John Matthews

As Panasonic is throwing new cameras at us (GH5=$2000, GH5S=$2500, G9=$1700), it would seem that they've forgotten the lower budget that the GX80/85 (<$600) brought us. I really don't do anything that would warrant a budget upwards of $1500. I hope the DSLM doesn't just have a future like these expensive flagships Panasonic is offering. I share the opinion of the Drew Network when he was talking about the GH2... and moving to a GH3. I think something similar is happening now these newer Panasonic cameras concerning pricing. Drew is a funny guy... wish he made more videos. Anyway, here's where he speaks about that. Actually, a hacked GH2 is probably still an option.

I believe it's due to the insanely small design of the lens and having to move a "large" front element whereas faster focussing MFT lenses move smaller elements inside the lens. I've heard it's a great lens though.

Quick question: Is the quality better for AVCHD or MP4 in 1080p/25fps on the GX80?

Has anyone tried EOSHD Procolor with Cinelike D?

That's great! After setting one Custom setting to Cinelike V and the other to Cinelike D, you can make all the adjustments (Custom, Sharpness, NR, Saturation), save and still keep all the same settings on reboot. Nice, but stupid Panasonic didn't just include it if it's already there... probably taken out by some marketing dude to help sell more G80/GH5 units. Oh well, can't complain too much about the GX80, "the good enough/close enough" camera. It keeps getting better and better. Thanks BTM_Pix!

So this is really cool! Great work. I did some tests this morning. My question now is: what are the other settings in the profile in terms of contrast, sharpness, NR, and saturation? Can't seem to find that information.

I haven't messed too much with the highlights and shadows. IMO, when shooting 4k, you've got a lot to play with. With settings, I'll say it depends mainly on your liking. I CAN tell you they can mess up the image in some situations- notably, contrast at -5 in soft light will not do justice to some people's skin. I did that once. After learning that, I don't fidget too much anymore. Mine are -2, -5, -5, 0 and nothing to the highlights and shadows. Also, I use AWB. The G85 seems like a great camera, but I'd still prefer the GX80 due to size. Panasonic actually moved the strap mounts further forward from the GX7 (on the right side). This was a major improvement. Still, I'd rather have an inset strap mount, flush with rest. "Useless" is a strong word, but you're right that I'd say this camera was made for smaller lens/camera combos. There aren't any adapters out there to raise the body off the attachment plate that don't protrude under the lens mount?

VICTORY! Fist EOSHD thread to make it to 200,000 views! A true testament to the popularity of the GX80/85! Still using mine on a daily basis.

Edited. Thanks. I don't believe that's how this particular Trojan works though. This is more of the spying type.

I'm willing to bet that most mac people had handbrake already, and they would have upgraded via the in-app upgrade which is not affected. If you downloaded it as a clean install, there's a 50% chance you got it. If it were me, I'd wipe the drive, reinstall everything, restore from backed-up data (this depends on how you configured your backup process). Once your system is compromised, there's no going back IMO.

This video (Alexa vs. iPhone 7) makes me wonder how the GX80 would do shooting in 4k and down-sampling to 1080p. I'm guessing it wouldn't have the latitude of the Alexa in post, but it would still run laps around the iPhone 7. Interesting watch...

No... not in theory. The GX80/85 has 5 axis IBIS on the sensor regardless of E stabalisation settings.

Try both and use what you like best. It's been a point of contention in this thread. Personally, I don't use the electronic stabalisation.

That camera looks good and small, but it has another fault other than no IBIS- no manual video mode. No setting the shutter speed other than the Exposure Lock button... I don't know why they dumbed it down so much, but I'm pretty sure it's due to the existence of the GX80 and the G85.

I'm still quite happy with my GX80 and I won't be selling it anytime soon. It's taking great photos and videos. I could mention some negatives, but the fact of the matter is that this camera is good enough. I couple it with the ZOOM H1 positioned close to the subject and I've found it an impressive match for many systems... still state of the art in 2017.

Interesting specs, but this is the camera for the rich at 5300 Euros. The A9 II will come out in just 9 months, tumbling the price of this one. I'll just stick with my GX80... good enough for stills and video and un-matched value! Period.

IMO go with the GX80 + lens option. My thinking is for 3 reasons: 1) the FZ330, FZ1000, FZ2000 don't have real 4k options for wide angles, something that's important with street protests. 2) the next time you buy a camera you'll be able to use the lens which means a cheaper ownership. 3) if your needs change, the GX80 will change with them and do low-light as well. Hope that helps.

I just saw this AF review on the new GH5. I'm rather happy to report that I think the GX80 (in terms of AF performance in video) is doing about as well as or even better than the GH5 that costs about 4 times the price. ...not that I use it much.

Alright. So here's my goal. I would like to archive 300 edited, high-quality photos (good enough for HQ printing at 8 x 10) and 30 minutes of edited, high-quality 1080p video. I would like this to be put on a 4.7gb M-disc for long-term data storage, but I guess I could go for 25gb Blue-ray M-discs if absolutely necessary. What would you recommend for doing this in terms of codecs? By my calculations, 300 8-megapixel jpeg's at 100% compression is about 1.3gb. That leaves 3.4gb for the video or 30 minutes of 1080p at 15 mbps in h.264 and in a mp4 wrapper. Much of the source material is 1080p or 4k and raw for photos. Given that "preserving the content" would be the priority, does this make any sense to anyone and do you have experience with archiving this way? Just looking for input.

I don't have a dual-IS lens, and I'm not sure your lens is compatible. I tried a manual lens at 210mm and it didn't perform badly (no jitters); so, I'm not sure what's going on for you...

Hmm... what options are you talking about? Have you made sure that it's actually on? I don't have that lens, but I'd be surprised that Panasonic would degrade its IBIS. Also, you might try disconnecting the lens and putting it back on... Did you also make sure your firmware for the lens is up-to-date?... just some thoughts...

First impression is that it seems significantly quieter. Not sure what they did in firmware to manage that. Can someone else also confirm? I wish now that I'd recorded the audio from it before the update, but that would be my initial report.

Just thought I'd let people know that there's a new firmware available: version 1.2. It can be found here: http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/dl/gx80_gx85.html I just did it and it seems to work so far- so that's good. It says the fixes were: Reduced operation noise during the shooting standby or the motion picture recording. Fixed a problem that camera fails to connect to the Picmate server. I'll be testing it soon.

Does anyone know a way to make a native MFT (my Panasonic 25mm F1.7) lens to stay into its aperture position so it can be used with a reversal ring?

I've decided to not get any lens with more than 9 elements. More and the light turns into minced meat. The old stuff is better... with all the "flaws." Just need to stay away from the radioactive ones.