9.03.2023

I underestimated just how good the Panasonic G9 camera was/is. I took two to Iceland a while back and stumbled across some selections while working on something else. These are from late Fall of 2018.











































 

9 comments:

  1. Still use mine. It's starting to fall apart. The flashing is coming off; just glue the pieces back on. Some of the buttons are stiff or want to stick. Was out this morning early walking around for 5 hours. Should get something new that I don't get frustrated with but 43 rumors keeps saying a new one might be just around the corner. I'm get fooled so easy.

    Jay

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  2. Wonderful camera. I still use one, and it worked a wedding for me me this weekend. last weekend it was a camp out and reenactment. I of course wish the new G9II would come out with the S5II AF, or it was slightly smaller for backpacking...oh well I really don't care. It works, is paid for, balances with a whole range of awesome F2.8 "Pro" zooms or small primes from both Leica/Lumix and Zukio, and with DXO or Capture One it's RAW files are delights to work with. If I won the lottery...ok...but until then it still is a more capable camera than I am a photographer.

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  3. Was in Iceland in 2016, using Oly E-M5ii at the time. Think I photographed some of the same colorful houses. Over the past year added the S5 for a decent FF, I like the way it works, and was mighty tempted over the last couple weeks to get a G9 as they were on sale big time. But, having a number of the best 4/3 lenses that I still use, I stuck with E-M1ii for now, for focusing. Will be very interested in a G9ii, with PDAF focusing and a well implemented HHHR. Patient. Panny has had plenty of time to do something special in m4/3. Most likely a GH model first.

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  4. My G9 is still doing me just fine. With the Pana-Leica 12-60 it does about 90% of everything I need. Add in the Oly 12-100 and I'm covered. Not sure what I'd ask for in an upgrade.

    I'd like to have more MP, but can't say I really need it. Hand-held high resolution would tempt me, but not sure I'd be willing to pay for it, especially the way software solutions are improving these days.

    I do wish I could have it all in a smaller package - my G85 gets far more use - but all in all, I'm a happy guy.

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  5. Such a cool collection of images. Some of the lines - of the land or the sea or whatever - seem to go on and on and on forever. The colors - which to my untutored eye & mind seems to vary between subtly muted and madly rich - all pull me in.

    To my surprise, the one I kept coming back to look at was your black and white photo of your hiking boots. I can relate.

    But the lighthouses were pretty fine, too.

    It's a treat to see these again. Thanks, Kirk.

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  6. a bunch of nice photos, but for me, 18 & 21 are works of art

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  7. And with advances in AI denoising and post processing, these smaller format pictures are going to have a new lease on life, even the ones that might have supposedly been "unusuable" before.

    I'm an Olympus man myself now, though I used a pair of G3s for some time years ago.

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  8. Norway is about the closest I've got, I'd heard about a ferry from norway to iceland, I think it's more towards being a cruise ship, public health nightmare at the moment but sounds like a nice way to get there...

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  9. And, just to itch the GAS again, did you saw the newer G9II? Looks really incredible.

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