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Upgrading to a Lumix G9 in 2020?

Started Jun 29, 2020 | Discussions thread
jonno35 Contributing Member • Posts: 884
Re: Upgrading to a Lumix G9 in 2020?

MiniMadRyan wrote:

Thanks all for the kind words and great responses, it’s well appreciated!

Currently I have a few kit lens, a 14-42, 45-150 and my trusty 25 f1.7, though I’ve also been looking at a few other primes, and Panasonic’s 100-400 f4-5.6.

I shoot largely for fun, and mostly anything except portraits, with emphasis on various local motor sports, where my second camera is almost the opposite of my primary. For instance, I’ll shoot a 70-200 for on track shots (where I can’t get close to the action) on my 7200 and then a 14-24 or a 50mm for back in the pits/garage on my G7. The 100-400 seems like it would be a great lens for when I don’t want to lug around the 200-500 without sacrificing image quality.

My G7 has never been great at low light, does the G9’s IBIS work as well as advertised for longer low light exposures? Looking at some of the samples on this forum, I can’t see any loss in quality over that of my 7200, so I’m not seeing any reason not to jump on the G9 bandwagon!

With my PLeica 12-60 zoomed to about 40mm I've managed 3 secs hand held with excellent results, at 4 secs there was a slight blur noticed at 100 %. So for stationary subjects I'm confident I'll rarely need a tripod.

 jonno35's gear list:jonno35's gear list
Panasonic FZ1000 Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 Panasonic Leica 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 ASPH Panasonic 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 II +3 more
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