Giving up on Panasonic gx7... I think.

robmarshall77 wrote:

As stated at the beginning of this thread, I'm giving up on this on camera. I say "I think" cos I won't sell it just yet but I never really got on with it. The real testament to this is that I never found myself taking out and using it.

Well, that solves your problem. Your bad. How can you even understand how to use a camera, if you Never use it?

It feels awkward and unbalanced in the hand imo, not really super carry around like a great compact, nor reassuring like a dSLR but lost in between.

Ok, in your opinion. I found the GX7 to be one of the most comfortable to use cameras. In fact, I wish my GX7 MkIII had at least a screw on grip like the GX7.

The menus are complicated and I always found myself having to remember how to change settings, also there are so many of them, something that I thought when I first got the camera would be great.

Really?? Well, yeah, your opinion. I found it easy to use.

This is just reading like you never gave the camera a chance in the 1st place.

The photos I did take with it were always a bit *meh*, and I'm sure this is more about me a photographer than the camera, but I never found myself wanting to get better with it. I've got the f1.7 prime (cheap version) and even with this things didn't really improve, images just looked flat (admittedly jpegs, I don't really have the patience for post processing and raw) so maybe this more of my bad!

I find M43 as a whole has a flat rendering, but with the right lens, you can get some good output.

Anyway, what have I changed to? Well, I've just bought a used (but mint) Canon g7xii.

A point-and-shoot?

O.K.

A strange downward move perhaps, but I'm hoping to get out and take more photos and recreate the buzz I got from using my old s90, which I loved using and gave me great results as and inconspicuous little travel cam and lovely Canon colors. I've read good things about the g7xii so I'm quite excited. What do you all think, am I giving up on m43 too easily?

Way too easily. But you already made a move to what you're comfortable with, so go ahead and enjoy.