Sad Used Prices for EM-1 first edition

LoneTree1 wrote:

geoson wrote:

The GX7 has held more value because in many people’s opinion, Panasonic didn’t make a proper replacement. Remember the howling over the size of the GX8? I have it now and only wish I had bought it sooner, but I listened to the chatter. I think the size of the G9 has made the GX8 more acceptable. Then Panasonic launched the GX85 which seen as a downgrade in some aspects, and now the GX9, which is still not a flagship class camera the way the GX8 was.

Cameras which have been downgraded in some fashion:

Olympus E-M10III, Panasonic GX9, Olympus E-M5III.

Any others?

The S1/S1R was so obviously based on the G9 that one hardly needs a diagram

If I were a gambling man (I am not) then I would not be surprised to see the GX8 remaining orphaned in M4/3 format but might just re-appear re-launched as the SX1/SXR1 on the L-Mount with FF sensor.

The larger size body - larger evf - and hopefully the lcd will become double hinged lcd with a second catch just like the S1/S1R.

For my part I don’t see the GX9 as a retrograde from the GX7 or GX85 but it does not have quite the same level of features as the G9 - but the price is attractive and I suggest that it is a step up from the GX8 as well.  But maybe not the “GX9” that GX8 users would have expected.  Where does it go wrong - back to the field sequential evf?  As I see both the evf on the GX9 and that on the G9 as just a means of focusing and framing (which they both do well) I don’t really value the G9 evf any more than that in the GX9.

But some cannot get enough bigger, brighter, clearer .....  I can understand that, but the image caught looks exactly the same no matter what evf is used.