Panasonic GX10

Jeanadriane wrote:

melnais wrote:

What’s my chances of seeing one, so far not good?

I have a gx7 (20mm, 15mm and recently acquired 42.5.mm) I skipped the newer camera models, thief didn’t bring much to the party except for a couple of nibbles.

The reason I came to the form is to figure out what to get as my gx7 is pretty much as had it too many doss houses while travelling for a decade. As you can gather I am not used to buying camera gear even though this camera helped me acquire a substantial sum of money whilst floating around the planet.

OM/ Olympus are out of the question I shoot manual focus b&w and with focus peeking the Pen reverts to colour on the screen ugh!

not many choices I guess a used GX7 or Gx9 or maybe it’s off the Leica or Fuji land I have not really looked at what is around due to lack of interest. Any ideas?

ps I also extensively shoot a film Contax T2 now a T3 as the T2 died of natural causes

I had both the GX7 and the GX9 aka Gx7mk2. To me the GX9 was a true upgrade in many respects (sensor, ergo). Just too bad they didn't upgrade the viewfinder that my eyes could not deal with, so I sold both, tho I kept the GX9 much longer than the GX7. If I were in your shoes, the GX9 it would be. Excellent camera if you can deal with the EVF and more or less same size & weight. Not at all outdated.

Good luck on your choice!

Ciao, Jeanette

Edit: Tho I have and very much apprciate the G100, I have to admit the GX9 is the far better camera! Because of the shutter, because of a stronger flash, because of better ergo and especially because of the tilt screen in stead of that horrible articulating thingy.

I have a GX9 and I recently bought a G100 for the better evf, better lcd and the articulating feature of the lcd (I didn’t actually know I wanted that feature until I had it and now I love it).  I used the G100 today and it performed great.  Flash? I rarely use it but I have the GX9 for that. IBIS?  I usually shoot in daylight and live in a sunny place. My biggest issue is usually too much light. Plus many of my lenses have OIS.   Compact?  Oh yes!

Todays project was shooting a house built in 1888. I used a DSLR on a tripod with a large tilt shift lens,  That setup produces high quality distortion free interior and exterior architectural images.  But it is slow and cumbersome.  So I brought my new  G100 and PL 25mm lens for hand held exterior and interior shots, including architectural detail shots.  The G100 results were excellent and the convenience of having a tiny second camera producing high quality images was wonderful.  Great combo.