Dean

Thanks. It's a Gordy's ... they make nice straps. http://www.gordyscamerastraps.com

Enjoying this cam a lot now after getting used to it over the last couple of days. Bought the 15/1.7 & SLR Magic 52mm Vari ND. Nice combo. Amazing little lens.

Enjoying this cam a lot now after getting used to it over the last couple of days. Bought the 15/1.7 & SLR Magic 52mm Vari ND. Nice combo. Amazing little lens.

Enjoying this cam a lot now after getting used to it over the last couple of days. Bought the 15/1.7 & SLR Magic 52mm Vari ND. Nice combo. Amazing little lens.

Certainly looks a whole lot better than the GX8 for video. 
I ended up getting the 15/1.7 and haven't tested it as much as the 12-32, but I haven't seen any jitters with it. Everything seems nice and "floaty". I think u mentioned before people's complaining was mainly with the 12-32?
And btw, this Pana 15/1.7 is a champion little lens ... really nice !! Took some still and was really impressed. 
Also really impressed with the GX85's SOOC Jpeg's ... look great to me. The standard setting with -5 NR gives a natural look with a touch of contrast which is just how I like images.
Have a 3 day weekend sop looking forward to using this cam

Certainly looks a whole lot better than the GX8 for video. 
I ended up getting the 15/1.7 and haven't tested it as much as the 12-32, but I haven't seen any jitters with it. Everything seems nice and "floaty". I think u mentioned before people's complaining was mainly with the 12-32?
And btw, this Pana 15/1.7 is a champion little lens ... really nice !! Took some still and was really impressed. 
Also really impressed with the GX85's SOOC Jpeg's ... look great to me. The standard setting with -5 NR gives a natural look with a touch of contrast which is just how I like images.
Have a 3 day weekend sop looking forward to using this cam

Thanks for the information and link. Much appreciated. Cheers.

Of course you are right about "M" mode with a variable ND but I think "S" mode and a fixed ND is useful for run & gun type shooting. BTW, every cam I have owned displayed the auto iso value when shooting in any mode be it video or stills ... only Panasonic doesn't
 

Well, I imagine many cameras don't display auto ISO levels when recording video in S or A mode; and, you're right they probably should do it. But honestly, S and A modes are foreign to me now in video mode and I think most people are routinely in M mode with ND filters or stepless aperture lenses for minor exposure adjustments. In all the photography-related modes auto ISO is displayed on the GX80.

Yeah, not sure what's going on ... will test some more. Like I said, didn't happen all the time but did happen. I used "S" movie priority. 24p 4k ... shutter @ 1/50 using an X4 49mm 3 stop ND filter for all of those scenes.

Here's what I mean by the Dual IBIS being so so ... 4 scenes in this clip ... the first three are jittery and the fourth is more floaty. The floaty type happened more often than not (which I think is Ok) but the jittery type happened about 20% of the time. I'll try and do more testing this weekend. But like I said, I reckon Panasonic's implementation of the Dual 5 Axis is not that great. This was with the 12-32 and the lens had been updated and "Dual" was showing on the LCD. Electronic stabilisation was set to off. The NX1's DIS & OIS & A7Rii's & Oly's stabilisation are all better IMO (owned all three) ... 
 
 

if you don't intend to grade (colour-correct) your video (in post-production), go for 16-235
otherwise, go for the 0-255

The amount of lenses I buy and sell these days I only ever buy used and the 15/1.7 second hand is not badly priced over here 2nd hand ... I've seen them for around $2,200 HKD (USD 280) regularly on DCFever (like a HK eBay for used photo gear). I'll test my mate's 15/1.7 this weekend but I'm sure it will be great. the 15/1.7 & 42.5/1.7 look like a great walk around combo for this cam.

Have you checked if you have better DR using 16-235?
This was a leftover from the analogue age, and it most probably after the image is ready for encoding (and the DR is basically set) the encoder gets instructed to set those min/max values, which would result in lower tonal resolution, and no increase of DR (if we don't count some, if any, value interpolation by decoders, for the clipped regions).

I too find it a bit awkward that in A or S mode on a Panasonic you can't see the ISO or S/A that the camera selected.  For the GX80, I find that the IBIS gets a bit wobbly when doing some sort of movement with wider lenses such as the Olympus 9-18 or 7-14.  With the Panasonic 12-35/2.8 and dual-IS it works better and really controls the jitters on the Panasonic 35-100/2.8 zoom.  Check out my youtube videos where I tested out the IS of various Olympus and Panasonic cameras including the LX100, EM5-II, and GX80.
I had the LX100 and sold it in anticipation of the LX200 and hopefully the better colour rendition like the GX80 (check out my test of the LX100/G7/GX80 colour).  I don't know if it was the (auto) white balance, or the LX100 lens, or the "JPEG" rendering but the LX100 would give me some funky colours in the skin and lips sometimes.  Also a tilt/touch screen would be nice as I use the EVF+touch focus for stills a lot.  As you say, the GX80 isn't much larger than the LX100, except when you need something faster than the pancake lenses (like the Panasonic 2.8 zoom or even the 15mm/1.7 prime).  The GX80 is also much heavier than the LX100 and doesn't have as good a thumb grip.
I've recently sold my Olympus cameras and most Olympus lenses and replaced them with two GX80.  I hope to get the LX100 replacement as it is a fantastic travel camera, and I could probably get by with the LX200+Gimbal and the GX80 with Panasonic 35-100/2.8 for most things. 
I didn't find switching between stills and video mode that tricky.  I assigned custom settings to the bottom left function button and C1 to stills and C2 to video.  I mostly shot stills in A mode, so to switch to video it was: Function button (select C2=video), shutter dial to 60 (rear wheel jog to 1/50), Aperture dial to A.  I would pop on a 3 or 6-stop ND depending on how bright the scene was.  Outside I used ISO 200 and inside auto-ISO. It would be easier if Panasonic told you what A it was selecting as sometime you need to jump into M mode to find out.

I'm not sure, John. The work around you suggest will work but needn't be done. In 2016 all these features should be standard. Panasonic is either just ignorant or technically incapable of implementing such features. 
The issue over here in HK is that's it's so damn bright most of the time, when street shooting you just want to set the shutter in at min around 1/320 and have the ISO float when you move into dark areas like alley ways or heavy shadows. Or when in bright areas it will just raise the shutter speed. Many say just use manual and set the shutter speed but the issue with this is that you get a massively overexposed image a lot of the time. You miss a lot of shots in the street when having to fiddle with unnecessary settings. 
I found the LX100 to be super frustrating ... there's like 1 million moves to go from taking stills to shooting video with a correct shutter speed  LX200 won't be any better I reckon but lets see. I haven't shot with it enough to realise it's that good at the wide end.
Hopefully the EM1 mkii has decent video but Oly always find someway to frac video up ... maybe this time is different but wouldn't bet on  it. The IBIS for sure will be amazing.
Going to borrow my friends 30/1.7 next week and test it out on the GX85 for stills & video. Looks like a nice little lens ... as does the 42.5/1.7.

Yeah, for sure, don't get me wrong ... nice camera and jammed with features.
My beef is with the they way the approach ISO / min shutter etc but not just that ... I find it strange that Panasonic chooses not to tell you what ISO the camera is choosing when shooting video and in "S" mode in video the chosen aperture is not displayed either. Guess I'm just spoiled with my NX1 and my Nikons and their software. Samsung seem to have the usability and menu systems very right on the NX1.
I have also found that the features I'd like on the GX85 do not seem to be present on any Panasonic body which I find amazing. It must be that they are not able on a technical level to be able to program these things in ... doesn't seem like any other reason they would leave them out.
With regards to the IBIS, maybe the 12-32 is not as great as other lenses. I was expecting more though and I am guessing, but once the EM1 mkii is released it will considerably steadier than any of Panasonic's offerings. As mentioned, OIS combined with DIS on my NX1 seems much steadier and way less "floaty" than the GX85.
Definitely a lot better than the LX100 though which is why I bought it ... and not too much bigger either.
I'll continue to use the GX85 and test it. Want to get a 30/1.7 and a 42.5/1.7 for it.

Anything like that would be excellent ... perfect in fact.
At the moment with my 16-50/2-28 I usually compose the shot with the AF point where I want it on the subject ... physically switch off AF on the lens ... press AF/ON which I have assigned to lock exposure ... then press record. I do this in "S" mode with shutter @ 1/50 and a 3 stop X4 filter on. Works nicely from run & gun street type videos.
What you are proposing (focusing first, then starting video-rec in manual) would be great !!
Cheers.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll probably try KS's hack first.
Would be nice if there were separate threads on this this sub forum dedicated to each of the different hacks with instructions and links in their first posts (including how to donate to the authors). Would make things a lot easier and move things forward faster I reckon ...

Thanks for the explanation. I'll probably try KS's hack first.
Would be nice if there were separate threads on this this sub forum dedicated to each of the different hacks with instructions and links in their first posts (including how to donate to the authors). Would make things a lot easier and move things forward faster I reckon ...

I have the 64gb version of that card and I was hitting 220 mbps. But the default 180 is already a huge improvement if your worried about issues.

Hi guys, FilmConvert here. Just wanted to let you know we've heard the feedback about some redness in the NX1 profile. We're doing some more QA here, and may release a new version of the profile shortly.

All done ... thanks again for your work on this !! @vasile
BTW ... quoting on this board seems to be broken. I tried to quote Vasile's remark above and instead it quotes my comment 4-5 posts above @Andrew Reid
 

+1 ... count me in as well with a donation. I'd love to see what some talented people could do with this cam.

All done ... thanks again for your work on this !! @vasile
BTW ... quoting on this board seems to be broken. I tried to quote Vasile's remark above and instead it quotes my comment 4-5 posts above @Andrew Reid