Snap it with a Panasonic

The Panasonic Lumix G Fisheye 8mm f/3.5 is a 180-degree diagonal fisheye on Micro Four Thirds. Code H-F008. About 165 grams. No front filter. I work at 10cm.

Yahoo just writes 8mm. Plenty of those lots are C-mount CCTV. Others are the 7-14. I wait for a photo of the H-F008 stamp. I still read the barrel.

I paid ¥18,500. Proxy, EMS, GST, DHL processing. Packed with a body it landed about $255. A Marketplace seller wrote 8mm fisheye. The photos showed a CS-mount barrel.

I torch the front. No filter means pits show. If they only shot the box, I skip it.

The Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 came out in 2017. Twenty megapixels. Five-axis in the body. Same Micro Four Thirds mount as the rest of the Lumix G line. YouTube sold it as a 4K workhorse. I import these as stills cameras.

Gumtree still leads with cages. Yahoo copies that habit. One seller writes filmmaker and never shows a still. The next writes 20 megapixels and Dual I.S., then hides the movie menu. I opened both this year. Same G bayonet. I used it for stills.

The GH5 is still a stills camera. HDMI did not change the mount. I walked in rain with one last month. The body is splash-proof. I looked through the OLED. I took the photograph. Glass from older G bodies went on. I already owned it.

I bid ¥65,000 on a Japan ボディ. That looks like $588. Proxy, EMS, 10% GST, DHL processing. Landed around $782. Shop bodies I opened sat near $750.

I torch the EVF and fold the hinge out in the shots. A dead 2017 finder here costs more than the camera. Battery is a DMW-BLF19. Original cells sag. I price a new one in AUD before I bid.

ジャンク stays in Osaka.

The Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 is the collapsing power-zoom kit that stays small on a used G body. On Micro Four Thirds that is 28-84mm. Code H-PS14042. POWER O.I.S. About 95 grams. 37mm filter. The barrel folds until you power the body.

Yahoo just writes 14-42. Plenty of those lots are the plastic H-FS014042 kit. Others are the II. I wait for a photo of the H-PS14042 stamp.

I paid ¥10,000. Proxy, EMS, GST, DHL processing. Packed with a body it landed about $150. A local copy of the kit zoom wanted $99.

Fungus likes the front group. I torch both ends. If it stays collapsed after power-up, I skip it.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 came out in 2014. Sixteen megapixels. Splash-proof body. Same Micro Four Thirds mount as the G1. Panasonic sold it as the 4K video camera. I import these as stills cameras.

YouTube found the HDMI. Yahoo still writes filmmaker first. One seller never shows a still. The next writes 16 megapixels and 4K photo, then tucks the movie menu under the fold. I opened both this year. Same G bayonet. I used it for stills.

The GH4 did not stop being a stills camera because YouTube noticed the HDMI. Last month I walked in rain with one. Weather sealing is on the body. I looked through the OLED. I took the photograph. Glass from older G bodies went on. I already owned it.

I bid ¥29,980 on a Japan 良品 body. That looks like $272. Proxy, EMS, 10% GST, DHL processing. Landed around $434. Shop bodies I opened sat near $500.

I torch the EVF and fold the hinge out in the shots. A dead 2014 finder here costs more than the camera. Battery is a DMW-BLF19. Original cells sag. I price a new one in AUD before I bid.

ジャンク stays in Osaka.

The Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 focuses to 1:1. The portrait 42.5mm and 45mm f/1.8 on this site do not. On Micro Four Thirds it is a 90mm look. Code H-ES045. MEGA O.I.S. You work at 15cm.

Yahoo just writes 45mm. Plenty of those lots are the f/1.8, code H-H045, sold as Leica macro. I wait for a photo of the H-ES045 stamp. I still read the barrel.

I paid ¥26,800. Proxy, EMS, GST, DHL processing. Packed with a body it landed about $340. A Marketplace seller wrote Leica 45mm. The photos showed H-H045.

I torch both ends. If they only shot the box, I skip it.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 came out in 2012. Sixteen megapixels. Weather sealed magnesium body. Same Micro Four Thirds mount as the older G cameras. I import these as stills cameras.

The internet remembers a video camera. Forums still lead with bit rate. Yahoo copies that habit. One seller writes filmmaker and 1080p and never shows a still. The next writes 16 megapixels and an OLED finder, then tucks the movie menu under the fold. I opened both this year. Same G bayonet. I used it for stills.

Panasonic left the stills camera in the GH3. Last month I walked in rain with one. I looked through the OLED. I took the photograph. Glass from older G bodies went on. I already owned it. A forum thread does not get a second bag out of me.

I bid ¥22,700 on a Japan 美品 body. That looks like $207. Proxy, EMS, 10% GST, DHL processing. Landed around $362. A local boxed kit wanted $500.

I torch the EVF and fold the hinge out in the shots. A dead 2012 finder here costs more than the camera. Battery is a DMW-BLF19. Original cells sag. I price a new one in AUD before I bid.

ジャンク stays in Osaka.