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Panasonic GX9 / 20mm f1.7 by the BLOATER, on Flickr
Panasonic GX9 / 20mm f1.7 by the BLOATER, on Flickr
Panasonic GX9 / 20mm f1.7 by the BLOATER, on Flickr
I like that jeep, is that in camera black and white or converted in post?
Hi all.
In the next few weeks I'm going to probably (if I've managed to save enough money. Money is quite tight at the moment) be buying a used Gx80 and kit lens.
The camera seems to fit in with what I want it for and most likely a bit more, an everyday camera that I can carry around without the bulk of my Canon dslr.
My question is, is the kit lens OK, I know it won't match up to the faster lenses or the prime lenses, but I do like the compactness of it when not in use and the focal lengths are fine. In time I'm sure I will buy better lenses, but for now funds will only be for the body and kit lens.
Hi all.
In the next few weeks I'm going to probably (if I've managed to save enough money. Money is quite tight at the moment) be buying a used Gx80 and kit lens.
The camera seems to fit in with what I want it for and most likely a bit more, an everyday camera that I can carry around without the bulk of my Canon dslr.
My question is, is the kit lens OK, I know it won't match up to the faster lenses or the prime lenses, but I do like the compactness of it when not in use and the focal lengths are fine. In time I'm sure I will buy better lenses, but for now funds will only be for the body and kit lens.
Yes the 12-32 is a bit small to grip ... the kit doesn't feel good, well balanced, in your hands.I'm assuming you mean the 12-32, if so it's very good for its size and is stabilised too.
I didn't like it purely from a function point of view, too small to grip and it's retracting mechanism.
Hi all.
In the next few weeks I'm going to probably (if I've managed to save enough money. Money is quite tight at the moment) be buying a used Gx80 and kit lens.
The camera seems to fit in with what I want it for and most likely a bit more, an everyday camera that I can carry around without the bulk of my Canon dslr.
My question is, is the kit lens OK, I know it won't match up to the faster lenses or the prime lenses, but I do like the compactness of it when not in use and the focal lengths are fine. In time I'm sure I will buy better lenses, but for now funds will only be for the body and kit lens.
Why not try and get the 12-60 kit lens?Hi all.
In the next few weeks I'm going to probably (if I've managed to save enough money. Money is quite tight at the moment) be buying a used Gx80 and kit lens.
The camera seems to fit in with what I want it for and most likely a bit more, an everyday camera that I can carry around without the bulk of my Canon dslr.
My question is, is the kit lens OK, I know it won't match up to the faster lenses or the prime lenses, but I do like the compactness of it when not in use and the focal lengths are fine. In time I'm sure I will buy better lenses, but for now funds will only be for the body and kit lens.
Looking for a battery for my GX9, is the DMW-BLG10E identical to the DMW-BLG10.
Specs are looking the same 7.2v 1025mAh 7.4Wh.
Would you beleive this at half the price? Too good to be true?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-...776834&hash=item340c294353:g:C~cAAOSwDH1c-IEp
I wouldn't buy from that seller regardless, given the feedback rating of 96.9%Would you beleive this at half the price? Too good to be true?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-...776834&hash=item340c294353:g:C~cAAOSwDH1c-IEp
I found that Amazon do at least two hoods that will fit the 12-32 nicely: one with cut-outs (for that phony rangefinder look) and one without. Neither cost me more than £8.Here's my 12-32 kit lens, comes without a hood
Isn't that the lens that doesn't have a focus ring? If it is I wouldn't even think about it as there are small kit lenses that do have one.
I just don't see the need for a focussing ring these days. Some of my lenses have them but I just don't find them of any use.That's the one, has the turn it in and out mechanism too.
Small lenses that go as wide as 12mm? That's a much bigger consideration for me than the focusing ring (I barely use them these days, especially in wider lenses).Isn't that the lens that doesn't have a focus ring? If it is I wouldn't even think about it as there are small kit lenses that do have one.
I just don't see the need for a focussing ring these days. Some of my lenses have them but I just don't find them of any use.
Small lenses that go as wide as 12mm? That's a much bigger consideration for me than the focusing ring (I barely use them these days, especially in wider lenses).
That's only ever happened to me when shooting through glass. Flicking the power off and on again gets round the problem nicely and it only happens rarely in any case. I often take pictures through the front windscreen of a double decker bus (one of the benefits of a bus pass) and this dome was only in sight for a second or two as the bus drove past - far too short a time to focus manually...I use focus rings quite a bit as sometimes the camera focuses on the wrong thing or simply fails to focus at all.
That's only ever happened to me when shooting through glass. Flicking the power off and on again gets round the problem nicely and it only happens rarely in any case. I often take pictures through the front windscreen of a double decker bus (one of the benefits of a bus pass)...
As indeed it does,YMMV.
The way this lens works may suit some but it's just not for me at any price and if someone gave me one for free I'd happily pass it on again for free. It's not as if there aren't alternatives. YMMV.
I'm really wondering if I should shoot jpeg only.
I only shoot jpeg. I get some great results and have never thought "I wish I'd used raw".I'm really wondering if I should shoot jpeg only.