agentlossing
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The GX85 is an enduring classic! I'd buy a used one to replace the one I mained for years, but they've never really reached a bargain price on the used market (for good reason).
The Pany GX's
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Archiver
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A video by Spencer Whiteman about the GX85 from 2021. Used well, it's an excellent video camera.
dkreindler
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Massively underrated cameras, and system overall, though it appears that prices are rising on the used market. I have a GX7 with the 14-42 and the 14 f/2.5. I've never been let down by the image quality.
Toyota Origin by Derek Kreindler, on Flickr
Toyota Origin by Derek Kreindler, on Flickr
Disappointed_Horse
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I've been hoping used prices for the GX85 would drop but the last time I looked very good or better condition bodies were going for about $450–500 on MPB.
Archiver
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Don't let the smaller size fool you. The GX85 is equally at home with larger lenses like the Olympus f1.2 primes, although a little front heavy. Image quality is not compromised at all.
GX85 - Flowers in the Sun by Archiver, on Flickr
GX85 - Green II by Archiver, on Flickr
GX85 - Flowers in the Sun by Archiver, on FlickrGX85 - Green II by Archiver, on FlickrArchiver
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Now this is surprising. The GX85 was still in production as recently as 2024! Even though this camera was released in April 2016, making it nine years old, Panasonic were still making them in 2024.
https://www. reddit. com/r/M43/comments/1bba8hx/was_surprised_to_find_that_panasonic_is_still/
reddit user mmsketch writes:
I just bought myself a Lumix GX85 and I found this interesting. I assumed I was getting new old stock, but I was able to check the internal serial number which gives away the date of manufacture - January 9, 2024!
I was struggling to find something to replace my 14-year-old GF1, and in my modern smartphone refresh mentality, had narrowed my scope only to cameras released in the last few years. Finally I bit the bullet and went for some old tech with the features and form factor I wanted. I'm stoked to finally have an EVF and tilting screen in roughly the same package as my old camera. And the fact that there's still demand for this model makes me feel better about staying in the "dying" M43 ecosystem. Can't wait to get out and put it through its paces.
Incidentally, if you're wondering how to check the manufacture date on Lumix cameras, the easiest is just to look at the EXIF data on any image, which should show you a serial number in the format [###][YY][MM][DD][###]
e.g., XFR2401090032
You can also use a utility called ExifTool if you wanted to see it formatted a little nicer:
exiftool -InternalSerialNumber MYPHOTO.RW2
(XFR) 2024:01:09 no. 0032
Cheers!
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The serial number of mine shows that it was the 205th camera made on the 13th July 2016, making it just on nine years old. I bought mine during the discontinuation sale of 2018, but it was already almost two years old at that time. It's a bit strange to think that this very usable and contemporary camera is nine years old. Mine is sitting on the desk in front of me with the Olympus 12mm f2 on it, and the Panasonic 12-35 v2, Olympus 25/1.8 and 17/1.8 beside it.
https://www. reddit. com/r/M43/comments/1bba8hx/was_surprised_to_find_that_panasonic_is_still/
reddit user mmsketch writes:
I just bought myself a Lumix GX85 and I found this interesting. I assumed I was getting new old stock, but I was able to check the internal serial number which gives away the date of manufacture - January 9, 2024!
I was struggling to find something to replace my 14-year-old GF1, and in my modern smartphone refresh mentality, had narrowed my scope only to cameras released in the last few years. Finally I bit the bullet and went for some old tech with the features and form factor I wanted. I'm stoked to finally have an EVF and tilting screen in roughly the same package as my old camera. And the fact that there's still demand for this model makes me feel better about staying in the "dying" M43 ecosystem. Can't wait to get out and put it through its paces.
Incidentally, if you're wondering how to check the manufacture date on Lumix cameras, the easiest is just to look at the EXIF data on any image, which should show you a serial number in the format [###][YY][MM][DD][###]
e.g., XFR2401090032
You can also use a utility called ExifTool if you wanted to see it formatted a little nicer:
exiftool -InternalSerialNumber MYPHOTO.RW2
(XFR) 2024:01:09 no. 0032
Cheers!
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The serial number of mine shows that it was the 205th camera made on the 13th July 2016, making it just on nine years old. I bought mine during the discontinuation sale of 2018, but it was already almost two years old at that time. It's a bit strange to think that this very usable and contemporary camera is nine years old. Mine is sitting on the desk in front of me with the Olympus 12mm f2 on it, and the Panasonic 12-35 v2, Olympus 25/1.8 and 17/1.8 beside it.
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