The GX85 and Pan/Leica 15mm f1.7 lens is a killer combo. BTW, the GX80/85 is great for shooting video.

This camera is an underrated gem. Great to see it getting more and more love.

It's my go to camera (the only digital one I have) for street photography. The looks of the camera really makes you wanna go take pictures. Imagine an updated version of the GX85, that would be awesome. Great video about my favorite camera 😊

Of all of the YT Photogs. You by far have a One of the Best Eye for Comp. n Subject Awareness !!! Your Photos are Really Great :) :) :)

Love it George. Colors on Panny are my favorite, actually! I am 10 steps away from selling 3/4 of my Fujifilm gear because I have consistently turned to my GX9 with the 15mm 1.7 everywhere and the GM5 with the 14mm f/2.5 on sunny days. Your shots are great and we have a similar style. Always enjoy your videos!

Love the photos and the colours. The Lumix GF1,2 and the GX series are so cool. Very sleek cameras and well built.

GX85 was one of my 1st m43 cameras and it’s one of the only ones I’ve kept over the years. Portability, features, ease of use, speed etc. One of the most slept on cameras ever tbh 👌🏼

Congrats on the channel George!

I have a GX80, originally with the Lumix 20mm f1.7 but as you say, autofocus is slow. I swapped the lens for the Olympus 17mm f1.8 lens which also has a manual focus clutch meaning no searching menus to switch to manual focus via camera menus; these 2 are made for each other.

I have this amazing camera GX-80 as “my first priority” for short trips and it always go together with my G9 when I travel for a longer period of time. The beauty of combining all the lenses between these two models is unbeatable.

Well done great video, really enjoy your content. I love my GX7Mk2 (GX85), and have been delighted with the image quality using Zuiko 17mm 1.8 , Zuiko 40mm 1.8 and Lumix 25mm 1.7 lenses. Features I really like are the back button focus / image stabilisation as well as the low key appearance.

Lens and GX80 are my fav.

This is a good camera, but also one that it took me the longest to warm up to - years in fact - than others. It is getting a lot of love now, but at the time seemed to sell badly (forever on sale), and I think it's good if people are aware of some of the limitations. I'm still discovering features inside it as I need them, even years later, so Lumix packed a lot in.

I love the way manufacturers come up with great UX ideas for shooting use cases. I feel a bit spoiled by the Ricoh GRIII currently. The Zone Focus priority mode is game changing. I kind of sit at 2.5m 90% of the time swapping between f4.5 and f6.3 if I want back to infinity in focus, then the camera takes care of the rest. I occasionally will roll the dial to focus at 3.5m or 5m also if it really is pretty far. This is something I'd love to see other brands tackle and put their own spin on. Especially as focus by wire is typically inprecise and the digital distance scale is rather unhelpful most of the time. I am curious about that that tilt EVF. I rarely use an EVF because I personally find eye level to usually be the most boring angle for a POV. So this could be something that changes my mind.

What we really need is a proper update to this, instead of what Panasonic appears to be moving towards.

Thank you for this video George. The GX85(80) is a winner. It is small, as well as the lenses. It is lightweight as well as the small primes. It is stupid cheap. Where as I like this body a lot I have voted with my wallet and prefer the GX9. Truth be told there aren’t a lot of differences between the two bodies. 16 vs 20MP isn’t significant. I don’t crop. Most of the improvements on the GX9 are incremental. This seems so silly but the reason I prefer the GX9 is the L monochrome D B&W jpeg. It is my favorite. Sorry Acros with red filter. This was introduced in the G9. Not mentioned is the GX85 has IBIS. A feature I adore. Being a LUMIX body, the GX85 has a lot of video features but lacks an audio jac. For a small body, the GX85 has an EVF. It is small but there. I don’t like the GRiii/x because it lacks this feature. Both the GX85/9 are becoming harder to find. The GX9 is becoming more expensive. It can be up to 2X the price of the GX85. That is crazy. The GX85 is way more than good enough. Technique tip George. I don’t like my screen to flip. I have some flippy screen bodies. If I use one of those bodies and want to take a shot from a low angle I flip the screen to the 90 degree angle to the body. This way the screen doesn’t stick out. I also get a twin lens reflex feel out of the camera a la Vivian Maier. I wish LUMIX would update the GX line. Maybe put the G9ii sensor in the S9 body. Weather seal it and add an audio jac. Wouldn’t that be something? If you don’t own a GX85(80) consider buying one. It is a super body as George suggests. Put the PL15 on this body and it is a super street photography combination. The same for the GX9. Now watch the prices go up. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

Heck yeah it's slow. I have one that I use on my EM5. The 40mm equiv. 27mm Fujinon that I use on my XE-4 is similarly clunky. I regret selling my GX-9 and may backtrack and get another or one of these. I love the form factor and style. For an artistically inclined camera, these really do check all the boxes as they say. Love your videos!

I have the GX80 and the GM1. The interchangeable lenses makes them so versatile. I bought the gx80 to upgrade the gm1 but I still use the gm1 the most.

The GX 85 was my first MFT and it is a fun camera to use.

I’d just like to add that there are many alternative MFT lenses suitable for street photography, all of which focus faster than the 20/1.7. I still love it though.

The Pen-f with the 20mm Pana Pancake. As well as being great with the colour wheel, it looks sublime. A jewel that still has no equivalent today.

Nice review (as always). The images look great, and i can see why you like the combo. I've tried a few and stuck with a Canon M10 and a 22mm f2 as my version of this. I may pick up an M100 or M200 at some point but I just love the form factor and ease of use. Its certainly more capable than my skillz....

The 20mm 1.7 is notoriously slow, but that's not the fault of the camera. I think the 20mm is better used, as you would with a Ricoh GR and do spot focusing. Like if you want to take street photos 5m in front of you on like f5.6 and keep it there until you change to another focus zone. With my other m43 and ff Lumix cameras I wanted a everyday carry and wanted a cheap camera. Got the original Lumix GX7, with the 14mm. It's snappy and I absolutely love shooting it. The cmos sensor is grainy As F over iso 800, but I bought it for 4x6 prints, and it has so much character. Love it! 🥳

Really enjoy my G85 and that 20mmf1.8. I tend to use my less capable but more enjoyable Olympus EM10 with the same lens. Yeah, the 20mm is deadly slow but it's tiny and mighty - sharp corner to corner and quite fast.

Hey George,It's been a while since I visited your channel. There's no particular reason for my absence, but I wanted to let you know that your recent videos have impressed me greatly. Your storytelling, speaking style, and overall video presentation have improved significantly. I truly appreciate the quality and effort you put into these new videos.I especially appreciate that you are producing content about older cameras. As I get older, I find it less important to have the latest tech. For example, over the last two or three years, I have really enjoyed using the Panasonic GX800. It's so small I can take it everywhere, allowing me to capture pictures I wouldn't normally be able to with my Panasonic G9. I just wish the GX800 would get an update to include PDAF.I also owned the GX80 and GX9. However, after comparing the GX800 with the GX9, I found that it doesn't provide me any significant advantage in the field. Or better to say, the advantage of the smaller size outweighs the viewfinder for me.Thank you for creating such engaging content.

I love to use the GX85 with the Olympus 17mm f1.8 as my "walking around" camera.

Love this camera. Raved about it. Of course... I sold it. And of course... it is now still the same price now as when I bought it in 2017 lmao. Moral of the story? Never sell anything ever. Hoard hoard the cameras 📷 😂

Nothing wrong with the Olympus "Pen" E-PL 10. I got rid of the 20mm because it was slow to focus.

I have the GX80 paired with the 14/2.5 Panasonic pancake lens. That definitely focuses a lot faster than your 20/1.7, which I suspect is the first generation version. It is certainly a real fun camera, albeit hampered by not being weather sealed. Because of that, I also own an Olympus E-M5ii paired with 12-40/2.8 Pro lens.

Nice one, George! I was eyeing some Olympus cameras for this size of camera and with tilting screen for street, like E-PL7, 8 or 9 (although I think 9 removed some things like ability to add an EVF, so probably 8 is the best). I really value the IBIS in these cameras, for them being so small. I cannot justify getting one right now (since I recently got an E-M5 III and much more recently, a PEN-F), but I will in the future if the opportunity comes!

I have a GX9, I am very happy with it, and it’s my go to street camera. It focuses pretty niftily, although I don’t have to 20 1.7. Anyway, Is there a big difference between the GX80 and GX9, apart from pixel count, I bought it used, a big win for me? Enjoyed the video content. Thanks.

Have you tried 7Artisan 25mm f1.8 on this? Mine is in mail and I think it should pair nicely with my OM-D E-M5. I'm looking for a smaller MFT camera but have not decided yet, so many good options (getting M5 was no brainer because in my opinion it's a modern classic).

This is what the Panasonic S9 camera should have been, not what happened in the end.

Bought this camera 2 years ago because of Teo Crawford. Still waiting for something to beat it. I have an X100VI on pre-order and maybe that will dethrone it but the GX85 does have the ability to change out lenses. Could go XE4 but that doesn't have a flash built in. List goes on when making comparisons; the GX85 always has at least ONE thing that other cameras don't have, even when comparing to modern releases.

Why do you prefer gx80 to em10?

The 20/1.7 has great glass. Understandable if you delve deep into the exif and find the legend, "unknown Leica". I think it is slow to focus because it has a very fine focus thread, it will focus precisely. On a Panasonic it will disable the AFC and be AFS-only. This can be a drawback, and don't hope to do any kind of action shot. On an Olympus the 20/1.7 may hunt on C-AF. The more versatile PZ14-42 is very much the same size folded and also has excellent glass, but has no focus or zoom rings although it can MF on its toggle switches. The kit lens for the GX80/85 was the 12-32, originally for the GM1, a miniaturised lens with a slightly reduced image circle that can exhibit vignetting. In Japan the camera is the GX7 Mark II, it has Dual-IS which you will certainly notice if you give it a Power-OIS lens like the PZ14-42.

Lumix should make new MFT rangefinder style compact cameras with that Real time lut feature. One in GX lineup with new tech and sensor but in gx80 size and dial layout and one in LX series with nd filter and maybe deactivatable IR filter for infrared photography without converting. Imagine how much fun these can be.

That intro. I'm frightened.

Personally I would use a black background when showing photos in a vid, makes it easier to see the differences in colors and brightness. But great vid

I noticed you never seemed to use the viewfinder. Any reason why?

George. GX8 or GX85? Both on sale on my local 2nd hand market place for about £350 each.

GX80 or GX85 is an excellent camera. I never liked the shutter sound of it and the EVF is terrible. Otherwise, excellent camera. On the contrary, that god awful 20mm f1.7, I mean I understand its a small lens with large opening, but I have never had that kind of focus lock delay even in my worst nightmare. Bought a used GX7 that came with 20mm f1.7, tried to take some photos of my 2 years old, with very low success rate. Sold it immediately. I also have 15mm f1.7 and 20mm f1.4 PL and Oly Pro respective, a bit thicker may be, a bit more expensive (TBH on used market, PL 15 and this shite 20 sells for similar price. Save yourself the hassle and skip this one. Great video as always.

George Bro ??? As a M4/3 and FF Shooter that owns multiple LUMIX Cams and looking for a new travel M4/3…. You don’t really have to speak down on the S9 to justify using M4/3 over it… like saying you don’t think you could have gotten the shot with it 😂 as skilled as you are. I find fun in both. As a viewer of your content… it just comes across as unnecessary shots. 😂 But to each their own. Just input.

Il 20mm purtroppo è un obiettivo lento e vecchi che andrebbe rivisto per una versione II. Con questa fotocamera (come anche per la gx9) meglio il 14mm f2,5 o il 15 f1,7 o il 25 f1.4 (anche se quest'ulti rende la combo meno tascabile).

I sold mine after a week with my X100Vi. It just seemed a bit dull.

For me it is ricoh gr

Pipeline of me watching these videos: 1) get excited about an alternative to my street camera that's bulky and can't find wider lenses for it. 2) see all the positives, recognize I don't mind any of the negatives 3) look for the camera in the available markets in my country 4) everything is crazy expensive, or doesn't even exist 5) get depressed and vow to never get excited about it again

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Indeed, yes. The 20mm is a DOG. Even though this was my first m43 lens, it was also the first one I sold. Yes, it was pin sharp, but the focussing speed was simply horrible. Look for a DJI 15mm 1.7. The DJI is essentially a Leica, but with the price of the 20mm and with seriously fast autofocus and the most incredible sharpness of ANY m43 prime.

i carry a cannon g11 with me

All this complaining about focus issues obviously never had to manual focus. Digital cameras make it almost too easy - especially with newer AI subject focus.

10 mins into the video and still no clue which model of the camera is.

out of stock 🥲

We already have cameras we can carry every day and they fit in our pockets. They are called smartphones 😊

The old Nikon P7000 DSLR style pocket cam better than Panasonic 💩 stack