the BEST VALUE every day camera that actually fits in your pocket
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- Having a camera with you is SO important. you never know what you might capture! Here are my picks on the best budget pocketable camera.
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Having a camera with you is SO important. you never know what you might capture!
weird and fun lenses mentioned in this video:-
Lumix 14mm f2.5
Lumix 20mm f1.7
7Artisans UFO bodycap lens
7Artisans 4mm fisheye
Lumix 12-32mm pancake zoom
and some others!
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Happy new year to everyone! Got so much fun exciting stuff coming in the new year!! What are your favourite “small and mighty” camera/lens options???
How 'bout the Olympus PEN-F?
...with the Lumix 14mm, of course.
@@willhouse such a good camera! I thought for the “budget” angle it was a bit expensive as they still sell for so much. I loved mine tho ☺️
I was about to buy the Ep1 and the 17mm... I am finally going to buy a Panasonic G7x and the Voigtlander 42.5 MM f/0.95 just for some street portrait
Not pocketable but I am pretty sure to have fun with it.
Thanks for the video and best wishes
Happy new year Emily thank you for all your great videos.☺My littel wonder as I like to call it Pergear 10mm F5.6 Pancake Fisheye works great on my Pen-F I love it for what it is it has become one of my favorite lenses this year I got it early this last summer I have used it a lot have gotten some really nice images that I am very pleased with, l love this little thing.
We surely look forward to the Panasonic Japan press junket review of the S5M2. While we all wait for PDAF in our Lumix S series of cameras.
For some obscure reason, the prices didn't age well. The body-only GX800 is close to 350 pounds, and the 14mm/2.5 is almost 200. As of summer 2024.
True - I just bagged a Sony A7 with a 50mm lens for £350...no brainer 😮
You are so good at this ! Your pacing, presentation, editing are great but your personality is so warm and inviting.
I used to have the GX85 with the 20mm 1.7, I loved it and missed it since the day I sold it.
What a fun paint job on your GX800! I have a GX850 which I think is just the North American variant, and I love the tiny size. I often take it around with a small 8mm f/4 lens from SLR Magic, but I’d love to add the 14mm for a more pancake-y option. Pocket cameras are such good fun!
Last year I picked up a Pentax Q-S1 with 3 lenses for around $500, it's been my main camera all year and I absolutely love it. I don't think it can be beat for size and is really fun to use. It's really sparked a love of photography for me. I got it with the 02 and 06 zoom lenses and then picked up the 01 prime for a small quality option.
I keep looking at getting a Pentax Q, but at the moment they are fetching good money. I love its small profile and Pentax menus that match my Pentax DSLR's. I currently have as well the Pentax MX-1 compact, which again are selling for good money, and actually quite rightly too. They are great cameras.
@@TheOffertonhatter yeah if you aren't dead set on getting a fun color it's not bad, especially if you can find a bundle with the 06 or 01 lens. It really is a unique camera, nothing quite like it on the market.
@@michaelkammeyer Thanks. I did the Manchester Games a few years back, with the world class sprinters going down Deansgate, and one of the other pros, had a white Q body for shooting additional images. :-D
@@michaelkammeyer I got the q7 with the 01 02 03 and the 06. All in one buy. I was looking on ebay but those prices would be so high and shipping was so much. But got lucky on a selling site here in sweden. So no high shipping and no extra import costs. And exactly the camera I wanted silver black. No funny weird colors. Love it.
Guy, 7 pinhole lens is cheap but give you real fun result on your photo, ppl usually skip this but as a person who got all 8 lens, 1, 6, 7, 8 are the best lens for pentax q series.
The GX800/850 is now trading around $500... I think people have discovered that the older gear is still quite capable and that drives up the used prices... ;)
Yeah. I couldn't find any for under $200, 🤣🤣
Thanks from a newcomer. As a dedicated daily walker (5km+) with dogs, I find a pocketable camera to be an indispensable part of the daily routine. Currently I use a Ricoh GRiii, and it's fun to find a discussion of pocketable m43 cameras. Cheers from the snowy mountains of the US.
Your kinda forgot the BEST value option, the LX100 mark i. It has the same lens and body as the mark ii, and shoots very crisp 4k. This camera from 2014 is so good that it's 95% as sharp as my Fuji, both in 1080p and 4k (yes I actually tried to compare them at 400%). All that for $300 used. I got mine for $250 in my country.
Only gripe is 12mp. A lot of people might find that lacking, but honestly if you didn't tell me how much mp it can shoot I might guess 20mp because of the beautiful lens. It's like a fuji 18-55 2.8-4 but in a super compact body.
Leaf shutter is one thing none of the other options here can't compete with. Super silent, and no rolling shutter in photos, and no shutter speed limit for flash sync.
I had an LX100 in 2015 and ended up selling it for a paltry £200 a couple of years later as I wasn't very impressed by the images. Only later did I realise I shouldn't have used the out of camera jpegs and the RAWs were so much better. 6 years later the used prices have doubled, the market prices for compact cameras and small mirrorless now are insane.
Love this video! I've come to pretty much the same conclusion (GX850 + 3 lumix pancakes as my travel/EDC setup). I also like to point out that the 14 and 20mm pancakes approximate the FoV and DoF of both the Ricoh GRIII and IIIx (at an even more miniscule fraction of the price of course!). Not quite as pocketable and you may miss out on IBIS depending on body, but you gain the ability to clean the sensor which is 100% worth the tradeoff imo.
Quite sad that Lumix seems to have abandoned their once-impressive lineup of truly tiny camera bodies, especially since the aforementioned GR series seems popular (and fetches a real premium).
It seems that a lot of manufacturers are giving up on compact. Sony has stopped their popular rx100 series. Only Ricoh seem to still be truly in the game in terms of recent releases. I'm guessing it's down to the fact that smartphones are bridging the gap
First attempt - Lumix LX100 mk 1
Second attempt - Nikon Coolpix A
Third attempt - Replacement Coolpix A
Fourth Attemp - Sony RX1
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Lumix was unreliable and not really pocketable. Pics were good.
Nikon great pocketability, images OK, but the lens got squished. Hence the second iteration. Also focus and lens both slow.
Sony, again not very pocketable, but pics are great.
Nikon Summer, Sony Winter. To suit available pocket size.
I restarted photography (in digital) in 2013 with an Ls100 Mk1. I still keep it and it is a pleasure to carry around… and they probably are not all that expensive. It has many limitations but it is great for casual daytime photography.
I'm 45 seconds in and love the concept of building a travel camera to suit my needs. I'm not yet a full out camera nerd so this is perfect!
Thank you
I had a Lumix GX85 and the 20mm f1.7 in silver. Great street set up as are all of your choices. I sold it for an LX100 II which I absolutely love as a "take it anywhere/anytime" camera when I don't want to carry my Fuji X-T3 and lenses around. I love traditional dials and both of these cameras have them. Great Video!!
Great fun video, and extra points for mentioning the Olympus E-PL8, my own carry-everywhere pocket camera. I usually pair it with that 20mm f1.7 or (gulp) the Olympus 75-300 f4.8-6.7 for telephoto architecture detail shots when I don't have my big camera with me.
Very good choice. I really love the look of the pl8! And the price is so good now for them used!
I was going to toss in the TG series as well. At least, if you want rugged and a range of capabilities. It does great macro and we swear by them in underwater and scuba.
I love my lx100 but sensor dust is a huge issue. The extending lens is like a pump, and once it's in there, the only option is to disassemble the whole camera or send it for an expensive repair.
Mine has dust on it's sensor and I just don't use it anymore because of this, even though most apertures it doesn't show. It still sucks (pun intended) for such an expensive camera.
Use a vacuum cleaner 👀
Would you be willing to sell it or give to someone looking for a cheap camera? I'm willing to try a teardown @@chrisschepper9312
My wife and I have tz200s and they have the same issue. I had to learn how to disassemble and clean them otherwise it would be a fortune getting them cleaned regularly. Downside of a pocket camera is pocket fluff! Seriously, it should be redesigned to allow access to the sensor for cleaning from the front.
+1 for the 14mm. Great lens, especially on small bodies like a GF2 or G2.
It really surprised me! Great lens
Have you ever seen or used. Pentax Q camera? They are extremely pockatable since they are smaller than your cell phone with loads of features. Some of the lenses for it have built in ND filters and IS.
I have! I have a video on here a little bit back actually. I love the q. I had the original q in 2012, but stupidly sold it. I have the q10 now which is the same but plastic instead of metal.
I think it’s a beaut and a feat of engineering, but the m43 sensors definitely have more dynamic range with them being a bit bigger and newer.
I so wish more cameras had the built in NDs tho!!
Where are you all finding these deals?? It's currently $500 for the gx850 OK n MPB. Where are all these reasonably priced older models this days? All I want is a reasonable $200-275 body to get started with...
I'm really surprised that panaleica 15mm f1.7 doesn't get much love. Yes, it's a little bigger than the 20mm f1.7, but I prefer a slightly wider field of view. The Leica version is a bit expensive, but interestingly enough, DJI, the drone company has an exact copy of this lens, just with different markings. If you can find that on the secondhand market, it's actually pretty cheap.
Iphone is the best pocket camera around
Happy new year! that GX800 is awesome! Just that killer orange paint job alone would give you more street creds ! 😍😂. the Lumix 20mm f/1.7 was my first m43 lens, love how compact it is!
Littlt fun fact, that GM1 photo on the right at 1:33 was shot by me haha :P
NO WAY!! haha I just took it from Google I hope you don’t mind!
@@MicroFourNerds hahah of course don't mind Emily ! It's my honour:D
I generally just use my GX80. It's usually small enough to stick in the bag with the 17mm on. If I know I probably won't be taking pictures, or the bag's pretty much full already, I'll take the GM1 with the 14mm instead. As a second lens I'll usually pack the Olympus 45mm, but occasionally I'll take the Lumix 25mm or the Meike 3,5mm instead.
i still use my gf1 with my 12-35mm f2.8 , not ultra compact but the images are still great even at 12mp
Great video. It’s like you knew I was looking at all of this. The thing that has been holding me back from the GX800 has been the lack of viewfinder but I think it will be a fun EDC even without it. Can always give that to the better half and get a GX80, that camera is also great.
Great video! I'm always saying MFT should cater to their strength: smallness! My ultimate wish is a follow up to the GM5! (And GM1!)
While I often use MFT cameras with lenses ranging from the 4mm Laowa to the 100-300 mm Panasionic, I rarely leave home without my Panasonic LF1. It is extremely pocketable and has a reasonable zoom that can focus at close distances. It does have a small sensor and can be rather hard to find now, but it gives me results that I am quite happy with.
that 20mmf1.7 (v1) is awesome. It does focus slowly but the photos from it are fantastic and it's tiny. I usually carry that and the 14-150 in my pocket. I had a 9mmf8 which was awesome. Might get another one of those one day.
Great video!
I've bought the Olympus OM-D EM10 MKI with the kit lens to be my vacation camera and got both the 17mm and the 45mm to have better low light capabilities. I've also order the TTartisans 25mm f2 lens for that 50mm field of view. The camera is almost 9 years old but it still performs well. Love the fact that it is almost pocketable and the old school look doesn't draw any attention to it!
Thank you for your videos and keep up with the great work on your channel!
Interesting video, but bearing in mind the extensive zoom capabilities of the compact I'm surprised you didn't mention the fantastic 35-100 f4-5.6. In fact that plus the 12-32 on the gx800 is a truly pocketable system in its own right
This one has completely slipped under my radar because I was lucky enough to find a bargain with the 35-100 2.8 early on. MPB have the f4-5.6 for around £100 👀 I’m tempted!!! It looks very portable
@@MicroFourNerds Emily I have the 2.8ii for my G9 and the 4-5.6 on my gx9 for travel. The cheap little zoom is mind-blowingly good results for such a small, lightweight lens. In fact, in good light you'd be pushed to see the difference between the 2 lenses on many shots.i can't see me getting rid of mine, for the little it eats
0:24 I can’t believe how strong these British people are.
LOL
Hi Emily I agree the GX800 is a great 2nd camera pocketable option. Just grabbed 1 from MPB myself, hope I will be able to enjoy a camera without a VF for the first time. My preferred lens for it is the Pana Leica 15mm. Comparing GX800 versus Olympus Pen EPL cameras : Panasonic advantages - USB charging, compatible with aperture ring on Leica lenses & cheaper. Olympus advantages - Styling, IBIS. Seasons greetings, Rich.
I would like to know WHO is responsible for that Pana/Leica 15mm 1.7 aperture ring fiasco. There is LEICA on it. SHAME ON THEM - regardles of whats going on behind the scenes. BTW: I would recommend to use lenses on the same brand bodies - dont know why: the colours are just better this way. The only god thing in this situation: at the MFT prices its affordable to buy a Panasonic and Olympus body and carrying them around is a non issue too if someone needs a bag anybay (in my case for the dog walking stuff)
Given the parameters we are working with, the 12-32 pancake lens is a winner.
Small because the lens contracts. Plastic built means light. Always a winner characteristic. OIS is a plus but as you say, for street or family pix, a bonus. Sharp enough. Inexpensive. Have to love that.
750 quid too expensive? Try the Panasonic LX100. The 1st iteration. Small. Light. Has the sharp and fast lens. The focal length is where I live. The LX100 II isn’t all that much better than the I.
Tiny body is not a priority for me. I LOVE the Panasonic GX85. Bigger. Heavier. Has IBIS and L dynamic monochrome. A winner with the 12-32. The PL15 would blow the budget but is the lens that lives on the GX85. Both the Olympus and Panasonic primes are tiny, sharp, and fast. Can’t go wrong with any of them.
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The problem with size-based camera recommendations is that it ignores a key feature, which is focal length. Cameras are tools. It would be absurd to pocket a small screwdriver for a job when it calls for a hammer. The LX100 starts at a relatively wide 24mm which allows for capturing a much wider scene than most of the recommended compact lenses (LX100 shoots even wider when using 16:9 mode) . The f1.7 will result in much better image quality due to being able to shoot with lower ISO. Having a zoom eliminates the need for lens changing and feeling creatively limited when you only have a prime. I shoot with both primes and zooms and I would question whether for someone starting out, that an interchangeable lens camera (ILC) is really the better value when compared to an advanced compact zoom. Obviously, if your needs are greater than the max zoom on the LX100, then you have no choice but to go ILC. But then size is no longer a consideration at that point.
Excellent video, with lots to consider. Had the Lumix LX100, great camera, but............ there is a BIG dust issue..... Sold it and replaced it with an Olympus EPL7, with change. Also, I recently went even more minimalist, with an Olympus EPM1, acquired almost unused for less than £60; this goes with me everywhere now, fitted with a Lumix 12-32mm zoom, it's very pocketable and more than capable for most situations that I come across.
What a fantastic channel I'm a totally beginner and love your channel, fantastic advice very much appreciated
Nice video. I have 2 GX85 units and a ton of lenses. I have a G7, G95, 2 EM10s and an EPL-1. Am considering getting a GX850 and/or a GX8. The GX850 of course much less expensive with no IBIS. My EPL-1 is my smallest current camera and has IBIS but only 12MP. Also considering getting or making a body cap lens for tiny knock about use.
I went with Olympus pen Mini2 with TTArtisan 25mm f2. Tiny setup, not the fastest but the set cost me less than 100 £ significantly less now when I try to calculate it converting from PLN, it would be something like 70£. So basically I got it for the price of the lens ( I sold the kit lens Epm2 came with for the same price I bought it with camera)
i use an olympus epm2 with the olympus 14-42 ez (with the auto lens cap) as a pocketable camera with some ibis, all in for less than £300 including a spare battery 😊
Olympus Stylus 1s is my all purpose favorite. I also bought a used Canon G5x Mark I for great photos of my grandson.
The best standard zoom is the Panasonic 14-45 with "Mega O.I.S.". It's cheap and bloody sharp! Not as pocketable as other choices but it's a blast on my Lumix GF5. Just as the 14mm 2.5 you mentioned in the video.
The 14-45 is an old lens replaced by the 14-42 kit lens, of which early and later mk.1 and a mk.2. I have a 14-42 kit, it's not bad but the "X" PZ14-42 has better glass.
@@jeffslade1892 I have the Lumix PZ14-42, I also have the 12-32 pancake. I agree PZ is the better a great choice as it opens automatically when you turn the camera on and the motorised zoom supports the "step zoom" feature so quickly moves between common focal lengths and also remembers the last focal length used if enabled in the menus. I can go out for the day with that set-up in one pocket and a compact fast prime for low light in the other and I have most bases covered. PZ seems to go very cheaply second hand too.
I took the Lumix GF5 and a pancake 12 - 32 mm OIS-lens for 150 € in total. Best decision since years for me.
Love the budget gear walk-through. But do you have a review of the LX100M2? Would love your insights on that slightly expensive, mildly pocketable camera.
Love the GM1! Great video, it's fun to put together these combinations...
I just bought a blue one today. Ironically ported from Japan 😂
Well I did get the UFO body cap lens and it works very well on my GX85 making it quite pocketable. Still planning to make a body cap lens from a disposable film camera lens. I also have a refurbished ZS60 that is great as I can't afford an LX100. I even sometimes use a tiny Canon Digicam I got many years back before I went full bore into digital cameras.
I own lumix gf7 for years and bought it used a couple back years. Thanks I found your channel! Definitely subs!
Remember kids, the GX800 has no IBIS so just watch the shutter speed. It’s still the most lovable little camera you’ll ever put in your pocket (don’t bother with a GR III or IIIx, trust me).
GF2 for those who want to control aperture and exposure compensation in a human way...
I have the LX100 and I almost never use it. I always zoom in when I am looking at pictures on the lap top and that is where the ups and the downs are visible. ANY camera can produce pictures that look good to show on youtube cos you never really get the chance to look under the hood. I have cameras that take pictures that look good all the way in when I pixel peep like the X-M1 and E1 and M100 and 20D and even the nx mini , but the LX100, no, not so much. I sometimes wonder if I have a bad copy, but no, at DP review you can have a look and , yes they got a bad copy too and you too, but you just dont know it cos you never pixel peep
First time I watched a TH-cam video about camera stuff to the end. You have a great presence and very fun and informative. Thanks!
No that’s the Ricoh GR3
Great video to start the new year ! For the pocketable on the cheap, I use Lumix GF6 and panasonic 20mm f1.7. They produce nice images without costing me a fortune.
GX85, the 20/1.7 on it most of the time, and the Oly 45/1.8 and the 12/2 in L and R pockets, and I'm set! Great video, thanks.
Great video! I can certainly agree with you about the GM1 now having a cult following. I had my eyes on one for quiet a few years but here in Australia they hardly came up on the used market and when they did the prices were just insane. I thought to myself that it would probably be 10 more years till I can own one until one day last year the camera gods blessed me and I saw an ad for a lightly used Black GM1 with 12-32mm kit lens for $40 AUD. Jumped on it so fast and couldn't be happier. I pair mine with the 14mm and love how compact and capable this combo is!
That's an amazing deal, enjoy!
i bought used fuji x-m1 and im so happy
Recently got myself Olympus E-PM2. A "new" one waiting 10 years on the shelf. I mounted on it 14-42mm pancake zoom, yet it arrived with larger 14-42.
The purpose was either carry everywhere camera, or an ultimate backup body when everything else fails. And it arrived with all the equipment such as battery and charger...
Hi, Thank you for your nice, relaxed and competent presentations. I just bought a Panasonic GX80 used (from MPB!) and already have the Oly 17mm and 45 mm and 14-42 (kit) which are probably the three I plan to use most on it. I will also buy the 7artisans 4mm following your hint and reading a few other reviews, but that is not really part of the small, cheap carry project. I already use the 17mm on my bigger bodies a lot, so I expect not to change much there, except that I have a smaller package to carry. These combis will also all sit nicely on a mini 10cm tripod which was not the case with the bigger bodies. And the IBIS was important to me - I don't think I, personally, would buy a camera without it nowadays.
My everyday camera is a GX85 w/ the PanLeica 25mm. Not truly pocketable due to the larger lens and hood but, still unobtrusive. If I need to go smaller I throw on the 12-32 kit and if I know I want a wider focal range I'll throw the 12-60 PanLeica on it which makes it look a bit funny but, it's not as obvious as using my G9 or S1.
For a cheap setup under 200 american freedom eagles ( not including shipping ) I procured a Nikon D5300 and Nikon 18-55, 28-105 and 55-200 lenses. Yes I have had to repair the lenses. Another inexpensive setup I have is a Sony A7RII and a sony 28-70 lens. Yes I repaired the camera. Total cost including parts $400. I will grant you that I had to repair items and not all people can do so. My current setup is the Sony a7rII and Panasonic GH6
I had a gm1, a gx800 and a gx880... I like them but OMG the work-arounds in order to get exposure in the GX800/880 in video was ridiculous. Not to mention the audio quality which is a train wreck in those. By far, I preferred the GM1, but it didn't have a flippy or tilty screen... or 50fps in video. Also, it just seemed so fiddly for the human hand. I've graduated to the G100 as it's just so much more capable, a perfect companion to my GH6.
Olympus
EP 3 , mmmm, lens? f 2.5 17mm Or, Olympus EP 5 (stabilised body) and
whatever I could get cheap. The EP 5
get an EVF gizmo too ? maybe.
i'm new to this and just got a 2nd hand olympus epl7 with 14-42mm kit lens, lumix 45-150mm f4-5.6 telescopic lens and pergear 25mm f1.8. im a figure collector and wanted to start. any other lens to recommend to get?
Another small, affordable option is the APSc Sony Nex3n with the 16/2.8 pancake.
Also same logic for M50II/R10/G5XIII/G1XIII/6D2/850d. Cause we have light (24mp with okay colours) M3, M100 and M6 + 7artisans + EFS adapters
Great video! However you can always get the mark 1 used... I think nothing beats the 24-75mm f3.7-6 full frame equivalent of the lx100 at that size...
I almost always just have the Oly EPL10 ($150 Australian After -sale/sold lens it came with) and the Oly 25m f1.8. Just wide enough for landscapes, can take nice portraits of friends, or a bit more reach for animals, not too bad when it gets darker etc, and the setup has in body stabe, and flash so. It's not as flat packed as some of the other lenses, but it is very light and easily slips into my bag :)
Handy video this, Didn't realise Lumix did a 14mm :). Just picked up a GX 880 from MPB, I also own a GX9 but find its not pocketable and a bit heavy for short trips.. still a great camera tho :)
Nice video. However I do not recommend the pan20mm F1.7 for street photography. Way too slow focus. Also doesn't focus at night.
This was fun! 🤩🎉 made me want to buy a pocket camera! 🎥 also… love MPB always get bargains from there
I love the 20mm with my GX80. It's practically glued to my camera. The 35-100 3.5-5.6 is great too as it's cheap and tiny
Just found your channel, it’s great! I’m wondering, was there ever a successor to this model available in the U.S.?
What a great vid!
Thank you! ☺️
Panasonic LUMIX LX100 II Can't get it anywhere
HArd question. You could only have one camera the rest of your life, which would it be?
So you can’t even buy the Lumix DC-GX800 anywhere for anything close to these prices. The world has gone mad as a box of cats all over again are you guys putting your sourdough starter in the cameras?
People's second or third camera, I'm looking for something fun and cheap for like my 30th camera.
Only recently found your videos. They are awesome!!!!!!
LX100 is a little too big to fit in my coat pocket. Pretty good camera though. I use it a lot for video stuff even though the autofocus sucks and is constantly seeking. Lots of little issues I was hoping they would fix with the LX100 II, but the II didn't fix or upgrade any of them, so I never upgraded. With a reversible screen and autofocus that works, they could have had a killer vlogger/creator camera on their hands. Before that I had the LX-5, and that was a pocket-able camera with a better zoom range, albeit with a smaller sensor. I really liked it at the time. Video is not good enough for modern standards though. Image quality nowhere as good as a modern smartphone.
You make me miss my gf-1 with Minolta 58/1.2 and 20/1.7 that got stolen from me years ago :(
Girl you went IN!… I have a Canon M50 with the 7Artisans UFO lens. Absolutely does the business for street! Proppa Tingz!…
I picked up a Panasonic GX7 from KEH for $200 and some change here in America. What do you think?
Hi! new susbcriber here! Can you make a video on affordable (and pocketable) weather sealed Four thirds?
I just bought a Panasonic GX-1 from a random Japanese eBay seller who accepted an offer of $80 after shipping (like new with all original box/packaging and a 2nd generic battery).
The catch was, it was a special Japanese market version, and the firmware only did Japanese language... BUT.... I was able to successfully use a utility published by 'personal-view' called p-tool to modify the English firmware to run on it. It now supports all languages 👍
This is a good tiny walk around camera, looks great with my 20 mil 😁
I just bought a used lumix gx85 with the 12-32mm kit lens. I cannot wait to try it out and do some street photography and maybe create short vids using it.
How big are your pockets?
I bought a used NEX-6 with the 16-50 PZ OSS and it's cheap and fits in a pocket.
I am super happy with my Olympus Pen! Great camera! for any one... and very cheap if you get it second hand...😂
I'm coming into wanting to get back into photography, and it sounds like the market has realised that these older Pansonics are damn good - and the price for all of them has shot up. I'll just take my time!
I have seen the LX100 mki and mkii out in the wild, but rarely see them for sale second hand. It seems people tend to hang on to them. I came to m43 when I wanted a bigger sensor than my Panasonic compact travelzoom. I loved everything about that compact. I moved on to M43 with a 14-140mm lens (and lots of other lenses by now of course) and while that combination is just as fun to shoot with, it's not pocketable and I am always a bit hesitant which lens to bring. I wouldn't want to loose my interchangeable lens system, but I can see value in the LX100 as an always-in-the-coat camera.
Can you pls review the lx100/leica dlux 109???!
GX880 (800) with 14mm lens is working for me, and have the 20mm :)
Great video, a pity as soon as these videos come out the cameras double or triple in price. At least £400 on eBay now. Just not feesable.
Has a newbie I've just bought a lumix gx800 on your recommendation can you do a beginners guide on all the features on this camera and how to get the best out of it please
Thank you
Really appreciate you getting straight into the meat of the video! Thanks for all the diff. options and alternatives as sometimes camera recommendations inevitably hike the price of affordable bodies
Beautifully presented and informative. Thank you 👍
there is still a big gap between this two ideas of setting up a camera. An old camera with a lot of old and even manual focus lenses require a lot of patience and experience from the user. A modern camera or even a smartphone is much more suitable for the most users. Keep this in mind, when you choosing a system
Great video
if the cctv switched to lumix lenses maybe they'd catch some criminals...
For carry I have the E-PL7 with the PZ14-42 riding on it. I have used it for many year, since it was first released. I have other mft cameras and a whole bunch of lenses.
The E-PL7 is probably a little more sophisticated than the entrée level GX800. It has IBIS, It has a better tilt screen, It takes a hi-res EVF, the VF4. The E-PL8 is a face lift of the E-PL7 and they are the last of the mft with the AP2 port.
Why the PZ14-42? It is a pancake when closed. It has Power-OIS. It is Panasonic X-series, high-end lenses. I had the E-PL1 with the 14-42EZ, poor mechanism. I had the GM1 (it was too small for my hands) with the 12-32, that is a mini lens, the 12 end is rarely used and 32 is not long enough, 42 is good for portrait and much else, I used the GM1 with a PZ14-42 (which is how I ended up with two PZ14-42, and two 20mm f/1.7). The PZ14-42 is a general purpose lens, 45mm is pretty long on mft, and it packs it all into a small 3X zoom. Only real issue is the electric focus that is not easy to use manually, but AF is all good. The second PZ14-42 now rides on a PEN-F, but I wish it had the tilt screen from the tiny E-PL7. Stills cameras want a tilt screen, video wants a flip.
I use the Oly PEN E-PL9 and it's amazing. I love it. And it has stabilization.
Can not find these available in my country at the fair prices / not available & out of country is too high priced
LX100 is prone to sucking dust into the camera and onto the sensor. Have to pay to send it in to get cleaned and it's not cheap. Other than that, they are great cameras.