappymeal Senior Member • Posts: 2,625
Re: Panasonic GX10 - what more do we need?

larsbc wrote:

unhappymeal wrote:

Give us a smaller, weather sealed, feature rich body ffs!

I think that would describe the Olympus EM5 series. I had the EM5.2 and while it was feature rich, I also found the control surfaces to be too crowded. I think Panasonic realized this which is why the Gnn bodies have grown a bit to improve ergonomics while the GXnn bodies continue to have a reduced control set. Using the touchscreen to take up some of the slack via soft func buttons and the Quick Menu helps.

I'd like to see the 12-32 updated to include a manual focus ring and a new version of the 20/1.7 pancake with fast, silent AF. As well, we're still missing a small, fast-ish, superwide AF prime (somewhere around 7-9mm at f/1.7-2.8). Such a lens might entice me to sell my 8-18.

The E-M5 is close, but crucially not a rangefinder. I find the ergonomics on the GX8 to be excellent. Okay, the Display button placement is annoying and the Exposure Compensation wheel could be better executed, but otherwise it's great.

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