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I've had the GX7 for years,and I've shot some of my best street work with it.I have had all the Fuji X100 series cameras from my first X100 which I bought in June 2011 right up to the X100V and I can tell you I keep going back to the GX9.Theres just something about that Camera that I absolutely love,and to understand why it's better than any X-Pro 3 or X100V you would have to use it in the field and see why. Plus I love working with the B&W files on the Panasonic!!!!
I've owned both cameras and sent the X-E4 back because I prefer the egonomics of the X-E3 better. I sold the GX9 because I have a Leica CL which compliments my X-Pro3 and LUMIX S5 very nicely. That said, the GX9 in my view is a better camera when it comes to producing sharp b&w photos with the right Olympus lens, like the 17mm f1.8. When it comes to street photography it's hard to beat this combo. There are aesthetic things about the X-E4 I don't like and since the image quality is the same as the X-Pro3 it didn't have a place in my kit. Let's just say I liked the GX9 enough that I'd consider buying one again.
I'm a Fuji user, but I have had as many Lumix cameras in the past as I have had Fujis .. and I have to admit, lumix ergonomics and features are far superior than Fujis .. when it comes to image quality.. Lumix is not that all behind.. you can make beautiful pictures with it.. I think that what made me fall in love with Fuji, is the style , the rendering and the colors.. enough to make me turn a blind eye to it's ergonomics and lack of features.
The GX9 is a very capable camera, I used mine today while shooting a feature for a glossy magazine, alongside my Canon R5, the little Lumix' image quality is fine mixed in the edit with the R5 images. Add the Lumix or JJC grip for the GX9 and the handling is transformed, for the better!
I know i am a year late to this video but in 2023 i am looking for a stills-only, compact, interchangable system. I use an A7C mainly but i want something with a true pancake lens. XE4 is now impossible to find so since i already own a ton of m43 lenses, i figured I'd look into the GX9 or something similar. This is exactly the video i was looking for. All cameras from the last ten years take great photos so for me, now, the most important thing is portability and ergonomics. I don't need the latest tech, it won't make me a better photographer. The GX9 is as relevant today as it was at launch. Thank you 👍
I had a GX80 for four years, it was a great camera but last summer I felt like getting a new one. I looked at the X-E4 but I found a good deal on the GX9. The GX9 is a GX80+ 😁 Thanks for the video because I feel its big brother, the G9, got all the attention. I don't have the Lumix 20mm f1.7, I used to have it on my GX7, back in the day. I found the AF slow on the 20mm. I have the Olympus 17mm F1.8 and Lumix 25mm f1.7, both great lenses. I recently got the TTArtisan 23mm f1.4, that's a fun lens and looks really good mounted on my GX9. I hope we will get a GX10 one of these days...
Size wise lumix 20mm is great but autofocus sucks. Additionally I have run into weird colour banding issues with it on omdem10 mk2 when iso is higher at night shots.
I don't have a GX9, do have G9 and GX7, and PEN-F, E-M5ii, G7, GH4, E-PL7. I look forwards to a GX10 because the PEN-F really wants a tip screen (otherwise it is a GX9/G9 with some hot sauce added). And there are some new sensors under development. Olympus backs do handle Lumix-OIS lenses better than Lumix backs handle Olympus-IS lenses. The G 20mm f/1.7 is a pretty old lens, and if you delve into its exif we find it is a Leica, which explains the very fine accurate but slightly slower focus speed, and why some focus modes get greyed out. The camera does the AF not the lens, all the lens has to do is run its focus motors as directed by the camera.
I don't know if it's soul (I suppose it is!) but I've since bought digital cameras many times the price of my first and only Lumix from years ago and each time before I bought them, I just could never shake off the thought "will it pleasantly surprise me the way my Lumix did?". It's like the unassuming girl next door that once you've had that first chat with her, you keep looking out for her every morning, LOL!
@@Tudor_Mateescu I agree with @sdhute. I never thought I would see more filmic, more pleasing images other than Fuji SOC but.... I just picked up the GX9 recently and really have fallen in love with it! If you haven't tried it yet, I would love if you could do a more in-depth video about the GX9 and not only jpg and image quality but maybe some tips on how to make the camera settings even better. Thanks!
I'll never buy another Fujifilm camera - they stopped calibrating their lcds since 2019 according to their tech support - everything has a tint of yellow on there supposed to warm the image. its ridiculous. I returned two X-T30's as a pro as one was correct and the other was way off. Tried 5 other X-T30's from two batches and same issue - then tried X100V, X-S10 and all have this horrid tint. The only cameras that don't are GFX... but you have to spend the cash M4/3 still has a shutter shock issue.. Very sad as the lenses from Panasonic Leica are superb
The GX85 is a great camera too for the small rangefinder style of mirrorless camera. It's 16mp and lacks the tilting EVF, but for me that's fine for most of what I do. I have thought about selling both my GX85 and EM1.2 to pick up a an EM5.3 that will do everything I need between the cameras while downsizing a bit on the body size. I like the OVF being off to the side so that has kept me going that route. I'm content for the time being, if they do decide to release another enthusiast level rangefinder with the newer sensor, I'd probably be willing to sell off my other MFT bodies to pick it up.
Excellent review! I also own a GX9 and a Fuji XE3. I like Fuji quality better but can’t let go of GX9. Its just so natural to take it and go shoot with it.
@@intraw831I’d assume probably the Fuji. But the stabilization and slow shutter speed will help on the gx9. I’m debating between these 2 cameras for my interchangeable camera
The GX9 is an underrated photo camera even by micro 4/3 users. A point which is not in this video is the shutter. The mechanical shutter is amazingly quiet and with no schock, a big step up vs the GX8. Equiped with the right lenses , it hits the sweet spot for a micro 4/3 photo camera : compact, capable, usable. I have Sony FF gear but I have continued using micro 4/3 with pleasure since I bought the GX9 .
after months of research, I have purchased a used, "good condition" G9 body instead of any mirrorless Canon, Nikon, Fuji etc. For $590 plus tax, it will be the only camera that I have to take to Europe for a month in Budapest. I expect that I will buy an extra battery pack and a used 8 to 25 zoom lens for architecture in Budapest.
Despite having IS the Olympus 12-100 will only have IBIS on the GX9 whereas the Lumix 14-140 will be Dual2. However there are two better lenses for video and stills - GX 12-35 f/2.8 and FX 35-100 f/2.8
Even If I love GX9 it's possible that some user will not have the same opinion like me, because of the image quality from a M43 sensor. And I get it. But I think it depends on taste, editing, experience and what you are shooting. Personally I accept M43 image quality and I'm fine working around that, because the ergonomics and all other stuff that I get from the camera are helping me to get pictures that I can't take with other systems (yet)! And I prefer a street photography machine that is offering me good features that are helping me to get the shot. For example check this through the lens video & photo vlog done with Lumix GX9 from hand: th-cam.com/video/v-tLPPHv_1U/w-d-xo.html Fresh image samples and a Flickr album with full resolution jpegs here: tudormateescu.com/om-system-mzuiko-20mm-f14-pro/ Also check my free guide & educational videos here: tudormateescu.com/get-access-to-the-goodies/
I was going through some old photos taken ten years ago with my OMD EM5 and they are still excellent. My A7C takes razor sharp images with great DoF, but the EM5 images are warmer and have soul. The A7C is a very clinical camera with clinical results, although almost unbeatable in really low light conditions. With m43, if you use a quality lens in sensible light, it still produces superb results.
@@followtheboat exactly, and on A7c you can put some vintage lenses and get rig of the clinical sharpness - I'm playing now with Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 on Sony A7C.
@@Tudor_Mateescu oooh, nice. I have that lens too. Actually, I bought the A7C originally for my legacy lenses. I was getting frustrated with the double focal length of the m43, especially as I like to shoot wide. I like Zuikos and Takumars, Pentax also. Actually, anything manual pleases me. They're all such a joy to use.
M43 image quality is outstanding as long as you use the best lenses. Some 1.4-1.2 primes are providing better image quality than my 6x7 medium format camera at lower iso. It’s possible to make superb prints with it if correctly exposed and edited well
That the Fuji is better in low light is belied by its greater read noise and that its maximum is ISO 12800 (extends to ISO 25600) whereas the Lumix have a drop in noise at ISO 16000 (with a reduction in DR). I don't dislike Fuji, my mate has one and it is very nice, but it has nothing my Lumix ans Olympus cannot do equally well, and they can often go further into the dark side (black cat in the coal hole) than most care to utilise, and whilst the extreme stabilisation (up to 6.5 stops) can allow long shutter, it won't quell movement blur. With portrait it is often down to lens and aperture, and they do have a different "look" on each format.
I really like the GX9 so I bought one and it arrived yesterday. There was a big problem with this brand new camera which caused the flip out display. After viewing an image on the display and returning to live view, the display would flicker. It would then flicker again if the lens was pointed towards a brighter light source. This happened with 3 different lenses so the problem was not the lens but with the camera. So, it will be going back to Amazon. Have you ever encountered this kind of issue?
I was actually looking for those cameras, there is an important point to take in consideration is that prices for lenses are more expensive / harder to find 2nd hand on the Fuji too, also nowadays it's easy to find great deals for the GX9 so i think i will go for it !
Thank you for an insightful comparison, Tudor. I also enjoy my GX9 even after several years of use. I have several cameras and even shoot 35 mm film occasionaly. I love the GX9 for its combination of superb ergonomics, compact/descrete size, and good performance. And, like you, I think that it has soul. It's the spiritual grandchild of my twentieth century rangefinders and it's a lot of fun to shoot. Subscribed. 😊
I’ve had a Fuji xpro 3 and while I loved the colours, I didn’t like the lenses. The Fuji lenses were just always too sharp and the pictures just looked flat, no depth. I picked up a Lumix GX80/85 and wow…fantastic photos with depth and feeling. For much cheaper than Fuji! I used to bash MFT systems but I never tried one before. Once I actually took a chance and bought the GX80/85 I was forever changed. I wish I gave MFT a chance sooner because it’s a fantastic system and camera. I use the Lumix 20mm 1.7 and the L Monochrome setting…it’s like the heavens opened up and the angels are singing. Truly spectacular. My Leica TL2 usually just sits at home these days while the lumix gets used, it’s really that good!
Sir, I’m actually thinking of buying the Panasonic Lumix GX9 with its 20mm lens to keep it compact. I’ve heard that this lens is quite sharp. However, I’ve also been considering the Sony A6400, but I’m limited by the lenses I can use. I want to use their pancake 20mm lens since it’s compact, but I’ve seen that it’s not as sharp compared to the Lumix 20mm lens-it’s quite far behind. What do you think I should do? Are there any other compact Sony lenses that you would recommend?
I'm using Sony 28mm f2 on Sony a6400 and it's very sharp. The combo is much better compared to GX9 nowadays. The weight and size is also similar. In this case I prefer the Sony kit : faster and better AF and better image quality. And now you have lots of lenses APSC and full frame from which you can choose. And much better in low light.
It came out in 2018 it's not that old, lol! I believe it uses the same viewfinder as the GX85 and I actually liked it when I had it. I've come so close to getting that gx9 but the lack of weather sealing kept me away.
@@WhoIsSerafin strangely Florida gets more rain 54 inches than the UK with 39 inches, but I think we tend to get more light rain than cloud bursts. I've been using cameras since a boy in the 60s and honestly never had a problem.
@@WhoIsSerafin That is for fishing reels not cameras. They are weather proof maybe but not water proof. Damp cloth to remove salt splashes, then towel dry. In England we get water out of a tap, faucet was used for a drinking fountain.
Try the 23/2 or 35/2 with the X-E4. AF faster and quieter than the Panasonic 20/1.7. Manual zone focus is much better on the Fuji due to the on screen DOF scale. Surprisingly my X-E4 can do touch and shoot just fine.
Tudor, thanks so much for this excellent review! Just what I was looking for. I'd like to see more from you on how you use and get the best out of the GX9. Keep up the great work!
I had a gx9 with the Leica prime. 20mm? I thought it was going to be the perfect camera with all the features that I was wanting, but I had a hard time with the viewfinder. Never could make the diopter focus adjustment get happy. I did some side-by-side comparisons with my Sony RX100 mark 3. I found that the Sony was sharper - much to my surprise. So I quickly returned the gx9, but I do think sometimes about trying it again.
Yes, the GX 9 viewfinder unfortunately is very bad - I've made special exercises to adapt to that small eye point distance and angle / in the end I've adapted to it :) Very interesting regarding the Sony RX 100mk3 that is a 1inch sensor camera. I would like to try in the feature the Sony RX 100 series. Small, compact with great zooms!
Yes it has but it's not working like the one on GX9. The best touch that I experienced it's on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV, followed by GX9, followed by X-e4.
I have extensive experience with both micro four thirds and Fuji cameras. The 4:3 aspect ratio vs 3:2 is a huge difference. Yes you can crop MFT to 3:2 but you lose a lot of pixels. In my opinion, 4:3 is better for vertical/portrait orientation shots. For me 3:2 is much better for landscape/street photography. Plus Fuji colours blow Panasonic out of the water. The full-frame panny colours look good. Hopefully these made their way to the GH6.
Unless you shoot jpeg, there are no “Fuji colors” or “Panasonic colors”. Shoot raw then you’re in control. Personally I’m not a fan of Fuji’s “film simulations”, because I shot those actual films, and the digital versions look nothing like them.
@@joeltunnah strongly disagree. Yes you have a lot of latitude editing raw files, but different camera/processor combinations produce very different raw editing options. Brands have signature palettes, even in raw.
@@LyndonPatrickSmith I currently own Olympus, Panasonic, and Nikon. After editing the raw files, if there’s any difference between them it’s extremely minor, and you’d have to do a side by side comparison with a color chart to see it. The whole “Panasonic has bad colors” thing was maybe true in their jpegs about 10 years ago, but not now. I hate Sony Northrup, but he did a blind poll video of which colors do you prefer, and people were all over the map on brand, there was no clear winner.
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· Michael Freeman On Photography (excellent book series for beginners) lyp.ro/ichaelreeman
· Total Picture Control by Feininger Andreas (must-read classic) lyp.ro/totalpicturecontrol
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· Street Photography Course With Craig Whitehead on SkillShare lyp.ro/streetwithcraig
· Find Your Frame: A Street Photography Masterclass lyp.ro/findyourframe
· Think Like a Street Photographer by Matt Stuart lyp.ro/mattstuart
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· The Street Photographer's Manual lyp.ro/streetmanual
· Valier Jardin lyp.ro/valierjardin
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· Steve McCurry lyp.ro/stevemccurry
· Joel Meyerowitz lyp.ro/joeleyerowitz
· Martin Parr lyp.ro/martinparr
Fantastic comparison! “A camera with soul.”😂 I agree completely. Love my GX9, I use it for most of my street photography videos now.
great video. YES. Panasonic Lumix and MFT is just perfect. For those who know . Ignore all those toxic ,brain washed haters.
This is a wonderful video presentation. You made me fall in love with my Lumix GX 9 all over again :-)
Thanks, I'm very glad 😊
Agreed. Had my GX9 three years plus.. mainly street 75% and travel 25%. Taken 32,600 images.. an amazing workhorse ..
Wow, excellent 👌
I've had the GX7 for years,and I've shot some of my best street work with it.I have had all the Fuji X100 series cameras from my first X100 which I bought in June 2011 right up to the X100V and I can tell you I keep going back to the GX9.Theres just something about that Camera that I absolutely love,and to understand why it's better than any X-Pro 3 or X100V you would have to use it in the field and see why.
Plus I love working with the B&W files on the Panasonic!!!!
I've owned both cameras and sent the X-E4 back because I prefer the egonomics of the X-E3 better. I sold the GX9 because I have a Leica CL which compliments my X-Pro3 and LUMIX S5 very nicely. That said, the GX9 in my view is a better camera when it comes to producing sharp b&w photos with the right Olympus lens, like the 17mm f1.8. When it comes to street photography it's hard to beat this combo. There are aesthetic things about the X-E4 I don't like and since the image quality is the same as the X-Pro3 it didn't have a place in my kit.
Let's just say I liked the GX9 enough that I'd consider buying one again.
Totally agree, and good point regarding bnw photography with Lumix! And yes, nice combo Leica CL, Fuji X-PRO3 and Lumix S5 :)
I'm a Fuji user, but I have had as many Lumix cameras in the past as I have had Fujis .. and I have to admit, lumix ergonomics and features are far superior than Fujis .. when it comes to image quality.. Lumix is not that all behind.. you can make beautiful pictures with it.. I think that what made me fall in love with Fuji, is the style , the rendering and the colors.. enough to make me turn a blind eye to it's ergonomics and lack of features.
The GX9 is a very capable camera, I used mine today while shooting a feature for a glossy magazine, alongside my Canon R5, the little Lumix' image quality is fine mixed in the edit with the R5 images. Add the Lumix or JJC grip for the GX9 and the handling is transformed, for the better!
Very interesting, thank you 🙏
I really enjoyed your refreshing approach to camera comparisons .
Thank you very much 🙏
I know i am a year late to this video but in 2023 i am looking for a stills-only, compact, interchangable system. I use an A7C mainly but i want something with a true pancake lens. XE4 is now impossible to find so since i already own a ton of m43 lenses, i figured I'd look into the GX9 or something similar. This is exactly the video i was looking for. All cameras from the last ten years take great photos so for me, now, the most important thing is portability and ergonomics. I don't need the latest tech, it won't make me a better photographer. The GX9 is as relevant today as it was at launch. Thank you 👍
I had a GX80 for four years, it was a great camera but last summer I felt like getting a new one. I looked at the X-E4 but I found a good deal on the GX9. The GX9 is a GX80+ 😁 Thanks for the video because I feel its big brother, the G9, got all the attention.
I don't have the Lumix 20mm f1.7, I used to have it on my GX7, back in the day. I found the AF slow on the 20mm. I have the Olympus 17mm F1.8 and Lumix 25mm f1.7, both great lenses. I recently got the TTArtisan 23mm f1.4, that's a fun lens and looks really good mounted on my GX9.
I hope we will get a GX10 one of these days...
try the 14mm f/2.5 with your gx9,its only 55g, I use it for my gx80, my g9 gets the f/1.4 lenses XD
Size wise lumix 20mm is great but autofocus sucks. Additionally I have run into weird colour banding issues with it on omdem10 mk2 when iso is higher at night shots.
I don't have a GX9, do have G9 and GX7, and PEN-F, E-M5ii, G7, GH4, E-PL7.
I look forwards to a GX10 because the PEN-F really wants a tip screen (otherwise it is a GX9/G9 with some hot sauce added). And there are some new sensors under development. Olympus backs do handle Lumix-OIS lenses better than Lumix backs handle Olympus-IS lenses.
The G 20mm f/1.7 is a pretty old lens, and if you delve into its exif we find it is a Leica, which explains the very fine accurate but slightly slower focus speed, and why some focus modes get greyed out. The camera does the AF not the lens, all the lens has to do is run its focus motors as directed by the camera.
Lumix does have soul! Process the Raws to get the best from Panny MFT.
Indeed!!
I don't know if it's soul (I suppose it is!) but I've since bought digital cameras many times the price of my first and only Lumix from years ago and each time before I bought them, I just could never shake off the thought "will it pleasantly surprise me the way my Lumix did?". It's like the unassuming girl next door that once you've had that first chat with her, you keep looking out for her every morning, LOL!
@@kindface Well said!
I've missed my gx9 since I have sold it. Thinking about getting another one. I like the film simulations even better then Fuji's
Very interesting regarding the simulations of gx9. Indeed there is some potential their. Thank you 🙏
@@Tudor_Mateescu I agree with @sdhute. I never thought I would see more filmic, more pleasing images other than Fuji SOC but.... I just picked up the GX9 recently and really have fallen in love with it! If you haven't tried it yet, I would love if you could do a more in-depth video about the GX9 and not only jpg and image quality but maybe some tips on how to make the camera settings even better. Thanks!
I'll never buy another Fujifilm camera - they stopped calibrating their lcds since 2019 according to their tech support - everything has a tint of yellow on there supposed to warm the image. its ridiculous. I returned two X-T30's as a pro as one was correct and the other was way off. Tried 5 other X-T30's from two batches and same issue - then tried X100V, X-S10 and all have this horrid tint. The only cameras that don't are GFX... but you have to spend the cash
M4/3 still has a shutter shock issue.. Very sad as the lenses from Panasonic Leica are superb
The GX85 is a great camera too for the small rangefinder style of mirrorless camera. It's 16mp and lacks the tilting EVF, but for me that's fine for most of what I do. I have thought about selling both my GX85 and EM1.2 to pick up a an EM5.3 that will do everything I need between the cameras while downsizing a bit on the body size. I like the OVF being off to the side so that has kept me going that route. I'm content for the time being, if they do decide to release another enthusiast level rangefinder with the newer sensor, I'd probably be willing to sell off my other MFT bodies to pick it up.
Excellent review! I also own a GX9 and a Fuji XE3. I like Fuji quality better but can’t let go of GX9. Its just so natural to take it and go shoot with it.
Exactly!
Which one is better in low light?
@@intraw831I’d assume probably the Fuji. But the stabilization and slow shutter speed will help on the gx9. I’m debating between these 2 cameras for my interchangeable camera
The GX9 is an underrated photo camera even by micro 4/3 users. A point which is not in this video is the shutter. The mechanical shutter is amazingly quiet and with no schock, a big step up vs the GX8.
Equiped with the right lenses , it hits the sweet spot for a micro 4/3 photo camera : compact, capable, usable.
I have Sony FF gear but I have continued using micro 4/3 with pleasure since I bought the GX9 .
Exactly, the shutter is very quiet!
The shutter on the GX9 (same as GX80) is the nicest I've heard. I find it addictivive. Love it!
after months of research, I have purchased a used, "good condition" G9 body instead of any mirrorless Canon, Nikon, Fuji etc. For $590 plus tax, it will be the only camera that I have to take to Europe for a month in Budapest. I expect that I will buy an extra battery pack and a used 8 to 25 zoom lens for architecture in Budapest.
Also Lumix GX9 gives best Bang! for your money... no need to buy expensive cameras from Fuji...
Despite having IS the Olympus 12-100 will only have IBIS on the GX9 whereas the Lumix 14-140 will be Dual2. However there are two better lenses for video and stills - GX 12-35 f/2.8 and FX 35-100 f/2.8
Even If I love GX9 it's possible that some user will not have the same opinion like me, because of the image quality from a M43 sensor. And I get it. But I think it depends on taste, editing, experience and what you are shooting.
Personally I accept M43 image quality and I'm fine working around that, because the ergonomics and all other stuff that I get from the camera are helping me to get pictures that I can't take with other systems (yet)! And I prefer a street photography machine that is offering me good features that are helping me to get the shot.
For example check this through the lens video & photo vlog done with Lumix GX9 from hand: th-cam.com/video/v-tLPPHv_1U/w-d-xo.html
Fresh image samples and a Flickr album with full resolution jpegs here: tudormateescu.com/om-system-mzuiko-20mm-f14-pro/
Also check my free guide & educational videos here: tudormateescu.com/get-access-to-the-goodies/
I was going through some old photos taken ten years ago with my OMD EM5 and they are still excellent. My A7C takes razor sharp images with great DoF, but the EM5 images are warmer and have soul. The A7C is a very clinical camera with clinical results, although almost unbeatable in really low light conditions. With m43, if you use a quality lens in sensible light, it still produces superb results.
@@followtheboat exactly, and on A7c you can put some vintage lenses and get rig of the clinical sharpness - I'm playing now with Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 on Sony A7C.
@@Tudor_Mateescu oooh, nice. I have that lens too. Actually, I bought the A7C originally for my legacy lenses. I was getting frustrated with the double focal length of the m43, especially as I like to shoot wide. I like Zuikos and Takumars, Pentax also. Actually, anything manual pleases me. They're all such a joy to use.
M43 image quality is outstanding as long as you use the best lenses. Some 1.4-1.2 primes are providing better image quality than my 6x7 medium format camera at lower iso. It’s possible to make superb prints with it if correctly exposed and edited well
That the Fuji is better in low light is belied by its greater read noise and that its maximum is ISO 12800 (extends to ISO 25600) whereas the Lumix have a drop in noise at ISO 16000 (with a reduction in DR).
I don't dislike Fuji, my mate has one and it is very nice, but it has nothing my Lumix ans Olympus cannot do equally well, and they can often go further into the dark side (black cat in the coal hole) than most care to utilise, and whilst the extreme stabilisation (up to 6.5 stops) can allow long shutter, it won't quell movement blur.
With portrait it is often down to lens and aperture, and they do have a different "look" on each format.
Good points !
There is one thibg it can do better
Oversampled 4k
I think Lumix GX8 is better than GX9, certainly the EVF is better...☺
I really like the GX9 so I bought one and it arrived yesterday. There was a big problem with this brand new camera which caused the flip out display. After viewing an image on the display and returning to live view, the display would flicker. It would then flicker again if the lens was pointed towards a brighter light source. This happened with 3 different lenses so the problem was not the lens but with the camera. So, it will be going back to Amazon. Have you ever encountered this kind of issue?
No, I didn't had this problem.
I was actually looking for those cameras, there is an important point to take in consideration is that prices for lenses are more expensive / harder to find 2nd hand on the Fuji too, also nowadays it's easy to find great deals for the GX9 so i think i will go for it !
Yes, that's true!!!
Great stuff. Not biased, just honest and to the point. I’ve now subscribed. ( Gx9 and G9 owner).
Thank you for an insightful comparison, Tudor. I also enjoy my GX9 even after several years of use. I have several cameras and even shoot 35 mm film occasionaly. I love the GX9 for its combination of superb ergonomics, compact/descrete size, and good performance. And, like you, I think that it has soul. It's the spiritual grandchild of my twentieth century rangefinders and it's a lot of fun to shoot. Subscribed. 😊
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I know. I’ve had the Gx7 and the GX9. And they are great.
What is your wife’s TH-cam channel?
I’ve had a Fuji xpro 3 and while I loved the colours, I didn’t like the lenses. The Fuji lenses were just always too sharp and the pictures just looked flat, no depth. I picked up a Lumix GX80/85 and wow…fantastic photos with depth and feeling. For much cheaper than Fuji! I used to bash MFT systems but I never tried one before. Once I actually took a chance and bought the GX80/85 I was forever changed. I wish I gave MFT a chance sooner because it’s a fantastic system and camera. I use the Lumix 20mm 1.7 and the L Monochrome setting…it’s like the heavens opened up and the angels are singing. Truly spectacular. My Leica TL2 usually just sits at home these days while the lumix gets used, it’s really that good!
Sir, I’m actually thinking of buying the Panasonic Lumix GX9 with its 20mm lens to keep it compact. I’ve heard that this lens is quite sharp. However, I’ve also been considering the Sony A6400, but I’m limited by the lenses I can use. I want to use their pancake 20mm lens since it’s compact, but I’ve seen that it’s not as sharp compared to the Lumix 20mm lens-it’s quite far behind. What do you think I should do? Are there any other compact Sony lenses that you would recommend?
I'm using Sony 28mm f2 on Sony a6400 and it's very sharp. The combo is much better compared to GX9 nowadays.
The weight and size is also similar.
In this case I prefer the Sony kit : faster and better AF and better image quality. And now you have lots of lenses APSC and full frame from which you can choose. And much better in low light.
@@Tudor_Mateescu But Sony doesn’t have good pancake lenses, sir. It won’t give me a compact-looking camera that I can easily bring anywhere.
It came out in 2018 it's not that old, lol! I believe it uses the same viewfinder as the GX85 and I actually liked it when I had it. I've come so close to getting that gx9 but the lack of weather sealing kept me away.
I have had cameras for donkey's ears in all weathers and weather sealing is not an issue and never has been. It's just added snake oil.
@@jeffslade1892 well I’ve had cameras shutdown temporarily in wet conditions here in Florida, so it’s a must for me
@@WhoIsSerafin strangely Florida gets more rain 54 inches than the UK with 39 inches, but I think we tend to get more light rain than cloud bursts. I've been using cameras since a boy in the 60s and honestly never had a problem.
@@jeffslade1892 also as much as we go to the beach it's nice to be able to rinse my cameras off under the sink faucet when I get home.
@@WhoIsSerafin That is for fishing reels not cameras. They are weather proof maybe but not water proof. Damp cloth to remove salt splashes, then towel dry.
In England we get water out of a tap, faucet was used for a drinking fountain.
Try the 23/2 or 35/2 with the X-E4. AF faster and quieter than the Panasonic 20/1.7. Manual zone focus is much better on the Fuji due to the on screen DOF scale. Surprisingly my X-E4 can do touch and shoot just fine.
Yes, all current Fuji cameras have the touch and shoot function.
Tudor, thanks so much for this excellent review! Just what I was looking for. I'd like to see more from you on how you use and get the best out of the GX9. Keep up the great work!
More to come!
Wonderful video 👍🏾
Thank you for all your comments! 😊
nice
Dear Tudor, what is the biggest size photos you have managed to print with Gx9?
For the moment A4 at my printer. It's very good details. I'm sure I can print A3 without problems or even bigger.
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Hi, what did you use to edit the photo and what profiles are you referring to? @15:05
nikcollection.dxo.com/silver-efex-pro/ (you can find the free version from Google)
And cobalt profiles www.cobalt-image.com/
@@Tudor_Mateescu Thank you!
I had a gx9 with the Leica prime. 20mm? I thought it was going to be the perfect camera with all the features that I was wanting, but I had a hard time with the viewfinder. Never could make the diopter focus adjustment get happy. I did some side-by-side comparisons with my Sony RX100 mark 3. I found that the Sony was sharper - much to my surprise. So I quickly returned the gx9, but I do think sometimes about trying it again.
Yes, the GX 9 viewfinder unfortunately is very bad - I've made special exercises to adapt to that small eye point distance and angle / in the end I've adapted to it :)
Very interesting regarding the Sony RX 100mk3 that is a 1inch sensor camera. I would like to try in the feature the Sony RX 100 series. Small, compact with great zooms!
Very good review indeed.
I particularly like the very real-world comparison of their useability and practicality.
Thank you 🙏
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Most welcome, Tudor. Keep up the good work and greatly looking forward to all your future reviews!
Tudor, the XE4 also has touch and shoot function.
Yes it has but it's not working like the one on GX9. The best touch that I experienced it's on Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV, followed by GX9, followed by X-e4.
Great video. Thanks a lot
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Thanks for your review!
My pleasure!
Thanks Tudor! Great Video
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I have extensive experience with both micro four thirds and Fuji cameras. The 4:3 aspect ratio vs 3:2 is a huge difference. Yes you can crop MFT to 3:2 but you lose a lot of pixels. In my opinion, 4:3 is better for vertical/portrait orientation shots. For me 3:2 is much better for landscape/street photography. Plus Fuji colours blow Panasonic out of the water. The full-frame panny colours look good. Hopefully these made their way to the GH6.
Unless you shoot jpeg, there are no “Fuji colors” or “Panasonic colors”. Shoot raw then you’re in control. Personally I’m not a fan of Fuji’s “film simulations”, because I shot those actual films, and the digital versions look nothing like them.
@@joeltunnah strongly disagree. Yes you have a lot of latitude editing raw files, but different camera/processor combinations produce very different raw editing options. Brands have signature palettes, even in raw.
@@LyndonPatrickSmith I currently own Olympus, Panasonic, and Nikon. After editing the raw files, if there’s any difference between them it’s extremely minor, and you’d have to do a side by side comparison with a color chart to see it.
The whole “Panasonic has bad colors” thing was maybe true in their jpegs about 10 years ago, but not now.
I hate Sony Northrup, but he did a blind poll video of which colors do you prefer, and people were all over the map on brand, there was no clear winner.
I use xt 2 now instead of gx80 but I still find myself cropping portrait to 3:4
@@joeltunnah totally agree!