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turquoise and tree

· Lumix Gh6
· Helios 44 58mm f2
· 1/400sec - ISO 400 - ƒ2.8

This camera sucks at being a camera, but man, the color this thing produces.


I bought a Lumix GH6 because they're cheap, and I already had all the lenses and adapters for M3/4. On paper, it's very impressive for the price, yet it feels undercooked. The sensor is straight up defective, there are weird software bugs everywhere. I had never had a camera crash like it was a laptop until buying this one. This camera gives me the impression it was designed for studio use only, I've had it for less than a year and the rubber around the viewfinder has fallen off.

At the very least, it gets the job done. Its ergonomics are trash for photography, but that's expected with most modern cameras. I really didn't appreciate how perfect the Lumix G85 is. They should not make any crop-sensor cameras bigger than it. And it's got one thing the GH6 doesn't, dials! Real goddam dials. And they are where your fingers land!

For video (the GH6's intended purpose) I do like the excessive amount of function buttons and the UI is generally fantastic compared to Sony. I really haven't used it for video as much as I expected to.


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