It’s not a gx9ii, which annoys me an unreasonable amount. I have, and love, a gx9, but having played with a g9ii, I decided to get a Fuji X-T5 instead. The g9 is a brilliant camera, but I really don’t get why it’s so big! If they’d made a gx9 follow-up in the same body style, but with a better senator and phase detect, and possibly some easy-access JPEG recipes, I reckon it would have taken some of the x100v’s pocket money when they were unavailable. Small camera with small lenses, that would have been a better bet to me
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2026
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GX9 follow-up would be great to have! How do you feel about the X-T5? Is it worth it when the sensor is just a little bigger?
It wasn’t the sensor size that made me get it, I was happy with the IQ of the QX9. The hands-on controls of the X-T5 are amazing, the extra megapixels can come in handy (and the IQ is a step up, it’s pretty insane), but in a large way it was the film sims. I hate editing, so having the ability to change between film sims at ease is fantastic, and I really rarely take an image and think “damn, that needs editing to get it to look like what I was after”. It’s a phenomenal camera for what I want, the EVF is good, the screen is versatile and bright, and I love the feel and layout.
It'a a great camera but it felt too bulky to me, especially for M43 and I didn't need the advanced video features, so I went with the OM-1 II instead. I also liked the OM-5 II and almost went with that. What do you shoot, if you don't need anymore than what the OM-5 II provides, that is a great size.
I have an OM-5 and I love it. I have been considering to move to Lumix because of the live LUTs, which would be really useful. The g9ii is too big, though. I hope they release a smaller body for MFT. I don't consider the L10 as an option - I want to use my lenses.
I'd stick with the OM-5 and wait to see what the rest of 2026/early 2027 brings, I imagine we might see a new small camera from OM or Panasonic. If not, have you considered the OM-3?
I guess I will do that. I like the specs of the OM-3 but not the lack of a minimum grip.