I haven't been more thankful for the algorithm showing this to me

I wish they would bring back the GX-9 body with the 26mp image sensor. I would be all over it. I had the GX-85 with the 20mm f 1.7 Lumix prime. I couldn't put it down. It was fun!

You gotta love it when someone discovers MFT and realizes it's hugely better than the big-sensor snobs let on. Good for you for speaking up about it.

I got me a GX-85 last year and I haven't really explored its full potential but seeing your samples got me inspired to do so. Cheers!

I’ve been using this camera for many years now. It really is a great walkabout, everyday carry. Most recently, I’ve been using a Laowa 17mm f1.8 on this. It is manual focus, but the hyperfocal distance is essentially a few meters out to infinity at f5.6. So aperture prioty, and auto iso and you just have to frame. I’ve also taken to have the camera bracket 3 at 1 stop over and under. Very fast way to work.

Finally! It's so nice to hear how much you enjoyed shooting with an M43 camera. They always get overlooked for flashier or more popular brands. Hope you enjoy it for years to come!

GX80 is the camera I have been using since I traded in my Canon APS slr as it was getting so heavy and too conspicuous. I’ve been very pleased with quality. I also combine it with traditional film lenses for different textures. I have been very happy with the tiny Olympus 45mm

Even after all these years, this is still one of the most underrated cameras for street shooting ever made. So glad you made this video as it reminded me that I have one and should use it more.

I've got a GX80 and I love it in a way I don't love my other photo gear. Use it with the 20mm f1.7 and 14mm f2.5 lenses for street and urban photography. Brilliant gear for the money. I hope to get the Pana/Leica 15mm at some point. Great video!

Great video Josh! Loving your pictures with the Gx80 ⚡ I've been using this camera for some years now and I love it more and more. It's so good to see other contents about it on KZfaq!

I bought this camera and lens combo because of you. I could not be more pleased. When shooting photo's, the focus is blazing fast. I am a Ricoh GR shooter and I might this setup better. Beautiful, rich images that are so pleasing. Thanks so very much for the tip. So much fun to use.

The way you speak about it. We shoot the same way. Glad you found the m43 system 💯

I've been using a little GX9 for a few years with that PanaLeica 15mm lens. It's such a great and small combination. The 12-60 is a good additional lens which makes for a flexible and very compact travel system. I got your zine to this week, great work. As a coastal hogger myself, great work from Brighton! I've spent time lately around Hayling Island, Southsea Fort Cumberland just out of Portsmouth, may be not quite your cup of tea but it could be worth a look if you are back in the area!

Still one of my favorite cameras that I carry around almost daily. The size and price for the quality it gives is just amazing, can't recommend it enough.

Good to hear people who talk sense about M4/3. The 15 mm Lens is sharp with great qualities, and a great focal length. Delivered with intelligent observation, Well done !

Dude ur photos have such a soothing feel to them

Fabulous! I'm about to put mine up for sale and now I have a great recent review to pop in the ad. Cheers! It's a great set up. I went up to the G9 and I've got a little Leica D-Lux for day to day and back up.

This was my first non DSLR camera, and have missed it ever since it broke. There’s a 17mm Olympus M Zuiko f2.8 you can pick up for around a £100, makes it such an awesome affordable street camera, but I also used it as a back up for a couple of professional jobs!

Good review. This camera is probably among the best values for street photographers as the 2-lens kit is now $600, plus the camera has stabilization, which makes it a more versatile and a better value over some of it's rivals. Considering getting one of these to accompany my FF camera system (for when I don't want to lug around a large camera and lenses -- in some cases, even taking a FF body and a travel zoom is overkill for some things and that's where I think MFT has the upper hand over APS-C, plus some APS-C camera systems are getting to be as big and heavy as FF cameras these days)

I moved from Nikon FF to this camera. This is a great casual camera for street and event photography. I have since purchased a G9. The colors from the 20mp G9 sensor have a lot more depth. When I shoot the GX, I usually dial up B&W. The PL 15 is a great small lens. Also in the category are the Oly 17 and Pana 20. Sharp, tiny, easily pocketable. Don't sleep on the kit 12-32, however. Tiny, sharp, quick, stabilized. The ONLY downside to the zoom is the max aperture. Ideal for a day shooting on the street.

Wonderful camera. I´ve been using the GX9 now for 5 years and it has a flip screen - also a brilliant option.

I'm obsessed with your editing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great review! I used that exact setup for several years before moving to Fuji. Despite its diminutive size, its packed with features. A fabulous street shooter.

The Pansonic 15mm 1.7 is a gem for sure.

one of the best cameras ever made. in this combination with the Leica 15mm a blast.

I’ve had everything from Pentax to Fuji to Leica…and I was one of those “never m43!l people that thought the fotos would look like something from a 2004 mobile phone. I purchased the LUMIX gx85/80 kit while it was on sale. My only regret is that I didn’t try m43 sooner. What an incredible system. I added the lumix 20mm 1.7 ll and then turn on the L Monochrome setting…the heavens open up and the angels start singing! I’ve heard from many people that Leica helped Panasonic create the L monochrome profile and I believe it, looks very very similar to the BW on my Leica. Honestly, my Leica has just sat in its bag ever since I got the lumix. If there’s anyone else out there on the fence about trying m43, I say don’t wait. You’re missing out on a great experience and a lot of fun. The photos have a nice natural look to them. Something that’s missing from many cameras in 2024, they all look too sharp, too sterile with flat feeling. M43 and lumix fotos have great rendering to them.

Thank you very much for the review. Excellent job.

Nice one Josh - thanks for uploading!

I didn't have much money so after research thought this would be the best camera to get into photography last year. Paired with a cheap stock 25mm lens and it's amazing. Plan on using for quite a while longer. Nice vid, I will certainly subscribe and as an ex Londoner myself... You did well to take all those shots without too much hassle from the punters! Gotta watch your back on the Northern Line lol

The GX 80/85 is an excellent camera. It's one issue - in common with other Lumix compacts - is a failing rear dial contact. Fortunately your favourite mode can be assigned to the front dial, which has a more positive feel.

The equivalent of that Panasonic in my kit is the Olympus E-PL5! I just love that camera and use it for street photography all the time with the brilliant Olympus 25mm f1.8 lens. Thanks for the video.

Nice video Josh. Very interesting piece of kit.

That's my traveling kit! Lovely videos/color. Survived hikes and snow and multiple travels

I also have the GX-80 for street and general photography although I prefer my Olympus E-PL6 and E-M5ii (both 16MP too) for the colour accuracy and saturation. M43 and 16MP is perfectly fine and have been much disparaged (and unjustly) by Tony Northrup and other American YT reviewers who are not really photographers but tech nerds. I've never seen any good photos taken by Northrup btw. I also own a Nikon D750, and as you said, I cannot tell the difference even on my 28" 4K monitor. Noise has never been an issue. I just use DXO Photolabs to clean them up if I required.

I just picked up a GX80 in VGC with the 12-32 lumix lens. I'm very pleased as it's a great pocketable camera. I'm looking forward to trying a bit of street photography and night photography. thanks for the review.

I got a used one last year as my first proper camera and shot thousands of photos with it so far! It is an amazing piece of kit and if you keep the shutter speed low, using an f1.7 or brighter aperture, you can even make amazing shots in the dark (ex. I used it for a dark forrest themed Halloween photoshoot at midnight and couldn't believe my eyes, same for astrophotography with this tiny thing). The sensor, as you point out, is far better at handling shadows than highlights. I always shoot manual and aim for a slightly underexposed photo if I'm shooting in a bright scene. Using luminar and the raw files, it's very easy to pull up the shadows but not pull down the highlights as they blow up quickly. I also limit my ISO to 1600, though 3200 is usable in a pinch. But realistically, due to stabilization and bright apertures, I rarely need to use ISOs above 800 in anything but a dark bar or restaurant for example.

Absolutely agree with this! Stellar combo

Glad you like it. I have one too and I find it is a great street photography camera. As for image quality it is all that 98% of photographers will ever need. I find that my Olympus EM5ii manages colour and particularly noise better thsn the GX80, so M43 just is a great system for street photography.

A pair of GX80s were my go-to cameras for my motojournalist work. I traveled the world with them and got magazine covers and two page spreads published. It's a great tool.

My 28mm 1.7 is on my phone and so , I struggle to justify sticking one on the camera , which has the kit zoom 24-42, the 30 and 60 mm 2.8 lenses. As for the camera body I chose the em10 Mkii and pop everything in to a small Billingham digital bag . I agree that keeping things simple is the way to go and I enjoy street and travel as subject areas , blended with portraiture and the opportunity to create dreamy images , including of the dog and pack those in several photo books each year . I found the video interesting and now reflecting that I might venture to sticking that on the camera . Thanks for the suggestion

i love your colour editing

This is exactly the video I needed. Have been looking for an X100-type everyday camera but with a 50mm equivalent lens. This is the one. Thank you ✌🏼

Really great video & pics Josh. Couple of points I hope will be helpful. Consider the GX9 which as well as having various known upgraded features to the GX80 also has the ability to select a minimum shutter speed (like the G9) which I find v useful when shooting in AP mode and auto ISO. Regarding noise with M43 cameras; if you do find it is unacceptable at higher ISOs I recommend using DXO photo lab 4 and above and their Deep Prime noise reduction button it’s incredible & effectively removes 1 of the disadvantages of M43, all the best.

I got myself a Fuji x100v but keep coming back to my gx85 cuz it’s so good

great no nonsense video will be following.

For video settings, use Natural profile with sharpening, contrast, saturation and noise reduction dialed down to taste. 4k 25p in 100 mbps mp4 will give you very decent video files, especially for just walking around.

My fav is the Olympus em1 MK2. Tough as nails, great auto focus even in video (phase detect), and very cheap price at this point. For travel, the weather sealing is fantastic! Great for street shots

I had it and used it for a long time. My favorite lenses were the Lumix 42,5mm and the 40mm macro. It is one of the best MFT, especially for the price. However, I sold it because I don't collect cameras, and the Nikon Z5 has a lot better dynamic range and many other improvements. With the 28mm it is similar to your setup and not much larger.

The relationship between Panasonic and Leica for both cameras and lenses is longstanding. If you have the post skills &/or presets, you can indeed get very Leica-like colours from Panasonic bodies. Love the GX85, even with all its quirks.

I use my full-frame Nikons for work, but my Panasonic GX85 w/Leica 15mm (30mm equivalent) is my walk-around camera. Paired with the Panasonic 55-200mm (82-300mm equivalent), it makes a great compact kit.

With so many advantages over full frame it’s all I have used for 17 years

i really like how you edit your pictures and also how your video looks

Well done there! I totally agree what you have shown here. I have used (and am still using) a small LX100 for travel and knowing the limitations of high ISO and M43 have been overwhelmed with the output of the sensor.

I look forward to buying issue 2! And yup, I've been using Lumix kit for 10 years, glad you've discovered the joys and quality of the system. The 15mm is the 'everymans' Leica lens, and about the same price a 'real' Leica lens hood! The GX80 is a lovely little thing, an astounding bargain secondhand. The very similar GX9 has a newer, 20mp sensor, with slightly better image quality. You might want to try playing around with the dynamic range settings to improve highlight rendition, and the image sharpening for the 'over-sharpening' you mention. I'll look forward to Framelines No3 for your latest work shot on Lumix too...

I bought back into MFT again. Bought the GX80 too. Love the camera, paired with the 20mm shoot in 1:1 aspect ratio, just become i found it fun. The highlights blow out easily as you state correctly. I love the fact that you can take Lumix picture profiles and adjust then accordingly. Additional the image quality is great, rich good colours. Probably the best alternative for the overhyped Fujifilm x100v/vi (they haven't changed the lens much there) and it is so budget friendly. A steal

You can switch the function on the 2 wheels for shutter and aperture. So the front metal wheel can be the shutterspeed and not the Plastik one on the back so you could use the ring on the lens for aperture and front wheel for shutterspeed and have a more high quality feeling

Nice Video Josh. I've been shooting a GX80 since release in 2016, and absolutely love it. Micro Four Thirds isn't at all bad! I shoot mine with the Olympus 17mm f1.8 which is a great lens too. In fairness, the 12-32 kit lens that came with it was actually really good, and very cheap for anyone who might need a compact zoom, it's also stabilised so you get the benefits of Panasonic's dual IS system.

Ha! I used a Lumix as my main camera at Kingston. Love those Leica lenses.

Yes ! The Lumix GX series and their previous GF series cameras and lenses yield very sharp images at that price point. The Lumix 20mm 1.7 and 14mm 2.5 primes are my favs especially for black and white images.

Very nice review. Although I have all formats from small sensors up to full frame, the model I will take with me on my next trip to Europe will no doubt be my 2 GX85 bodies and lenses. I just love using them and adapting vintage older lenses to them as well as regular Lumix and Olympus lenses. Great cameras.

Got this camera to learn photography as a hobby and I would say its great. Got mine as a package with a g.vario 12-32 mm lens

Thanks. Still using it, aside the G80, also for my KZfaq Channel. The video is amazing.

I bought a used one of these several years ago and still use it regularly. Although I’m sure that Leica glass is excellent, I really love pairing it with vintage glass (Pentax in my case). That sensor is a perfect match for capturing the look of the “vintage” light coming through those older lenses and imbedding it into the raw files. No need to resort to goofy vintage filters in post. Just tweak exposure and go.

I love the G9. Lumix MFT features and photographic results are both useful and pleasing. I love MFT.

Love my Lumix GX9 and 12-60 kit lens…..sharp, quick and discrete…🌈📸😎

I love that setup for near pocketable street shooting. It looks like a joy to use. The layout. The size. That lovely little lens. I'd be tossing this in the cart if I wasn't already on the A7c + Voigtlander 21/3.5 color skopar. I'll definitely be picking up the combo in about 5 years when my kid outgrows the old Sony rx100 I gave him as a first try.

Now that was a surprise - your photo style, especially the colour work, looked very familiar to me, didn't take long to realize that I already found your IG a while back :) Just wanted to let you know that I adore your work!

Yeah. For those of us who don't have deep pockets it's heartening to have access to a whole load of secondhand gear in electrical exchange stores. I just purchased a Panni GX1 for £45! And the 14 to 42 mm lens for £60 and they even gave me a new charger with USB connection! Better then the wall plugging the originally came with camera. Now all that needs to happen is for it to stop raining!! Always rains when i get a new camera. Cheers

My first system was a M43 Olympus EM5II and paired with the 12-40. It was a nice setup which made me hold onto M43 systems though I do have a Sony FF as well. I didn't learn of sensor sizes, dynamic ranges, etc. I just felt the images out of that camera was good. Glad that you found that M43 actually still has potential. I am worried the drive of APSC of Fuji and FF of Canon, Nikon and Sony. Even Lumix started focusing alot on FF. Thanks for showing case for M43 camera.

I have one and use it as my main camera, though I also have Olympus and Panasonic Interchangeable lens MFT cameras. The zoom range is what I want 99% of the time and the fast apertures are an advantage, as is the compact nature of the camera.

I have this exact set up and it is is a great photojournalism type set up. I should say that the video works incredibly well with the canon fds. The 50 1.4 in particular combined with the IBIS and a bit of tweaking of picture profiles and the vintage vs the digital shaporness balances out.

Love the wallpaper!

My favorite camera since 2017. Just upgraded to the GH6. going to continue using the gx85 as everyday carry and b cam.

Reminds me of my GX7. They’re great little cameras.

You can use LX100 II too and you have one Summilux 11-35 F 1.7. Smaller and beautuful to use manually and Ricoh GR 3 is fantastic too, for me the best for street

The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 is a really nice combination on the GX series cameras. It doesn't say "Leica" on it, but it's among the sharpest lenses in the system, and it's *tiny*. My GX9 with that lens fits very comfortably in a jacket pocket. The only downside is slow autofocus.

I've that lens plus others I've also got the GX7 and GX9 ( great camera ) not bad for landscapes or portraits either 📷👍

Check out the Panasonic 12-32 zoom. It is a slower lens, and feels cheap, but it is sharp and takes great photos. Plus, it collapses down into a pancake, making the GX-80 pocketable.

My copy arrived today. Highly recommended folks.

Excellent video 👍 If you want something cheaper but more angular you can use the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH, it works very well except that it has some barrel distorcion that is easily corrected in PS. Otherwise you can use the Olympus 12mm f 2, which is optically better and brighter, but much more expensive. If you want an excellent portrait lens the Olympus 45 f1.8 is wonderful and very affordable. My everyday camera is a Panasonic GM1, plus a Panasonic GF7 and a Olympus Pen F digital for when I want something with a viewfinder.

I didn't know much about this line, or m4/3 cameras in general. Seems like a great system and I'm inclined to give it a try. I have to also say Josh - your images are recognizable regardless of the camera.

Just found your channel, so pleased I did, been binge watching and really like the content and style of presentation, well done. Just as a mention and pointer for others, it may help other shooter; I use the LUMIX GX9, I bought it used about 3 years ago purely for everyday and street use, love it to death. With the Panasonic 14 on her she slips in and out of a jacket pocket with ease, that lens is near to a pancake and only stands out at about 20mm out from the body. I also like to slip the Panasonic 25 1.7 in the other pocket, a quick lens change an that cheap kit lens brings with it a hole new perspective and creativity to your shots, not the sharpest but a lovely fast lens with a pleasant cinematic almost painterly look especially in mono. Looking forward to regular viewing of your channel. 👏📸

I love your photos

Also in the fun department: Lumix lx100 ii (or Leica d-lux 7).

Hey, great intro - for me to LUMIX cameras. It look really compact n lite; as u said, a very useful EDC. Also your images looked so good they could hv bin taken on a Much more expensive set up. Very Cool !! (Also liked the look of yr magazine …). Thks.

Panasonic GX1 with the 14mm 2.5. Great image quality. Swap out for one of the other great m43 primes when you want a change. The Leica Q is great but save your money. M43 is a wonderful system.

I recently bought this camera as a spare lighter camera . I have still a nikon d5500 which i still like as stands up well to more recent cameras albeit doesnt have 4k video. I dont use video a lot and hd video is good enough for me anyway.

Been using a gx80 for a couple of years now and it’s got to be the best value for money street camera around , off to order issue 2

I had one of Lumxi's earliest interchangeable-Leica-lens models years ago and absolutely loved its bokeh (it just has such an attractive smoothness that is so discernible compared to even Leica's own system output) and Lumix's tendency not to go OTT with its contrast suits me just fine (as can be seen in the stills in your video). Since then, with Apple phone ubiquity and hence social media photo porn from friends and all around me, I've put all my cameras down for quite many years. Still, whenever I chance upon a Lumix review, I can't help watching them (like this one) like some sort of unrequited love with Lumixes, LOL. And that's despite actually owning some Leicas and their glasses. There's something about Lumix's delivery of the quality-output to usability ratio that makes it utterly appealing without all the fuss of expectations from a Leica.

How can anyone that runs a KZfaq channel dedicated to street photography not be familiar with micro four thirds and the GX series of cameras?? Rookies! ;-) Glad Panasonic and m43 are getting some much deserved love and good choice selecting the 15mm lens, which has the awesome aperture ring. Compact street setup is the scenario where m43 really excels over larger formats.

Lumix Leica 15mm f1.7 is my favorite lens, but I have Lumix 14mm f2.5 on my GX85 all the time. It's the 1/2 the size of 15mm, and reminds me of 28mm focal length of Leica Q2.

Welcome to the world of MFT. Don't let these KZfaqrs saying MFT is dead fool you. They're VERY WRONG! Also, I'm a bit surprised you didn't know anything about the LUMIX GX series of cameras and the Panasonic Leica set of lenses. Anywho, the reason why you felt this camera was similar to the Leica Q is because Panasonic with Leica designed the Q and the Q2. The camera that's most like the Q's is the GX9. I love that camera so much I decided to purchase it again after selling it last year instead of purchasing a Q2 or M10. As Shane told you the image quality of the files look very similar to Leica DNG's. I did an experiment for a month on IG hashtagging photo's from the GX9 as though they came from an M10 and people who shoot with the M10 regularly didn't realise the photos were from the GX9. Basically, proving a point I've been making for years. Leica camera bodies don't have an advantage over any other manufacturers camera bodies but maybe their lenses or better yet M mount lenses across the board do. I'm primarily a Fujifilm X-Pro3 shooter but 50% of my lenses are M mount and I have them adapted across my entire kit. A kit which includes the LUMIX GX9, Leica CL mirrorless not film, Fujifilm X-Pro3 and the LUMIX S5. Shooting with the same Voigtlander M mount lenses on my Leica CL and the LUMIX GX9, the GX9 is a superior camera in everyway and the raw files as well as the jpegs coming out of it are better than what I get from the CL. I'll end with this, those who call themselves street photographers could save themselves a LOT of money and headache if they invested in the LUMIX GX series of cameras with a good set of lenses. They'd find themselves having lots of fun with a powerful camera and more money in their pockets. And with that, I'm gone.

Nice video - I recently picked up a GX80 after parting ways with it a few years ago. I have been shooting with the GR for a while so it has been nice to have a meatier camera in the hands. If you want a truer 28mm experience, the 14mm 2.5 is great and very cheap.

This was my first - and until a couple of weeks ago, only - interchangeable-lens camera, bought I don't know when. Launch year or soon after. Going to be honest, I started to resent it for the poor light gathering and sharpness of the pictures I got; though I think my problems were that I was trying to shoot wildlife in gloomy forests rather than street photography, and I was using the slightly decrepit 45-200mm mega OIS lens. Said camera bought a couple of weeks ago is an Olympus E-M1X with the 300mm prime lens. It's lush. But the curious thing is that now my GX80 isn't being pushed to be a stayfari whizz, I'm starting to use and appreciate it a lot more for what it can do. It helps that I've dived into photography on youtube, and been pleasantly surprised (and a bit reproached) by all the videos like this, as recently as a year ago, where it keeps making new fans.

I really enjoy how you color grade your photos. I've just started digging around myself (trying not to use presets as much). How do you go about learning how to grade nicely?

I really loved the GX80 I had. Unfortunately I sold it to chase the full-frame dream but I miss how small and fast it was. I may have to find something used and reacquaint myself with my first 'real' digital camera.

Your voice reminds me so much of Craig from Kinging-It here on KZfaq. :D Great video! I am looking to get into street photography and this is awesome info.

I take this camera with me on tour and take pictures of all the bands I play with in b&w. Everyone really loves the look of them and it honestly works decent in low light.

I use a 8.1 megapixel Ricoh gr digital camera for street. I carry it with me everyday. Silent mode mostly set to black and white at 800 iso . I carry a spare battery and a card ready to upload to Instagram on the go. I love it.

You should check out the GX8... same body but the viewfinder is hinged, as is the LCD, the sensor is slightly higher res, 20MP, the body is splash proof (which if I’m not mistaken the GX9 is not), so overall same sensation and Panasonic signature images, but better body in every sense...