I try to reign myself in when it comes to buying new camera equipment but sometimes a new gadget comes on the market which is too good to pass up. On this occasion it was a successor to the Panasonic G9 camera I bought back in 2018. With much improved autofocus, and many other new tweaks, it sounded like it would conquer all the small irritations that remained with its predecessor so I pre-ordered back in September and began the long wait…
At the beginning of November it finally arrived so I used a very welcome sunny afternoon to take it for a stroll around the village. Photographing mostly stationary subjects wasn’t the harshest test, but even through these few photos I could sense the improvements.
The real test will come when I get to photograph wildlife and fast cars, but I tested the waters with a portrait of Lucy the same evening. The camera’s autofocus locked straight on to her eyes so I figure if it can do that with a black cat in a fairly dark living room I’m onto a winner!
Photos taken 7 November 2023