Alan_W1
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Re: Lumix G85 this is Panasonic's Sleeper Camera
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An interesting read Daniel, and I share some of your views in your review.
For me, the G80 is the first M43 camera that I liked immediately {my previous GH2 and G6's took a serious amount of time to get fairly comfortable with their handling}.
With regards to your mention of accidently activating certain buttons, I too have always had this issue with the M43 bodies I have owned {mainly the display buttons}, apart from my G80, which is a plus for my use....although personally speaking, I do wish these sized bodies had smaller rear screens, to allow all buttons to be moved further to the left {speaking as a left-eyed EVF user only}.
I haven't experimented with the battery economy feature yet, in case there are any small lags involved with its use.....so I must give it a try out.
I do like the video qualities of the g80 {always felt my g6's were not quite on the GH2 level....but difficult to put my finger on why this should be}, and feel the g80 will serve my video needs for a very substantial amount of time....the GH5 being over-kill for my purposes {as much as I will drool over it}.
I have dabbled with the 4k Photo {which I find to be an interesting feature} , and intend to use it as a nice distraction from my usual video shooting...which can become quite intense, due to the complexity of the subject.
I think you may be right about the G80....it seems likely to me it will achieve a similar popularity to the GH2, but in a different way.....the GH2 for video, and the G80 being superb value for money...considering the features packed into it's body {for both stills and video}.