Wait until you mount a Leica lens on the gx9. What I really miss compared to pentax is an adaptable P program line (like MFT).
On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 at 08:15, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently mentioned that I had been thinking of getting a u4/3 camera to > carry on my bike rather than the K-3. Godfrey replied that he had a Gx9 > and a couple of lenses that he was willing to get rid of to lighten his > load. As one would expect of him, all of the gear was in immaculate shape. > > Some photos of the camera, and a couple of it next to the K-3 with 18-270 > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/3EFqnwQmnmik8QR26 > > It looks like it will be a LOT easier to carry on my bike. > > For my first couple of photos I used the PK adapter with my mf adaptall > 90/2.5 macro, picked a camellia off the ground in my front yard and grabbed > a couple of quick snaps. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720298050194 > > At least in decent light, the image quality is just fine. > > It’s not the direction that I thought I’d go with u4/3, I was looking at > the Oly Omd-m5, but the goal was something to carry on my bike, not > something to replace my Pentaxes for more serious work, and I think it > should do well for that. > > What it lacks in size, it makes up for in features. Trying to find > anything in the maze of menus is an epic search. And there are things > about the UI that I am less than thrilled about, and a bunch of things I > don’t see much use for. However, there were a couple of interesting > surprises, like the utility of the touch screen. > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
