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Sorry, I missed that. Yeah, looks like Amazon proper does not have discount either.

On an Oly body, you don't have Dual IS and DFD AF, so they are not advantages for you (it was for my GX85). My GX85 also is not weather sealed, so weather sealing on the 14-150mm is not a factor ...

Do you mean the 12-60 f/2.8-4 kit? If so, Amazon does have it on discount for $2397: https://www.amazon.com/PANASONIC-Mirrorless-Camera-Megapixels-DC-GH5KBODY/dp/B073X756P6?th=1

Computers usually would have wider compatibility than TV, so it should be happy reading drive formatted with TV (you can test your older 100GB drive formatted this way). That said, because of DRM ...

This is not technically true. If you use GPT, it's possible to format a FAT32 partition up to 8TB with 32KB clusters (16TB with 64KB clusters which is not commonly supported). However, whenever ...

What model is your TV? The manuals might not be useful, but if it's a common issue it should pop up. That said, the 120GB you say doesn't seem like a natural limit. Perhaps you drive is formatted ...

Agreed. There are a lot of counterfeit batteries on eBay (I know, I've bought some). They can look convincingly real, but with subtle differences. Much safer to buy from big name stores. Amazon is ...

For the purposes of the original argument though (ISO invariance) those variables should be kept constant right (only vary ISO)? Then images can be adjusted to match brightness in post and for ...

In Panasonics, IS is either on or off. So if you use the switch to turn it off, it's completely off. What you are seeing is the difference between IS and no IS at all. With that specific lens and ...

Thanks for this. Along with practically the same 4K crop, this points very strongly to it being the same sensor as the GX8.

Welcome to the M43 forums! $150 is the regular discount price for that lens. It frequently cycles back and forth from the $250 list price. That said it's still a great price for the lens (doesn't ...

As I say, it's because of market reality. Customer retention is more critical as the dedicated camera market growth potential has reduced drastically with the rise of smart phones. Also, making a ...

I think it is a mischaracterization of the situation. M43 is big and small cameras, big and small lenses, small sensor. What you are arguing for are only small cameras, only small lenses, small ...

A superzoom camera does not even get close to the IQ of MFT with primes. Heck, even kit zooms will beat the performance of a superzoom. The ones that get closer are the 1-inch cameras with shorter ...

Note I said my numbers were completely made up just as an exercise. And even so I never said they made $700 more per lens. The numbers are intended to show qualitative differences in the margin ...

I have never heard of a third party camera battery burning in a camera in these forums, but have heard about bulging batteries that become difficult to take out as they age. I presume you are ...

The non-intuitive part is that even with the same percent margins, the absolute margins are higher. Just as an exercise (made up numbers): 25mm f/1.8 is $400, let's say olympus profit is $100 or ...

I think you mean a camera with more features at the same or higher price. There is no trend of cheaper price in any of your examples (they are all the same or higher price than predecessors).

That's not really what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that given the physical realities of the lenses, they were not able to fit that role. If however, the cameras were able to be paired with ...

You mean Lumix 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 right? The Leica 12-60mm f/2.8-4 is a lot more expensive (950 AUD) and way out of your budget. Make sure you don't mix up the lenses. The Lumix 12-60mm does not ...