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I’m in the US, and oddly enough my Pen F came from your stomping grounds, Australia. The guy ran a photography school and had 3. It had been on the shelf as a backup and had 800 clicks on it. We messaged back and forth on eBay and I paid about $950 USD, but it is pristine. Wouldn’t take twice that for it.
I picked up the GX-9 with a 12-32 zoom just a year ago on eBay for $450 in excellent condition. Glad I jumped on that deal when I did. I love that camera!
Just a couple of years ago the PEN F cameras used were going for around $700.00 US. I was waiting for them to get down to around $550 -$600 and would have purchased 2 of them both blk and silver finish. However, unfortunately everybody and their mother started making UA-cam videos on this camera and why should you get one. Then the prices for used went up... up... up same for old film cameras as well. As soon as the Hipsters finds out about something they all run out in droves to snap it up and cause prices to go through the roof. So... thanks a lot Mr. Grant and all those other UA-camrs like you.
They are lovely cameras.
I would get killed if i bought more cameras.
Get them while you can!
I have a GX9, two GX8s and a GX85 (currently on loan to my son). They are still my EDC/Street/Travel cameras of choice. I don’t understand Panasonic’s reluctance to revive/update these bodies. A GX8 with the updated internals of a GX9 and flip-up LCD configuration of Lumix S1 series would be the perfect photo focused camera.
Hey Grant, I agree with the message on your video. The prices have gone to the roof for both of these models!
Luckily for me, I recently found a mint condition GX9 with the 12-32 kit lens for a decent price (600 USD) and I immediately grabbed it!
With that addition I now have 5 M43s cameras! G9, GX8, GX8, Olympus Pen-F and Olympus EM-10 Mk II (a gem of a camera!).
I managed to pick up my GX9 recently from MPB in the UK. MBP currently have 6 GX9 bodies with prices from £575 - £600 as Ebay has fewer ads for this camera. I also picked up an LX100ii which cost even more - another camera that is back in demand and also a great camera. The GX9 is like a mini Leica Q and of course the LX100ii is also a Leica DLUX 7! Camera manufacturer's take note and make more of this style camera ........
I got my GX85 in 2023, brand new, WITH 2 lenses kits box for $500 USD 😎
Same thing with GM1/GM5s. Those are going upwards of USD500 in my country - but I've seen them as high as $800. I bet if they re-released those exact cameras without even updating them - people would actually still buy them.
Bought gm1 in box with 400 shots for 200€ last month 🤷🏻♂️
@@julessavere461 I'm happy for you. I definitely have never seen that low of a price. The person selling it must not have checked online prices.
I am lucky enough to own both. The GM 5 with the viewfinder is pretty cool
The only M43 unicorn camera I have managed to get my hands on so far is the GM5. Pen-F one day, if I can ever bring myself to pay the $1000-1200 USD that they are currently selling for where I live. I feel like the price of used M43 gear in general keeps going up.
Edit: I just saw a GM1 for sale on MPB for $719 USD. Insane.
I have an Olympus PenF I got new when it was released. Recently, I have gone back to it, and am selling off my other Nikon Z ca eras and plan on using the Pen F full time going forward. Cheers
I love my GX85 and GM1, and I'm aiming to get a GX9 and a GX880 at some stage. The older Panasonic m43 cameras like the GX1 have more limited dynamic range, but the later ones like the GM1 generation are decent.
Already got mine. Both are great cameras. Mirrorless cameras in Australia seem to be going up in value (certain models at least), where as I saw a Nikon D850 sell for $1175. Was disappointed I didn't go for it.
I got my gx80 with the 12-32 kit lens about 9 months ago for $450 off marketplace. Mint condition with a shutter count around 1500, bargain! Haven't seen one anywhere near that price since.
GOOD NEWS FOR ME...I just rekindled my M43 desires (in spite of wanting a new Gx9xxx) I repurchased a Gx85 and an Olympus pro 40-150/2.8 lens...the hood was missing...but the lens works perfectly. The pair cost me about $830 or so here in Bangkok... I still have a couple of lenses including the BCL 0980 fisheye..I guese I am back in the m43 world (dispite my longing and complaining about the GX9 xxx continuation)...guese I will repurchase an
Oly 60 macro...and maybe a pan/leica 15mm...a 1.4 TC will help as well for those boats and ships going up and down the river.. (Chao Prayah)...cheers from Bangkok. 7:24
On a separate topic, I'd love to see how you post process your raw files. Love the look of your final images Grant.
I have the pen-f and have a GX-85 coming tomorrow.
Sadly I don’t have a pen f but I got an e-p3. It’s old and kinda slow but I love it.
Hopefully I can get my hands on a pen f at some point at a reasonable price. But I can’t afford it with the price point right now.
There are plenty of both here in EU, 600-800 euro is way above the price for what they are.
Earlier this year, I was able to find a new GX9 from an ebay storefront for the new price back in 2018. Then I discovered that iWoodStore had a Rosewood grip for the camera. Extremely comfortable to use and looks great.
There are still a few GX9's available in the UK, MPB has 9 up as we speak, but the Pen F is getting hard to find. Prices are high, as you say. High prices draws one or two out occasionally, but MPB want £900 for a slightly tatty one and north of £1000 for a clean boxed one. I was a total muppet and sold my original Pen F a while back, but repurchased it (at a higher price😵💫) last week. Its a bit of a punt on OM System not releasing a version ii, but given the version 1 fell short of profit expectations, I don't see the venture capital company risking a version ii release, or even if they do, they will probably look for ways to cheapen the build. The original one was exquisite, hewn from a solid block of Aluminium I believe and basically full metal construction (except for the battery cover). I think they are largely in the hands of collectors now.
Purchased my GX9 in 2019 for $608 aussie dollars. I thought it was a bargain at the time and can’t believe it has appreciated in value. My first M43 was a GF1 which I passed on to a niece for Xmas. Bought the GX9 for the occasions where I want something small and discrete with small prime lens and don’t want to carry a large body which at the time was a GH5. 100% agree the GX9 and the 15/1.7 are a match made in heaven too. One thing I noticed is that back around this time period (2018-19) Panasonic lenses / cameras in Australia were far cheaper than the US. that is if a lens in Australia was 800 AUD the same lens in the US would be about 800 USD despite the Aussie dollar being lower than the greenback. These were happy days. Keep up the great content!
I'm all in MFT - G5, GX85, G9, GM1, GM5, GF2, oly e-m1 mk1. The only one i would sell would be the g5 for a gh3.
Great system, don't intend to change.
I'm hoping that either get an update real soon , GX9ii or Pen_F ii, and then the price might come down a bit on these 🙏
These cameras are crazy prices at the moment , a used PEN-F is nearly £1000 (UK) , that is just mad , OM Systems (UK) , have the EP-8 on sale , £550 with the 14-42 kit lens (which you can always sell on) , this EP-8 was cheaper , prettier , lighter and (better - maybe) , than the GX9 .......
Back in 2018 bought a new GX85 with kit lens for A$625. The G9 & GX9 had just been released so the GX85 was in a run out sale. This was my first introduction to MFT. As a consequence of loving the format I picked up a new Pen-F body in 2020 for A$1100 and a boxed GX9 body for A$600 on eBay. Agree the LUMIX Summilux f1.7/15mm is a great lens, especially in combo with these camera bodies.
i think lumix sells stock until they fully run out. Got my gx85 on black friday sale, MFT wasn't even on my radar (was looking to upgrade video, had some flexibility between any options that could foot the bill). Not a desirable camera at the time i guess, $450 including both the short and long zoom kit lenses...
I have two Pen F, one GX 85, one GM1, one GM5 and one Digilux-7... Just love the system and philosophy behind it that just suit my needs in photography.
i've had gx85 on two occasions in the last few years, and each time i paid around $170 for the body (us dollars) for each. nowadays i see their price is quite up, which i dont feel is worth it. personally am waiting for that rumoured zv-e10ii..
id like a smallish lumix like those gx series, but they already released two cameras this year, i dont quite expect any such release. also, it should have phase as a must, and at least cined (preferably v-log) and maybe finally some dual iso.. and mech shutter, of course
GX9 is not hard to find in my country most online shops have stock . sorry .
I think MFT was ahead of its time. I recently thrifted an E-PL1 with kit lens for $25 and would love to buy a new PEN and buy into the MFT system. I can’t understand why they keep releasing GH’s and no small bodies.
What a great Price :) Nice Job!!! yeah more small cameras :)
Hi, Grant! What about the Lumix GX8? In a direct comparison between this camera and the Olympus Pen F David Thorpe inimitably summarized: "The Pen F feels the better camera but isn't. The GX doesn't but is." To use your own words I would say: The GX8 is fantastic! And it is not that expensive ...
Many greetings from Germany
George
I have a GX9 in mint condition 🙂
I’ve been watching the GX85 go up in price here in the US (on the West Coast) and JUST 2 YEARS AGO they were only $300 used and the 2 lens kit (12-32 and 45-150) would actually go on sale on Amazon for $597!! In the last year (interestingly starting after Panasonic announced they were not planning to continue with the small photo-centric m43 cameras) the used price went from that $300 to $400 over 6 months or so…then to $500 just this month!
I think there are 2 audiences interested:
1. The still photography (street photography) crowd
2. The low budget filmmaking crowd
The first crowd appreciates both the GX9 and the GX85…but the second (Budget filmmakers on UA-cam, etc.) criticized the extra crop in 4K video mode on the GX9😢
The GX85 has been my main budget filmmaking camera for a while and the biggest reason I still prefer them is because I can use a TILT/SHIFT adapter (because the rangefinder style body allows the lens to move up and down without hitting the pop up flash which makes it not work on the G85/G95, etc.)
This is a great reminder to use my penf. I had to get it repaired after a button stopped working but it’s back and works perfectly, just haven’t grabbed it for a photo walk since then. Will do! Thanks!!
Just picked up a GX80 and the 25mm f1.7. Liking the small size so far, but the ergonomics aren't as good as my D750 or D7200 straight out of the box. Struggling with setting up the D pad to move the AF points. Still it's a lovely piece of kit, light, fast and totally silent.
I got very lucky and picked up a GX9 on eBay here in the UK, almost brand new, boxed etc all manuals, they are still available on MPB but prices are on way up. Picked up a 15mm Pana Leica prime lens and am so happy with that combo.
I loved my (several) GX9 bodies...also loved the Olympus Pen F...But...But...M43 companies have chosen to basically discontinue or stop production of these types...
Any way I have gone back to the Sony FF offerings. ...A7c bodies are great...(original used A7c bodies costs a little over $1000 US). The GX9 is cheaper but the lenses are way more expensive...I have a trio of modified (for full frame) Sigma DN ART lenses for Sony that cost me less than $100 each used...19/2.8...30/2.8...and 60/2.8. And they are sharp...I am all about cheap...LOL. Cheers.
We still have them here, Grant but they've gone up in price astronomically! For example, like you I sold my GX9 and missed it, so I bought it again at the end of 2022 for about $450. Now I'm seeing a few on MPB for upwards of $800! It's a game, man.
Yeah - Prices are shooting up! I mean you can get a great condition GH5 for less than the price of a GX9 or Pen-F & it will completely out perform then both :)
Now that’s an idea!
Hi Grant, I picked up a excellent condition GX8 in February this year for £355 from MPB in the UK. They sell out pretty quickly of both the GX8 and GX9. My line up consists of a G9, GX8 and a GX9, I plan on adding the GH7 next year to my line up, as want to shoot more wildlife and aviation videos, the GH7 ticks so many boxes for me right now but at £2000 it's still out of my price range hence waiting until next year. Great video as always, best regards John.
I love my GX7...and wish I had bought a Pen F when it was still affordable pre-pandemic.
Nice :)
Buying any of these cameras when E-M1 Mk1s are so cheap, is insane. Especially as it is the camera body with the best ergonomics of any camera I’ve ever owned.
Yes - Or the GH5 :)
@@grantrobertdaviesGH5 is a great video camera but is over £500. E-M1 is less than £200. That is a sensational bargain, criminally low for such an incredible stills camera.
I have a GX9 (and a GX85) and think the S9 would have been better as an updated version of either one of those. I know Panasonic really wants to push ahead with full frame, but for their target market, MFT would be so much better. Stylish and easy to carry everywhere with an already developed line of good, compact lenses. Leave the design of the cameras virtually the same and update the guts with the 25MP PDAF sensor, newer processing engine to handle the Lumix Lab app and real time LUTs, OLED EVF instead of the one that color streaks when you move your eyeball, and add a button to access the real time LUTs. Release that camera with a newer, faster version of the collapsible 12-32mm pancake lens and it would check all of the boxes and address all of the complaints about the older versions. Vloggers and "lifestyle" photographers would love it. A stylish magnesium top to the case, more premium feeling buttons and dials, and a few color options for the skin would sell like crazy!
Also, the MFT sensor can run longer on video without overheating. The magnesium case I mentioned in my main post would help act as a heat sink for the sensor. Plenty of record time for vloggers.
GF3, GX85, GH3. I am glad I grabbed them when I did!
Grant,
I love my Olympus Pen f to bits.
You can still easily get a GX9 in Europe (at MPB - not sponsored). For a good condition camera you will pay nearly as much as new when they were still in sale.
As for the GX9 II/GX10 I am confident one will come eventually. The GX9 came out of production in october and 6 months later we got the S9.
They probably used the line for small cameras for the S9 in their factory. They just can't produce a GX right now. In a year at most we should see that GX we are hoping for.
Aother reason: a recent stat (got it from M43rumors) is showing that the G100 is selling great in Japan. And somebody from Panasonic USA said last year that the G100 was doing well.
We'll see :)
I have the gx9/8 and GM1/5 ,GX880.I wish me also a GX10 with the new af and or internal ND filter.That in a high quality housing with a nice feeling dial.The dial of gm1 and gx880 is a disaster.
I see also that thousend of mft user wish a new gx or gm model with the new specs.
Also i think that panasonic this kind of cam give in.
Gx9 is technically g90 in smaller size and less grip.
BTW in Finland Panasonic is not popular compared to Olympus (you can sell old omd or pen in 24hrs on local tori)
Good points Grant. I never guessed we'd see a increase in prices like this on old Panasonic Cameras. I checked prices on GX8 used prices and they are asking as much as I bought mind that was the last new open box model over 5 years ago. Of course U.S. dollars have been diluted to 1/3 than 5 years ago, so even at current prices perhaps the Pen and Gx9 are a reasonable value. As prices are up on the Gx8 and down on the GH5 Mk1 Perhaps I should sell the GX8 as it's about the the same or more than a GX5. I'd prefer the GX5 II but prices are about double that of the GX5 MK1, which seems like a good value.
I also have the GX8.
This video is a little bit late for me. Already had the Pen-F and the GX9 arrived last thursday just ready for the weekend. Carried the GX9 together with the Olympus E-M1 II but this one stayed at the hotel room the whole weekend. Lots of fun with different lenses. Trying to make a portable kit for my next "tourist" trips and probably both, GX9 and Pen-F will go to the camera bag with a set of lenses. Even thinking on bringing either the GM1 (it was in japanese but just activated all languages following the instructions on ua-cam.com/video/qYklHvupE7o/v-deo.html as it works on both GM1 and GM5) or the beautiful red GM5 as pocket cameras.
I do not think OM will make a Pen-F Mk II . It is not really the way they are going in my opinion . It would be to expenive to I guess . And hey what would a Pen-F be WITHOUT the name OLYMPUS on it ! OM Pen-F .... Come on , that does not sound right , does it ? 😉😏 Thanx for the nice video Grant !
Thanks man :) Yeah, I don’t think it’s going to happen too
Pen F always just been out of reach for me. Beaut of a machine though. MFT prices on the rise in UK too. My collector camera is Olympus EP5. want to twin it with a gm1/gm5. Keep the hits coming Gant
Thank you :)
But, if they re-released any of those models it would be for 1500,- new, no lens. No one would buy them. So same Situation as today with PEN F from the past. I did not buy it because of the high price that time.
GX10 ?
I just got GX85 brand new for $500 AUD
nice :) can I ask where?
I’ll rather buy the Fujifilm. Better in photo quality
Cool
Hi Grant , you mentioned the GX9 , the Pen F , GX85 and the GX7 , was just wondering , do you think the GX8 is not that great ? which is usually being compared with the Pen F. Is there a drawback?
It’s a great camera - I had one for years, I just forgot to mention it…
@@grantrobertdavies Thank you for responding , kinda obvious I have a GX8 and was about to second guess it , thanks for responding , I love your videos and how much you like the GX9 , which is my main camera , great works I've seen on your videos ... keep it up!!!
Dumb question. Why not a GX8?
Dunno :)
Is not a dump question.
But i mean the gx8 is to big.I have this cam and it is allmost at home.This size is today aps or full frame housing.
The quality is better than the gx9.GX8 have nice feeling buttons an dials.GX9 buttons with cold hands are a disatser.
@@essiturbo I picked the GX8 over the GX9--I like the fully articulated screen and the movable viewfinder.
gx9 is like $800+ in US resellers like mpb. Nuts right?? GX85 cheaper yet still higher than priced NEW.