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I have a couple of fantastic older manual Nikon lenses that I use with my LUMIX GX9, and I love that combo. I have a simple cheap adapter, and the shots I get with the 300mm ai-s are stunning, I love that combo. As it’s a crop sensor, my lovely 1.2 50mm becomes more of a portrait/tele lens, but if that bothers you then a speed booster like the Metabones isn’t silly money, and gets you back down towards the original focal length.
I’m really hoping that there’s a GX9ii in the pipeline as I love mine but would appreciate a couple of upgrades, like phase detect etc. However, I think that the GX9 is still a very, very hard camera to beat for street and travel, and the range of lenses available for M4/3 makes it very versatile.
There is actually a G9M2 available now. I have the cheaper G95 and I like it!
The GX9 is a rangefinder camera without much of a grip, so the body is pretty compact. The G9M2 on the other hand is a M43 sensor in a FF body. Here's the GX9 vs G9:
Oh yes, I completely ignored the x in that model. I do wish Lumix would make a new updated range finder, that would be a unique model for today's market.
Easily done! I’m constantly thinking I’ve found an answer to a question about the GX9, reading for a while, and then realising it’s about the G9, and it’s not relevant to my body. It’s a shame it’s not been updated yet, I really love this little camera and think that with a few updates, it could rival the Fuji x100 series in many ways.
I totally agree. It seems like the strong suite for micro four thirds. If you're willing to play the equivalence game a FF body with a slower prime (say f/2.0-f/2.8) is generally as compact as M43 body with a fast prime (say the Oly f/1.2s). Likewise, a number of the long Oly lenses, like the 100-400, are actually FF lenses with a M43 mount. Yeah, you get the 2.0 crop factor, but if you're willing to shell out for a higher resolution FF body you can just crop.
That said, on pure size a rangefinder M43 with a somewhat slower prime can be truly compact. It seems like that's where the M43 market would be, especially with the advent of high res FF bodies that crop well like Sony's R line and A1, Nikon's Z8/Z9, and Canon's R5. Heck even Fuji's X-H2 and XT-5. But since neither Panasonic or OM Systems are making these bodies anymore they must not have been very popular :(