Buying a used GX7
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Re: GX7 or GX7II or GX7III?
tombarrance wrote:
Henry Richardson wrote:
I assume you mean the original GX7, right? How much for the used one you are looking at?
I paid US$269 for a very nice used GX7II in Tokyo in January 2020. Here is my user review:
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63703723
I just checked and the same shop in Tokyo is selling used GX7II bodies for about US$335 now. Price in yen has increased and at the same time the U.S. dollar/yen exchange rate makes the dollar price a bit higher too.
I was looking at MPB, their best used GX7s are £189 ($256). The GX80 (UK version of GX7 II) is £269 (£365). I like the tilting viewfinder on the older version.
One issue with buying a GX7 II, aka GX80 and GX85, is that is that the GX7 II, is only sold in Japan and it only has Japanese menus and screens that Panasonic locked down so you cannot change the language. The GX7III may be the same, so investigate carefully unless you read Japanese.
As for the original GX7, one flaw with the camera is there is little space on the back and the command dial was too easy to accidentally turn and change a key setting without even realizing it.
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