walao eh!the price!!!!

I will throw my own poison here he he he

f1.7 goodness:





and the handsome 15/1.7 on th gx8



This post has been edited by bobds78: Jul 23 2016, 02:25 PM

How is the 15mm bro?

Didn't test its IQ no time yet, just tested its mechanics to make sure everything works No problems there, everything work just fine.

where did u get back the 20mm and how much?

25mm is damn cheap now but 20mm price never come down despite its age.

Because 20mm more versatile

mrsu had a copy I remember and true enough he had it for sale for quite sometime already for well under 1k


I just couldn't stay away from the 20/1.7 and I have to test all these 1.7s for myself.

I ran a few shots with the 15/1.7 but haven't had the chance to transfer them from the camera. However, as far as I see from the Lcd screen the images are very very sharp with really nice bokeh I haven't seen from any lens I own before, including the 20/1.7, smooth and nice. It focuses very very fast on the gx8.

Omg. Panasonic exiting the entry m43 market. Its finally clear now why gx85 exist

wow, this is big news!

they should cut the G line as well and focus on GH and GX.

indeed. in term of size and focal length.

i see.

I think they will simply rename GF to GX8000 and GM to GX800.

So G series will have all SLR style body.

So GX series will have all rangefinder style body.

GH will be VIDEO oriented.

Good assumption, that might well be the case. It's quite pretty obvious

I do not think so.

From the definition, G, GX and GH all looks like it will have EVF. EVF cost money... see the price difference between the GM1 and GM5.

Also it doesn't make sense to dump the GF moniker as the "Girl Friend" is a known entity among the consumers unless they're exiting that market segment.

The same segment that is being killed by smartphones, RX100's and Canon GX's. The same segment that's being abandoned by Panny's competitors too.

i agree. i read about "Girl Friend" camera from electronic gadget magazine before i knew anything about the G series and micro four thirds, this term coined by media widely and it does carry branding value for its compact milc.

May I know how much is a fair price for a used Olympus 75mm F1.8? I have one lying around and thinking of letting it go.

Which is dangerous for m43.. the more "pro" it goes, the more it will be affected by sensor size snobbery.

judging from cheapest price for a new 1, around RM2k ?
http://m.11street.my/productdetail/olympus...-black-18670663

Hey guys, I've got a 45mm F1.8 and a Nissin i40 for sale. If anyone is interested, do PM me. Price is negotiable https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3953855&hl=

Thanks for this. Really helpful.

The full story is that now pro or low end is no longer represented by GX/GH vs G/GM/GF, but the number of digits, exactly like Canon and Nikon (which allows Canon and Nikon users to immediately make sense of the system). So a GX9000, which will be a "GF9", will not have an EVF.

So single digit cameras sure has EVF, 4 digit cameras probably don't have EVF.

It is very obvious that GF series doesn't make much money to them as compared to GH and GX. The new GX80/85 is surprisingly quite a success, maybe due to its stabilized 4k video at a very compact size. Panasonic is doing more marketing work for this camera esp in the Europe, you can see a lot more reviews on this camera than previous models.

Nothing is ditched and more choices will be available with new naming system. For example it is now possible to have a high end G camera, a G8, exactly a high end "GX8" with features such as huge EVF, weather-sealed and dual-IS but in SLR form factor. I will love that camera as I always hate to pay a premium price for the video features in the GH lineup which I never use. I have previously shoot with GH3 and GH4. So G series can now have at least 2 cameras G8 and maybe G800 (to replace the G7, no IBIS, no weather sealing). GX900 and GX9000 can be added to replace GM5 and GF8.

I can see of 7 different cameras (GX x4, G x2, GH x1). The new naming allows more flexibility. Nikon only needs one D series. It doesn't even need to use "mark II" or "mark IV".