"Panasonic G series" Owners Thread

Congrats on your technique then, it's not easy getting anything sharp at 1/30. Personally I need more practice.

I think my problem is I don't stand close enough, so I'm using too long a focal length which makes it all the more difficult. I agree the high aperture isn't ideal. I was at Oulton a couple of weeks ago for the NSSCC (one of which cars your shot features) and the sun was so bright then I couldn't have got the shutter speed down to 1/30 regardless of aperture!

I was thinking a polarising filter would give about the right amount of light absorption whilst improving contrast, so will give it a shot when I'm down at Croft for the next race in the championship.

Polarisers can do some pretty strange things to cars running with Perspex or other lightweight glass alternatives, producing a strange rainbow effect. In my opinion, unless your shooting road cars they're best avoided. With the right ND filters, I can shoot as low as 1/5s and still keep the aperture below f8

750 Motor Club at Croft Circuit by Simon Harrison, on Flickr

However, panning at anything below 1/100s takes a lot of practice and things get exponentially harder as the shutter speed drops. As far as image stabilisation is concerned, I've always felt it was just fighting against me when panning quickly rather than doing any real good.

All my shooting is from the public areas. You don't need to fill the frame. In fact IMHO the best shots don't, and in many instances have an (slightly) abstract feel to them.

Cheers,

Simon.
 
How do you find the GM5 with regards to image quality?
I'm very pleased with it. I've compared the photos to my GX7 using the same and I would say they are pretty much identical. The only things missing compared to the GX7 is in body stabilisation so I haven't yet tested it with my Olympus lenses. My Panasonic 20mm 1.7 which hasn't got stabilisation in the lens still works really well though. This is ann example taken with GM5. The other thing which I haven't managed to get right yet is setting up back button focusing which I use a lot in manual mode but I am working on it.
A splash of colour. by Barbara, on Flickr
 
Got my dumb adapter today to use on the GX8 with my old screw drive Nikon fit sigma 105 macro,no light and breezy meant not good settings but i had to play

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Very nice Mike :D

I managed to answer my own question about banding when using the G7 with the electronic shutter under artificial light... it does produce banding, at least under some lighting. Shooting today with the camera set to automatically switch between electronic and mechanical shutter banding ruined about half my shots.

I'm really p'd off with Panasonic. As the shutter shock issue strikes at the shutter speeds I'd typically use indoors and using the electronic shutter can produce banding my G7 and GX7 can be utterly useless if used with some lenses and in some shooting environments.

The whole thing - shutter shock may occur with some lenses now and again but switching to electronic shutter might give banding - is a shambles :(

My love / hate relationship with these cameras (and lenses) will probably continue but I'm constantly on the verge of giving up with them.
 
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I'd love to see some images from your 42.5mm if you would like to share, it's the next lens I'm looking to buy.

It's tricky as its my main portrait lens and I use it mainly for photographing my daughter. I will see what I can fish out though. What are you interested in?
 
It's tricky as its my main portrait lens and I use it mainly for photographing my daughter. I will see what I can fish out though. What are you interested in?

Anything shot wide open, but you don't have to take pictures just for me if you don't have anything you can share :)
 
I think I'm a bit young for those so never really wanted one but as a classic... I like it :D
 
New Panasonic Leica 12mm f1.4 Summilux to be announced tomorrow (15/06) according to 4/3 rumours :). Better start saving now!

Simon.
 
Out with the GX8 and saw this,the version i always wanted,had the twin SU version but wanted this.

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Very nice Mike.

I had the V8 version with leather and ET headrests, first big engined car I had owned and a lovely car to drive, although it cost me a small fortune in restoring it. Also had the 2.2TC ?

The car looks lovely and in great condition, I bet they're worth a few quid now.
 
Hi all, I'm soon to be an owner of the DMC-GX80 i would like a nice long telephoto like the 100-300 but have read it's a bit soft at the long end and also at the short end, Do Oly make a comparable lens with this issue !!

Or does anyone here own the Panny 100-300 who can comment,
 
New Panasonic Leica 12mm f1.4 Summilux to be announced tomorrow (15/06) according to 4/3 rumours :). Better start saving now!

Simon.
Looks good. I would much rather a super decent 17mm f1.4 or f1.2, that would be loads more useful for me. The Oly 17mm f1.8 is good but not epic. I would pay good money or an epic 17mm af lens.
 
Hi all, I'm soon to be an owner of the DMC-GX80 i would like a nice long telephoto like the 100-300 but have read it's a bit soft at the long end and also at the short end, Do Oly make a comparable lens with this issue !!

Or does anyone here own the Panny 100-300 who can comment,
No problem with mine. Just heavy to carry but that's to be expected.
 
Looks good. I would much rather a super decent 17mm f1.4 or f1.2, that would be loads more useful for me. The Oly 17mm f1.8 is good but not epic. I would pay good money or an epic 17mm af lens.

I don't know what more I could want from a 17mm f1.8. f1.4 or 1.2 will add bulk and weight and then it'd be a different beast. There's the constant chase for shallow dof I suppose but that doesn't bother me too much and the snap focus and nice compact and light build of the 17mm f1.8 are compensation enough for me :D
 
Looks good. I would much rather a super decent 17mm f1.4 or f1.2, that would be loads more useful for me. The Oly 17mm f1.8 is good but not epic. I would pay good money or an epic 17mm af lens.

The PL 15mm f1.4 fills that gap for me :)

Simon.
 
I don't know what more I could want from a 17mm f1.8. f1.4 or 1.2 will add bulk and weight and then it'd be a different beast. There's the constant chase for shallow dof I suppose but that doesn't bother me too much and the snap focus and nice compact and light build of the 17mm f1.8 are compensation enough for me :D
The 17mm just doesn't wow me much, There's not a huge amount of detail and it's not the sharpest tool in the box. This is the 3rd 17mm I have had and they are all the same. The Pan/Leica 25mm f1.4 is very sharp, has great detail and micro contrast. The PL 15 1.7 also has something special about it and it is on my shopping list but I just wish it was 17mm :)
 
I don't know what to say as I find mine easily sharp but you've had three so I wonder if there could be some other issue going on such as a processing issue?

I have a busy day today but may post some 100% crops when I have time and access to my pc.
 
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I have to agree with Andy. I had the Oly 17 and it was shocking and that was on an OMD where it should have been perfectly matched.
 
I don't know what to say as I find mine easily sharp but you've had three so I wonder if there could be some other issue going on such as a processing issue?

I have a busy day today but may post some 100% crops when I have time and access to my pc.
I'm not saying it's not sharp because it is, it' just lacking in that wow factor.
 
I'm not saying it's not sharp because it is, it' just lacking in that wow factor.

Hmmm. I don't know about all this. Yes, there are sharper lenses and the Panny 12/15mm lenses may well be amongst them but as for the wow factor, that's just too woolly for me and I'd need something more definitive. You're not going to get super thin dof from this or any similar lens and that's what a lot of people look for these days to wow but for whole images I think that the Oly 17mm f1.8 is plenty sharp enough and the creation of the wow factor is IMO down to the person taking the picture.

No wow here just a quick demonstration of the detail this lens can capture (I can't bring myself to say anything like micro contrast.) Something will be lost via the posting via photobucket process but as you say, this is a sharp lens. Whole image followed by 100% crop.



 
It was! You get to know your kit and the sharpness was way off even when using mf
 
Thinking of picking up a GX80 with the 12-32mm kit lens as a walkabout / lightweight option. Anyone have experiences on the lens and camera? I have also been looking at the LX100 and wondering which would be the best route to go, as not planning on building another system.

Any advice or thoughts appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Thinking of picking up a GX80 with the 12-32mm kit lens as a walkabout / lightweight option. Anyone have experiences on the lens and camera? I have also been looking at the LX100 and wondering which would be the best route to go, as not planning on building another system.

Any advice or thoughts appreciated.

Thanks.

One thing which puts me off buying expensive fixed lens cameras is what about getting dust bunnies? I know you're much less likely to get them with a fixed lens system but if you are unlucky enough to get some contamination on the sensor (maybe through the lens) I suppose it means packing it off to the repair shop whereas if you get contamination on the sensor of an interchangeable lens camera it's relatively easy to clean.

This may be an irrational fear but I's put me off buying anything more expensive that the Panasonic LX3/5/LF1 cameras I've had.

I haven't used a GX80 or 12-32mm but I have been impressed with the image quality from the GX7 and the tiny 14-42mm mega O.I.S. (if shutter shock can be avoided) and I'd imagine that the newer combination can only be better.
 
One thing which puts me off buying expensive fixed lens cameras is what about getting dust bunnies? I know you're much less likely to get them with a fixed lens system but if you are unlucky enough to get some contamination on the sensor (maybe through the lens) I suppose it means packing it off to the repair shop whereas if you get contamination on the sensor of an interchangeable lens camera it's relatively easy to clean.

This may be an irrational fear but I's put me off buying anything more expensive that the Panasonic LX3/5/LF1 cameras I've had.

I haven't used a GX80 or 12-32mm but I have been impressed with the image quality from the GX7 and the tiny 14-42mm mega O.I.S. (if shutter shock can be avoided) and I'd imagine that the newer combination can only be better.

The GX80 is my current favourite as it's roughly the same price of a LX100 with the cashback, but for a newer camera model. Reading some of the reviews it seems as if they have a changed the shutter mechanism on this model and done away with the optical low pass filter.

I have never experienced dust as a problem with previous compacts, mainly Panasonic/Fuji over the last 6 years or so, TZ6, TZ20 xf1, x20 etc..........

When I take the D810 SWMBO can then use the smaller camera, we did buy a D3300 for her but it was too big, I think M4/3 will give us the best use, small to chuck in her handbag when going out, or to football etc...

Review mentioning new shutter> https://www.ephotozine.com/article/panasonic-lumix-gx80-gx85-review-29143
 
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Yes, I read that about the new shutter but a couple of things put me off buying a new Panasonic...

I'd really like constant dof preview in all modes.
I'd really like auto ISO in all modes with the ability to dial in exposure compensation.

They've recently added auto ISO to manual mode (I have this with my G7 but not with my GX7) but there's no ability to apply exposure compensation in manual mode and AFAIK this is still the case with the newer cameras, GX8 and GX80. I use this ability quite a bit with my A7 as it's convenient to be able to dial in a shutter speed and an aperture and let the ISO float as needed.

I can imagine Panasonic adding my two much loved Sony features to their cameras at some point... or maybe they'll just add exposure comp. at some point, I hope that they do but until they do I don't really see too much advantage in changing for me although the shutter shock issue did surprise and shock me but for me it seems to be limited to the 14-42mm mega O.I.S.

One feature that I've come to really like is the GX7's tilting EVF and I wouldn't like to lose that now and the GX80 doesn't have it.

I'm fussy.

Anyway, a small GX7/GX80 type body with a capable kit lens for good light shooting and a fast prime for lower light and creative shooting would make a really good and small system that'd cover 90% of many peoples needs :D
 
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I am loving the 12-35,i want my 100-400 though,taken at 35mm

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Just had another play with the Sigma 105 macro on the gx8

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The last post should have had two pictures but i have connection problems at the moment.

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Very nice.

One thing I've missed since going mirrorless is a longish macro. I used to have a Sigma 150mm f2.8 and I really liked it but these days I use an old film era 50mm f2.8 and although it's reasonably long on MFT at a FF equivalent of 100mm there's a noticeable difference between 100mm on MFT and the 150mm I got on my 5D and the equivalent 240mm I got on my APS-C 20D.
 
I would like a 100mm AF really,but not possible so putting thought into it.
 
GX7 + 17mm f1.8.

Ah, terrace houses and back street cobbles but these days only residents with keys have access and I had to explain what I was up to.



Ouch! (crop.)





and crop at f1.8...

 
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