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there's a lot in the Lumix GX 85 to appeal to family photographers into first-time mirrorless buyers especially as an alternative to a decent first DSLR it's got a great feature set very good photo and video quality for its class pretty fast performance and an attractive relatively compact design I'm Laura grinning and this is the $800 panasonic lumix GX 85 that's GX 80 for you folks in the UK the cameras main pit configuration comes with Panasonic's tiny collapsible 12 to 32 millimeter lens which is equivalent to a 24 to 64 millimeter range it's not a great lens but it's fine for everyday photography and good light I like the cameras design the viewfinder is reasonably big and comfortable and it has a modest grip and a tilting touchscreen display for control freaks it's got both front and back dials and direct access to most of the things you need it uses a new 16 megapixel sensor which doesn't have the blurring effect of an anti-aliasing filter that means it produces sharper images than the typical Micro Four Thirds camera the extra sharpness also helps it retain detail in low-light and produce sharp 4k video first shooting can easily keep up with kids and pets at about 6.6 frames per second with autofocus sort of amused to autofocus systems choosing the wrong focus area for moving subjects but the GX 85 just completely failed to lock focus occasionally mid bursts it's fast and fine for Stills though except the battery life is pretty bad a less than a 300 shots you