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    Camera now sorted. Bought a Panasonic GX80 with 12-32 lens - £370 from John Lewis. Seems like a fair deal with 2 year guarantee.

    It performs beyond expectation and is superbly built. The low light performance is extraordinary with ISO going down to 25,600. Will see how I get on with the lens but I may go for a 15mm f1.7 Lumix/Leica Summilux or a Lumix 25 f1.7 later.
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    The LX100 Mk II seems pretty good - though at a price - https://www.wexphotovideo.com/panaso...amera-1672483/

    I thought it was similar to mine - which is a DMC-TZ100, but the video in the link above suggests that the LX100 Mk II has more hands-on control and costs considerably more.

    My guess is that the LX 100 Mk II can take better photos, in the right hands, though it will probably still be limited for some types of photography - anything which needs a powerful zoom for example. The G80 should allow different lenses to be attached, making it more versatile - it all depends what kind of photography you want to do. The 4/3 format models do have advantages in terms of weight and cost, though better results can probably still be obtained by either Canon or Nikon DSLRs, but at significantly greater cost. The Sony Alphas do well in reviews too, IIRC.
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    I'm puzzled here. I thought I'd posted to this thread last night, and that is indicated by various listings, but there's no sign of my post. I've looked several times - and each time I see that I apparently posted, but zilch is actually showing.

    I was commenting on some Panasonic cameras, including my own DMC-TZ100.

    Odder still - now that I've posted this, my original post does appear, just above this one. Have others noticed this happen on occasions?

    The GX80 looks like a really good camera for the price - https://www.ephotozine.com/article/p...5-review-29143 - and presumably will take a telephoto lens for nature photography etc. Are the lenses on these 4/3 models interchangeable, either between one manufacturer's ranges and another, or across manufacturers?

    Some sample photos shown in Flickr here - https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Panasonic%20GX80
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    It's directly above your latest post
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    It's directly above your latest post
    As I noted in my last revision. Where it had been lurking before ... who knows?! A glitch in the system of some sort.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dave2010 View Post
    Odder still - now that I've posted this, my original post does appear, just above this one. Have others noticed this happen on occasions?

    The GX80 looks like a really good camera for the price - https://www.ephotozine.com/article/p...5-review-29143 - and presumably will take a telephoto lens for nature photography etc. Are the lenses on these 4/3 models interchangeable, either between one manufacturer's ranges and another, or across manufacturers?
    You ain't going mad - there is definitely some kind of glitch with this thread

    I submitted a reply about Panasonic lenses (post #18) and for some reason not only did it appear twice but it wasn't listed in the 'What's New' bit. Weirder still it wasn't acknowledged as the last post to this thread either.
    A few days ago when Jimbo posted that he had now bought the GX80 (post #21), his post appeared in the 'What's New' but not in the thread itself when I clicked on it.

    On the other point, all M4/3 lenses are interchangeable between brands/manufacturers (if that's what you meant) ... but 4/3 lenses can only be used with an adapter

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    Happens occasionally in the what's new bit. Usually sorts itself out.
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Bought a nice new lumix 25mm f1.7 Prime lens for the Panasonic GX85. Produces some nice bokeh?

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    Was the exposure set for low light? The depth of field looks pretty shallow, suggesting a wide aperture.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Lovely shot - some excellent sharp detail on the flickr blowup

    ...the bokeh is indeed very smooth and buttery too

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