I've owned two GX85's so far. The first one I picked up used for a good price that came with a few lenses and my intention was to sell the body and two other lenses to essentially get the 25mm 1.7 lens for free. I did however play around with the camera and really enjoyed using it and especially the great stills and video it took. Sadly I had a big trip coming up and already owned other cameras and couldn't justify keeping it. But as time went by and I saw more videos about the GX85 pop up here and there. I couldn't forget how much I deep down really enjoyed this camera and made up my mind that if I saw one used for a good price that I'd pick one up again. Then luckily earlier this year I saw a practically new one come up on the used market here down under for less than $300 AUD and not even 100 clicks on the shutter. Bought it and recently took it to Thailand for a few weeks paired with the Panny 14mm 2.5 and Oly 25mm 1.8 and it was literally perfect. I won't ever be selling mine as it's such a joy to use when on the road or in daily life. Glad to see you're getting great use of it and keep up the great videos! Warm regards from Australia :)
I totally get that! All this flashy stuff coming out and makes me want to try and grab new things, but this camera is one I still can’t let go. There’s nothing like it in its price range and its ability to take it anywhere. From Australia? That’s awesome. Thanks for watching!
Hi Brandon I've an Olympus E-M10 Mark IV with some lenses including a 60 macro or a 40-150 tele, but I want a camera to take with me all time, and past tuesday I bought a GX80 on eBay to use with a 9 mm MFT lens to all terrain photography. I'll tell you about this when I test on the field. Have a good photo day 📷
I added the lumix gx85 on my list of cameras I want to try. I see that you enjoyed using it on your trip which got me curious. Lovely photos. Subscribed 🇵🇭🙂
I just ordered mine! I was on the fence because while it’s pretty inexpensive for a camera it’s still v expensive but this video was the shove i needed! i have a canon rebel 9(i believe) that i love but it’s a bulky and very simple.
@@jaymills1720 I'd say it shines the best outdoors. Colors are rich and skin tones are nice. It matched well with my Canon systems then. Many of the clips in this video was shot on the Oly EM5 III : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XbMTGF398oM.html
Love your content! Quick question, any chance you could come up with a video on short on cleaning your camera! I would love to see your process and I struggle with it sometimes lol. ALSO, what lens do you use? And what's an inexpensive lens that you recommend?
Thanks for watching! My quick go-to is the Lumix 12-35 as it’s easy to make fast changes to my composition but like to carry lighter for photography. Any manual lenses from Artisan brands I love!! I still kept them from my other systems when I am able to get more cameras.
this was a beautiful video, i love your shots and your insight, thank you! im a begginer to photography, and portability is really important to me. I currently shoot with either my phone, my crappy little olympus digicam, or my mother's nikon d3100 which is a wonderful camera, but really heavy and hard to carry. I'd also love a camera that can shoot some nice video, and right now the gx85 is a dream come true for me. I hope to get my hands on one someday, but right now, living in brazil, the import price is just too high unfortunately :( thank you for the wonderful video!! subscribed :)
From what I know, they are fairly similar but the Gx9 does have a tilting EVF & 4 megapixels more than the Gx85. Tilting EVF was something I considered for other angles when shooting but, it wasn't super necessary for me.
Great video! Really well done ) I wonder if the mistere around the GX80/85 cage has been resolved? (It's just that I've been desperately looking for this cage for quite some time and I have the impression that it's not available anywhere, not even second hand...)
So I've found a Lumix GX80 plus a Lumix lens 20mm f/1.7 asph for around £450! £50 extra for another 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Any thoughts on whether this is a good deal? First time camera buyer here lol
That's not too bad, actually! Here in the states the prices are ramped a bit higher since this video has came out honestly lol. The 20mm will look similar to the lens I mainly used here but an extra stop of light (which is better!)
@@DayDreamer4011 Depends on your intention with the second lens. It's very good for travel and easy to carry. Versatile for those scenarios but something I wouldn't use at night/lowlight vs the 20mm. So if you need something that can zoom in and out and prefer lightweight it can be good to add to your kit.
@@BrandonSoum Awesome! Thanks for the tip - really appreciate it. Im going to go with just the 20mm lens for now as its my first camera and then will see later on if I need anything else :)
Greats videos about the GX85 / GX80. I am definitely interested in your new travel camera :) I have a GX9 for dayly usage and an OM-1 which is use for landscape and wildlife. Honestly when compared side by side the OM-1 is not much bigger than the GX9. But it is thicker and doesn't get out of my camera bag as easily as the GX9. Also the GX9 is more discret and doesn't look like a real camera. I am hesitating between the two for a trip planned in 2023.
That's a big pocket lol. Women don't get them so the alternative for me is a 7L purse, but that does let me pack a Laowa 7.5mm and Olympus 75mm, as well if I go out with a smaller body and the Oly 17mm f/1.8. As a side note, the boon of winter is constant access to jackets with big pockets so I can stick an Olympus Pen with any of the pancake Panasonic primes (and 17mm f/1.8) in there. I can actually fit an E-M5 body in there as well, but the Pen-F has more JPEG control and I prefer to daily-carry the latter. In terms of going out with friends, anything between an E-M1ii and Pen Mini E-PM1 works for me paired with the aforementioned lenses, though the 17mm f/1.2 does have its fair share of usage since it balances perfectly with the E-M1ii. I might actually get a GX85 soon since I like the 20mm f/1.7 but would like to take advantage of the Panasonic DFD with it and the 14mm f/2.5, since they're both slow on my Oly bodies. It'll also be my first Panasonic body. Anyway, I like your style and am pleased to see that it's only been refined from your first POV street photography video. Subscribed!
I figured that pro wouldn’t be applicable to everyone haha The Pen life from Olympus is some of my favorites too! Thank you for your comments, I’m really appreciative that perhaps maybe I have grown in my photography from that 1st video :) Thank you again!
It’s really tough as it seems many people hold onto their cams these days; You’d have to hunt flea markets or pawn shops, I found mine online. Just keep your eyes peeled! I recommend getting a mid range zoom for photo journalism. Good luck!!
Always on manual; usually shot f4 and up for day, street photos and lowest I could for night to retain light. Tried to not go lower than 1/150 for shutter to reduce blur
Def look into manual lenses that have a faster F-Stop. Such as f1.2 or 1.4 or even f0.95! They are out there and bring the blur for you. Meike or 7artisan lenses.
