"Panasonic G series" Owners Thread

There's a lot of that ... "not available in these cases: " in the manual, x59 in the GX80 manual, at the end of each section/chapter.
 
Here's an image I googled up, it's a good idea to have your screen looking like that with those icons along the top:

exposure mode, photo style, flash, and so on. Get used to seeing those, and when new icons appear HDR, BKT, burst, etc. they can interfere with other functions.

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anybody use the in-camera focus stacking?

I'm quite pleased with this, not perfect, but not bad.

A tatty old well used pocket camera:

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d00d said:
anybody use the in-camera focus stacking?

I'm quite pleased with this, not perfect, but not bad.

A tatty old well used pocket camera:

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No, but oddly, I have just been playing with the focus bracketing, than stacked them in Affinity

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Sangoma said:
High speed burst is one that will do just that, and you did mention you had tried it
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Right so the High Speed Burst Rate greyed out the flash, that makes sense.
What doesn't is why the shutter option greyed out and I was stuck on electronic.
The only other changes I made are disabling the touch screen and using silent mode.
I'll check the manual but it's got me stumped so far.
 
Crotal Bell said:
Right so the High Speed Burst Rate greyed out the flash, that makes sense.
What doesn't is why the shutter option greyed out and I was stuck on electronic.
The only other changes I made are disabling the touch screen and using silent mode.
I'll check the manual but it's got me stumped so far.
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Silent mode is electronic, and I think high speed burst is too, so you wouldn't be able to select mechanical shutter
 
d00d said:
Here's an image I googled up, it's a good idea to have your screen looking like that with those icons along the top:

exposure mode, photo style, flash, and so on. Get used to seeing those, and when new icons appear HDR, BKT, burst, etc. they can interfere with other functions.

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That's a great tip, sounds obvious to many on here but as a newbie, I must admit I don't use the info on the screen enough.
Thanks for that.
 
Crotal Bell said:
I need to memorise the manual ! Not easy though when there's so much of it !
Thanks Steve.
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There's only 337 pages! :)

And I like the way the first page says "Please read these instructions carefully before using this product and save this manual for future use"

I was relieved to see they didn't expect you to read it all and remember it all.

Big kids don't read manuals.

Guess how I found out about this happening :)
 
Sangoma said:
There's only 337 pages! :)

And I like the way the first page says "Please read these instructions carefully before using this product and save this manual for future use"

I was relieved to see they didn't expect you to read it all and remember it all.

Big kids don't read manuals.

Guess how I found out about this happening :)
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It's about being good at searching Ctrl + F
 
nandbytes said:
Aww look how cute they are :love:

My setup complete for now. Wanted a Panasonic 9mm f1.7 but the laowa 10mm f2 will do nicely for now :D

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Nice! I too wanted the 9mm, and was on the waiting list, but got bored and re-bought an 8-18. If and when I need a compact wide I'll probably go for the Laowa 7.5mm.
 
Stephen L said:
Nice! I too wanted the 9mm, and was on the waiting list, but got bored and re-bought an 8-18. If and when I need a compact wide I'll probably go for the Laowa 7.5mm.
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Yes I did think about the 7.5mm too. I basically bought the one I found first at a decent price.

There is a 7.5mm at ffordes now for £279 which is a really nice price.

I'll eventually get the 9mm but till I can find one in used market I'll keep using the laowa.

I want to keep my kit really light and small.
I think I have achieved that very well here :)
And as a bonus all my primes have 46mm filter thread :D
 
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d00d said:
I did this a couple of years ago using the GX80 exposure brackets .... -2 / -1 / 0

-2 for the sky. 0 for the rest.


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Exposure bracketing, that's a whole new world and I am big enough to admit I still have work to do on the basics first. Like understanding that you don't need wide open aperture bokeh on macro shots and the whole insect may be sharp is you use a higher F stop, say F8-F11. Little things I still don't get right and I spend too much time in editing trying to save images that could have been better in-camera.
Don't get me wrong, I can understand what you're saying, and appreciate how it helped with that image, so I am learning these things. Hopefully I'll feel more confident soon and then I'll have a bash at that, and other methods. These modern cameras have so much tech, but right now I'm like an old golfer who hasn't hit a ball for 20 years.
 
Sangoma said:
There's only 337 pages! :)

And I like the way the first page says "Please read these instructions carefully before using this product and save this manual for future use"

I was relieved to see they didn't expect you to read it all and remember it all.

Big kids don't read manuals.

Guess how I found out about this happening :)
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Ha ha ! Real men know everything......until they get it wrong........then they learn what they thought they already knew :)
 
Pin said:
This has just made me insanely jealous. I fell in the sea with my GX9 and best prime lens last week Needless to say it’s totalled.
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I'm sorry to hear that :(
I haven't spent a huge lot on this stuff, all bought used.

I hope your are able to replace yours soon
 
nandbytes said:
I'm sorry to hear that :(
I haven't spent a huge lot on this stuff, all bought used.

I hope your are able to replace yours soon
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Ha yeh I’m looking to buy used now too. I’ve put a wanted up in the classifieds so will see if something turns up.
 
Pin said:
Ha yeh I’m looking to buy used now too. I’ve put a wanted up in the classifieds so will see if something turns up.
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I'd offer you one of mine since I always intended to sell one of them.
Not sure which one though, was going to use both for a few months before deciding.
 
From dhal to dhal at f22

I needed to set something rough up to show my 11 year old the effects of aperture on photos, he was using his Canon with a 55-250, it worked well so I thought following from quite a few discussions on the topic using the Panasonic 100-300 lens, I would take some with that.
Results are quite interesting, did help me to see exactly how this lens is.

Focus point was the Del Monte logo on the bottom pineapple tin.

Distance between the front of each tin is 7", and distance from camera to focus point 26'



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I've been impressed with the image quality of the Panasonic G100. When I get time I'll try to compare it to mx GX9 as they're both 20mp and so should be very similar. I don't know if it's the same sensor in these cameras or not.

I keep thinking back to the Canon 5D I had and I was sure the G100 held the highlights better so I googled DR for the two and 5D has 11.1 and the G100 has 12. Googling tells me my A7 has 14 stops of DR. Still, the G100 isn't bad.
 
I still cannot get my head around why Panasonic dropped the GM series - I'm just glad I grabbed a pair of GM5s when people were selling them off cheap. A raspberry flower at the end of the garden...

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I really like mine. I take it with me when I don't want anything bigger but apart from the size of it one thing I really like is the shutter as it's so quiet. The G100 is also very quiet.

I wish they'd do a new one.
 
One taken with the new 9mm/1.7, seems to be bit of a "Marmite" lens from what i've been reading.
Yes it is sharpest in the centre of the frame, but unless you view everything at 100% the edges are fine too.
My test is view at simulated A3 print size, if that's good (it is) then i'm happy.

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tijuana taxi said:
One taken with the new 9mm/1.7, seems to be bit of a "Marmite" lens from what i've been reading.
Yes it is sharpest in the centre of the frame, but unless you view everything at 100% the edges are fine too.
My test is view at simulated A3 print size, if that's good (it is) then i'm happy.

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Anymore thoughts on this lens ?

Thinking of getting one purely for its size - the reviews do seem to vary but I’m prepared to compromise because of its size
 
I think the one by Red35 was fairly accurate. He spent his own cash on it so no reason to not be honest.
Taken a fair few photos with mine and very happy with it wide open. That's why I got it, stuff like dimly lit interiors and low light urban travel.
Not sure if you want an out and out landscape lens that it's the best bet.
 
One of my fav holiday snaps I thought I’d share.
 

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That's a lovely picture Pin, you've certainly captured a moment. Well done :D

I know a lot of people don't care but I always like to see what kit people are using and even the settings too. Something like GX80 and 14mm f2.5 at f4... something like that :D
 
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That's a lovely picture Pin, you've certainly captured a moment. Well done :D

I know a lot of people don't care but I always like to see what kit people are using and even the settings too. Something like GX80 and 14mm f2.5 at f4... something like that :D
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Ooh yeh you can’t see the data in the jpg.
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Another from my now dead GX9
 
I took this a while ago with my GX80 and 14mm f2.5 at f4. The light wasn't great, I've tried to recover something worth keeping by trying to rescue the highlights and boost the shadows.

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100% crop.

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