Gadgety

5. "I refuse to upgrade as every new iteration adds something but also subtracts another."

Yes, keep us all eternally upgrading and buying the next version. No more software updates is the same....

I did that with an $8000 dollar preamp (it was over 10 grand in Europe). Of course it started playing up, had to send it to the US to get it sorted. Except it wasn't. Came back in the same shape it...

"It takes many of its features from the GX7 that it surely replaces but builds them into a much more substantial body....the GX8 doesn't have room for the built-in pop-up flash that its predecessor...

When I read the "Pros" and "Cons" I drew the conclusion this was a gold reward, because the cons seemed minor where the "some softness at around 1/100th exposures" was the most critical one, and...

Sony is famous for organizational silos, like the R&D, marketing and production, or hardware and software, departments not really being aligned.

It needs OIS, xenon flash, lens protection.

Yes 4K@15fps = useless. Basically it's only included to be able to claim it is 4K = marketing purposes.

Can the LED flash trigger an external flash?

And what about lens protection?

OK, not quite there yet. No OIS, garbage flash. Sure, it'll come in gen 2. Had it had it now, Pana would have gotten my money.

Can external flashes be used, or triggered by the internal one?

I'm...