Old Cameras are Great! Lumix GF3 in 2024 

I got the GF3 a few years ago.. I am a documentary/expressionist photographer I do a lot of street work in the Dominican Republic.. anyway some lady asked me in Spanish if I was interested in another camera.. I said ok let see it first.. the next she came and wow I was impressed it looked amazing white metal frame and a 14-42 lens.. it got it for about 3-4 million pesos which works out to be roughly 30- 40 dollars.. anyway no charger.. so I ordered a charger and wow I love it great shots with this incredible little camera.. plus a few years ago it was selling on Amazon for about 400 dollars brand new.. so I got a great deal.. it was brand new I am sure she was selling it cause of no charger..

I purchased a GF3 +14mm secondhand from a camera store for about $45USD (at the exchange rate of the time) when the shop was doing a big sell off of it's old trade ins and other used gear - I only purchased it for the lens to use on my newish GX7 but when I found out it used the same battery I decided to take the GF with me when travelling as a "spare" body. however I found my self often just taking out the GF3 +14 and 20mm pancake lenses for daytime street photography - even now 10 years later the little GF3 still gets used far more than I'd expect given I now have G9 and GX9 as well as APS and full frame Canon cameras that technically and theoretically blow the little GF3 away. there's something just so handy and discreet with this camera with a pancake lens on it that not only allows me to slip it in a pocket but take shots without people reacting the same way as if you pointed a pro level/size camera at them

I had a GF3 x 14mm f2.5 lens many years ago and I loved how tiny it is! Your video made me want to get that combo again 🙃

Olympus is also a good option. Bought an E-PL6 and it's great. So good to have such a second hand market!

That was an excellent review and comparison video presentation. Thank you so much. 😊

Would this be better than a modern smartphone for photos?

EPM2 and EPL series would be a good comparison

Wow🤓

Really makes me wish for panasonic to reintroduce the GF and GX series, and OM SYSTEM bringing back the pen series cameras.