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Caveat: I'm accustomed to shooting with Olympus cameras, so while the Panasonic DMC-GX8 takes very respectable photos, it remains to me a little strange to me after three photo walks. I purchased the GX8 because my main lens is the Panasonic/Leica 100-400mm telezoom, and the GX8's in-body image stabilization and the PanaLeica's lens stabilization are designed to complement each other, which turns out to work well for my on-the-fly handheld shooting style. I haven't attempted controlled tests, but I find this rig an improvement in sharpness over the Olympus E-M1 plus PanaLeica 100-400 combination (which gives you the choice of IBIS or lens stabilization, but not in tandem like the GX8 body.) The 20 MP GX8 image sensor also gives me better cropping options vs. the 16 MP E-M1 sensor, where long shots sometimes have precious few pixels left to crop. That said, I feel the GX8 doesn't feel as good in the hand as the E-M1 or my backup body, an E-M10. None of the Brightness or Contrast adjustments on the GX8 seem to make its OLED electronic viewfinder so revealing as the older tech on my Olympus bodies. The E-M1II will be announced September 2016. If its photo performance with the PanaLeica 100-400mm is on par with the GX8, I will phase out the GX8 in favor of the Olympus.Read full review
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Egads!! Simply put, too damn big!! My APS-C Fujifilm XE-2 with comparable lenses is actually smaller and weighs less! And now no built-in flash! Well, what the hay, almost never use the flash built into my GX7 anyway. Ergonomics are substantially better, including right thumb placement. EVF is better than ever, esp. with the optional eyecup that I bought. Side-by-side eyeball image comparison (not lab comparisons) show discernible improvement in rendered detail, but the difference from the GX7 is still largely marginal. But, to repeat, too damn big! Look at the new Olympus PEN-F for size and weight. Yep, the PEN-F has drawbacks, too. Ergonomics were partially sacrified in handling ease in order to "retro" the design as much as feasible. But it sure is a lot easier to carry and store.Read full review
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It may be dated and out of production, but it does everything I want at a bargain price. Specifically, the micro four thirds system has lots of excellent, affordable lens, and this model camera has a built-in stabilizer, adjustable electronic viewfinder, and adjustable viewing screen, and 16mp sensor. It’s bigger than the Olympus E-PM2, which I also use because it is so compact, but it has more features than the Oly and feels very good (actually better) in my hands. This is my go-to camera even though I also have a Sony A6000, two Pentax Q cameras, the mentioned Olympus and the Olympus E-PL5. .
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Another great LUMIX camera with excellent image quality and superb 4K video. What a light compact body only & full dslr camera controls. My only gripes is that the battery life is kind of short.
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I currently use the Panasonic GX8 and the Olympus E-M1 and E-M5 Mark II. The higher resolution of the Panasonic does not really make a practical difference in image quality and the E-M1 is overall a better, more useable camera, but the GX8 is certainly a very capable camera and will give awesome results in the hands of a good photographer.
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