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Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - Klaus - 04-05-2016

Seems to be fairly small indeed

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=204&v=eDLCMl9X7Ww

 


Reference:

http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-g-compact-system-cameras/dmc-gx80.html




Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - Klaus - 04-05-2016

Coming in May .... bleh

 

Australia: 1100 AUD (1200 AUD w/ 12-32mm)

Germany: 700 EUR (body)

USA: 800 US$ (w/ 12-32mm)

UK: 509/599/729 GBP (body/kit/double kit)




Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - goran h - 04-05-2016

In Sweden it can be ordered for about 750 EUR

 

Size seems to be very similar to GX7.

Specs are impressive, except for the short battery life.

Looks really nice, but I miss the tilting viewfinder.




Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - Studor13 - 04-05-2016

I'm confused about the viewfinder. Is it 16:9 for stills or only for video?


And do you get 4:3 size on the stills image capture or not?


Really nice looking camera though.


Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - Guest - 04-05-2016

Quote:I'm confused about the viewfinder. Is it 16:9 for stills or only for video?


And do you get 4:3 size on the stills image capture or not?


Really nice looking camera though.
The EVF seems to be identical to the GX7 - folks at dpreview do not like it all. Any GX7 users here dare to comment? Klaus?

The first notes by dpreview indicate that it may not feature an electronic first-curtain shutter, which could be a serious issue (shuttershock!). Theoretically such a nice cam - but Pana may have blown it (again).



Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - thxbb12 - 04-05-2016

Quote:The EVF seems to be identical to the GX7 - folks at dpreview do not like it all. Any GX7 users here dare to comment? Klaus?

The first notes by dpreview indicate that it may not feature an electronic first-curtain shutter, which could be a serious issue (shuttershock!). Theoretically such a nice cam - but Pana may have blown it (again).
 

A 16:9 EVF for a 4:3 camera is just plain stupid.

I don't understand why Panny keeps making such non-sense decisions.

Why on earth did they not use the same very good EVF as the one in the G7?




Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - dave9t5 - 04-06-2016

One of the best but unheralded features of the GX-7 was the amazing 1/320s X-Sync.  GX-80 is step back (stop back?) mediocre 1/160s.




Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - Klaus - 04-06-2016

Quote:The EVF seems to be identical to the GX7 - folks at dpreview do not like it all. Any GX7 users here dare to comment? Klaus?

The first notes by dpreview indicate that it may not feature an electronic first-curtain shutter, which could be a serious issue (shuttershock!). Theoretically such a nice cam - but Pana may have blown it (again).
 

It does feature an electronic shutter (up to 1/16000sec),

 

Viewfinder - I never had a GX7. I did like the GH viewfinders though.

(and I am not a fan of the E-M5 II viewfinder)



Panasonic GX80 / GX85 announced - wim - 05-21-2016

Quote:It does feature an electronic shutter (up to 1/16000sec),

 

Viewfinder - I never had a GX7. I did like the GH viewfinders though.

(and I am not a fan of the E-M5 II viewfinder)
 

Why are you not a fan of the E-M5 II VF if I may ask?

 

3 different ways to view stuff, option to make it show the environment as an optical view finder would (i.e, bright in bright conditions, dark in dark conditions), and a bunch of other options.

 

Kind regards, Wim