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Great, but not very reliable

Started Oct 1, 2020 | User reviews thread
brentbrent Veteran Member • Posts: 5,766
Re: I've had mine since 2013

larsbc wrote:

Mine is from 2013 and all the dials continue to work just fine. I rarely ever use the PUSH operation of the rear dial ...

Same here, on both points.

Also, shockingly, I discovered that I only have about 6,000 shutter actuations on mine. But then I thought about it and did a little test. It turns out that the shutter count only counts mechanical shutter actuations and I primarily use e-shutter so I've definitely taken far more pictures than 6,000 over the course of 7 years.

Although I'm not using my GX7 so much lately, the last time I checked in Lightroom I think it had more images than any of my other cameras.

My camera's only failure was some "dust" getting lodged between the sensor and filter stack.

I don't think I've had that problem, but I may not examine my images closely enough to detect it if it's there.

Also, FWIW, I always take the card out to xfer images to my computer.

Yup.

I can't recall having any issues with any of my Panasonic cameras.  My current ones, GM5, GX7, GX8, and G9 all seem very well built.  I tend to treat them somewhat gently, there's not even any metal showing through worn-off black paint.

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