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Giving up on Panasonic gx7... I think.

Started Aug 26, 2020 | Discussions thread
jalywol
jalywol Forum Pro • Posts: 12,301
Cameras have to engage your brain
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If they do not, then they will sit in the bag and not get used.

For you, the GX7 does not plug in to the way you are comfortable working with a camera.  That is a fact.  It's not something anyone, least of all you, needs to judge you about.  Sell it, buy a camera that works with you, and move on.

I have been a frequent camera flipper over the years.  There have been many that I have liked, and gotten used to, and more than a few that I simply could just not get happy with.  The Oly OMD EM1 was one of those...I spent over 6 months trying to make it feel like second nature to me, and after picking it up one day and STILL struggling with the settings and button placement, even months on, I decided to sell it.  Went back to Panasonic, and the camera I got next from them was second nature for me to use within a day or two.

Similarly, I had no problem at all with the Sony A7 menus or dial/button setup.  Others HATED its ergos, but I was fine with them (other things about the camera were a mess, but not that, for me).

So.  The moral of the story is?  If you find a camera that doesn't work for you, and you don't take it out...let it go.  A camera has to become seamless in your hand for it to work with you.  Buy the one, whatever it is, that does that for you, and be happy.

-J

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