<\/a>Panasonic G6 on the left, new GX7 on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n
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With this announcement, Panasonic’s decisions suddenly start to make sense, albeit in a conspiracy theorist sort of way. It’s almost as if the camera manufacturer doesn’t want any single budget camera to have all of these features. You are expected to pick which ones you need and which ones you could do without. As I look at the company’s product lineup and decide which one I think is the better deal, I can’t help wishing that there was a single camera that did everything. I’d even pay more for that. And then I remember that Panasonic’s larger and more expensive pro-level AF100 exists and has been there all along.<\/p>\n
Here I am thinking Panasonic has decided to embrace the budget filmmaker instead of shunning them as the company tried to with the GH2, but alas, it appears that the company plan may have been to give you just enough on the budget level to want more. This maneuver in turn protects the company’s higher-end options. Well played, Panasonic. Well played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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