Panasonic finally decided to give US citizen the option to choose the Black GX7! The camera can now be preordered at BHphoto (Click here).
P.S.: At the moment of writing the E-M1 and GX7 are on top of the most popular mirrorless cameras at Amazon (click here to see full ranking).
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Yay! 🙂
Just looks better
You’re right. The silver does look better.
o the privilege -_-
😉 preordered mine now to wait :'(
I couldn’t wait and got mine from Aden Camera in Canada.
Very nice camera! The black is much better looking than the silver. Saw one on display at B&H.
…that is one opinion…..
IMHO:
…the OM-D EM-5 looks better in black, but most people wanted silver…
…the GX7 looks better in silver, but most people seem to want black…
Clearly my taste in aesthetics is not on the pulse! 😉
…it is PURELY personal taste…NEITHER is right or wrong. :-0
I agree about the black vs silver OM-D bodies. I have both, and will sell one soon because I purchased a GH3 and three bodies are not needed. No question that it will be the silver one…the black seems better looking and definitely gets compliments and curious questions, especially with the grip attached. The fact that some of my lenses are silver has never made an impression on anyone.
I did get a thumbs up from a man when I had the silver body with 75mm lens attached, indeed a nice combination.
And, of course, the MOST important thing is who notices you and your camera.
Looks better, now i think ill wait 9 months until the price drops to $200 🙂
U will w8 sooner than that Lol!
some people are delusional
Will the US get the GX7 with 20mm kit bundle?
All of my other cameras are black (Oly, Pany, Fuji). The silver looks great on the GX7, providng that retro rangefinder-like appearance. Will be receiving the silver GX7 (and silver lens – oh yeah!) from Adorama in a couple days.
Looks good in black. Its a beautiful cam design.
plastics,plastics and plastics. Thank you panasonic!
It’s magnesium alloy…
still much better than any olymshit junk.
Where do people come up with these myths?
The GX7 is mostly metal. M.E.T.A.L. It feels very solid!
The only plastic parts I can find are the part of the rear plate, battery/memory card and HDMI access doors. The grip is some sort of hard, molded rubber.
Um…you forgot the bottom plate and the dials?
Bottom plate is metal. Dials are metal.
Then why does Steve Huff say the following regarding the GX7?:
“It is solid and my only complaints about the build would be that some of the dials and buttons feel a little bit on the cheaper side. Plastic.
If I compare the build and feel side by side with the Olympus E-M1 or E-P5, the E-M1 and E-P5 wins easily. They feels more solid, heftier, and the dials and buttons are smooth and solid. No plasticky feel with the E-M1/E-P5.”
He said they feel cheap like plastic, not claim that they were plastic. Big difference reading comprehension can make.
He does not say
“they feel cheap like plastic”
COMPREHEND that you completely changed his sentence.
Heh..heh..I guess you bought one,too and are a delusional Fantard, too.
So of course he’ll spin words to make people think he’s being honest, when he’s not. He fights himself to give the GX7 credit, and when he does, he mentions a Olympus camera.
“The GX7 feels like plastic, while the E-M1 feels like a tank. Very well built.” <Not his exact words, but close.
How unfair, this bias screams for revenge. Nerds of the world unite!
you are clearly ignorant – the body has magnesium construction
Obviously you have never seen or touched a GX7 – it’s all metal.
Some plastic is good – makes it lighter.
I think the gx7 is the first camera that I really like in silver. But given the choice I would still go with the black.
I like the looks of the silver, but if I get black my wife will be less likely to notice I bought another new camera. 🙂
I prefer they bring on GX7 with the 20mm f1.7 pancake like they do in Asia. (No need for the kit lens)
Why do SO MANY reviewer say that it FEELS plasticky? I am. Not trying to bash the camera, but I have read that type of comment from numerous regarded reviewers. So why are they saying that???….please try to separate yourselves from your new baby and objectively assess these valid remarks and respond. There has to be a reason for these assessments.
Because it weighs less and is almost an inch shorter than the E-M5?
I didn’t say compared to the E-M5…just in general.
The top deck has to be polymer to allow for the wifi signal transmission other than that the body is largely magnesium. I think sadly its because they didn’t add enough ballast to give it that quality of weightiness that people want.
+1
I tried the GX7 yesterday and I can assure you that it feels CHEAP. The EP5 looks and feels much more solid in my hands. I’m with steve huff on this.
Thanks Frank, I will now confess that I own an E-P5…with the VF4 on it ..IMHO…it totally out classes the GX7 in every column except video…but I never shoot it so to me there is no comparison.
The ONLY thing the E-P5 beats the GX7 in is IBIS.. THATS IT. Steve Huff uses the excuse of, he doesn’t have a E-P5 to review. What BS. HE KNOWS the GX7 is better than the E-P5. The GX7 has better IQ, better low light performance, better focus peaking, built in VF, better price and its the M43 camera mostly everybody was waiting for! I’ve been reading numerous blogs on photogs that are coming out of the woodwork, with GF1’s, claiming it’s time for a upgrade. The GX7 is the M43 camera right now.
VF on the GX 7 is inferior…and more difficult to look through.
It does not have better IQ.
It does not have better low light performance.
Gx7 has inferior build quality to the E-P5.
GX7 is plasticky. Fact….not opinion. 😉
Let’s be fair: for the price, they are both crappy plasticky toys. It’s a bums’ battle. Once they drop below 500 (w lens) we can talk.
New name again Shenkie/Stinkie/Viezevure/MR ALLCAPS?
Bollox is a distinctively different troll, one a fair bit smarter then shenkie will can ever hope to be at that, but a troll nonetheless.
Hey, I am one of the good guys here. My mission is to protect callow readers from marketing liars, who are worse than politicians. I hope I can save some people’s hard-earned.
I bet the iPhone 5 feels cheap to you too.
The iphony 5C?
The C as in “cheap” 😛
Most are saying that it *LOOKS* plasticky, not *FEELS*. And for some reason, the magnesium alloy they’re using feels more plastic than the GX1. It’s similar to the GH3. Although it is metal. Maybe they did something with it to make it lighter or something. It’s like the iPhone 5. It’s so light it feels hollow/plastic/cheap.
The GX1 was not exactly an inspiringly solid camera? I owned one.
It’s because it, too, is light. I own one as well. Feels solid enough for me. I just throw it in my backpack and seldom use a proper camera bag. GF1, and the PENS, feel much more solid. Using them, all of them are sturdy, despite having different “feels”. It’s hard to explain, but they’re all solid cameras. But some of Panasonic’s cameras just feel too hollow and light. But it isn’t hollow. No moving parts, very solid. Notice how the GX7 weigh less than an E-P5, despite it being slightly bigger, and since it also has a metal body, more metal parts (they both have plastic parts), and has an EVF. The GX1 was also lighter than an E-P3 and GF1 and almost the same as a GF2.
It has something to do with weight. And probably the finish.
As I’ve said, it’s like the iPhone 5, which feels cheaper and more plasticky than an iPhone 4S. Despite the fact that the iPhone 5 is all-metal.
I agree with what you are saying…and lighter can be better…but Panasonic generally make a cheaper-build-quality camera in the end.
That would be my personal experience.
I own the GX7 and just sold an E-M5. I also think the GX7 feels a bit cheaper. The top plate and dials just feel more plasticky. The hollow feel of the body also doesn’t help. Not a big deal, it’s a great camera but you just can’t argue about the fact that OM-Ds feel more sturdy.
I super-glued my GX7 to the floor. Now it feels soo heavy that I can’t even lift it meaning it just oozes quality!
People are confusing weight with quality. The same people, for the most part, who argue that the reason for m43 is for smaller size and lower weight.
Oly fans are schizophrenic, I think. OTOH, if the Pen weighed 3 oz. less than the GX7, they’d be accusing the GX7 of being too heavy. Just like the EM-5 is “solid”, but the GH3, which weighs only 2 oz more is “too heavy.”
Regardless of how it feels, the gx7 has to be putting pressure on Olympus to lower the price of the e-p5. Body-only prices are the same, but the gx7 comes with a viewfinder.
I tried GX7 last week at B&H side by side with my E-P5 ,I admit its really beautiful camera,.eventhough is bigger than my E-P5 bu some how it feels hollow and lighter,.i really love the GRIP on GX7, is more formidable to hold rather than E-P5,.and button position is very good indeed,i can feell its very easy to operate and i still familiar with Lumix Interface,.coz i used to owned GF1,GX1 G3,.,.the EVF is very good,.but is still far from the ADD ON VF4 Olympus ,.and also ,.it seems like the color you see on the EVf is a bit difference, from the result on the LCD,..while the VF4 on E-P5 is mostly accurate with the result on the LCD.
The flash button ,is much better than the very sensitive E-P5 button,.,.
when some of the reviewer said it feel cheap and plasticky ,.i somehow understand what they meant,.even though its actually metal,.probably the grid its a little bit loose on the GX7 compared to E-P5 or E-M1,..but one thing for sure that eventhough The GX7 is slightly bigger /taller and has more bigger grip but the body itself its more thinner than E-P5 ,.and its MORE LIGHTER than the smaller E-P5
I know you were raised by wolves. The “,.” and those annoying run-on sentences gives it away. Can you please learn to make proper sentences before trying to share your dim thoughts?
Steve Huff is a moron.
Tell the truth…every time he shoots another selfie….it turns you on….
SHOP-JOKE!
Supa-dupa-by-idiot comes to shop.
blinga-blinga-ling
good morning sir…waht do you want?
Supa-dupa-by-idiot (thinks)(for this joke we did it in some seconds
in real world- think about 4 hours…..)
” do you have a suba-exxpensiv-suba-idiotic-blinki-blinki and please not
under 1500 dollars–!”
PLEASE…go hang out with Shankie.