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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 3/10/2019: testing my new GX80
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 08:48:50 -0500
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Looks like a nice acquisition, Nathan.? I like both the close-up 
portrait and the low light shot.? I, too, find the micro 4/3 cameras to 
be a handy size and weight.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/8/2019 11:59 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Since I have a reasonably nice collection of micro 4/3 lenses, I decided 
> to get another body besides the GM5 I use when cycling. Following some 
> discussions with Moose and others, I got the Panasonic GX80, also known as 
> GX85 or GX800 in some markets, just to confuse prospective buyers. I 
> picked up a second-hand one from Ffordes in Scotland, as good as news 
> except for the absence of original packaging, for 219 pounds. The nice 
> thing about buying stuff in the UK is that Brexit has not yet happened, so 
> there are no customs formalities or additional charges, but the pound?s 
> slide following the various disasters the UK is inflicting on itself makes 
> it a cheaper proposition than buying from the usual sources such as Amazon 
> or camera stores on the Continent. The camera arrived in my office last 
> Wednesday afternoon, so after charging the battery and setting the various 
> settings to my liking, I set off to test it on Thursday?before, during and 
> after work. Three of my test images follow.
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> Before work: sunrise on our beach:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsLCJ5K/A
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> During work: one of the usual victims enters my lair:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-VS5rpNB/A
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> After work: four women, one of whom I know from work, enjoy a dinner 
> outside Tutti?s on this warm October evening:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6p66GZL/A
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> I like this camera; as I have been walking around with it the past few 
> days, it reminds me of my Seville days in 2003-2004 when I was using a 
> Leica CL during trips to travel light. The GX80 is to my usual Fuji outfit 
> what the CL was to my Leica M outfit. I am heading to Brussels this 
> afternoon and the GX80 is coming along with me. My shoulders will thank me.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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