Originally posted by CWRailman I hate to tell you but you are quite wrong about this. The GM-5 with the 12-32mm lens which is much smaller than the comparable Pentax 5-15mm lens easily fits into my pocket while the Q7 with the 5-15 has no chance of fitting into that same pocket.
You need larger pockets. When I go to church, the Q7+02 is in my pants pocket sometimes. When I go walking, I usually take my K30+55-300, but if I'm going to stop at a store, I put the Q7+06 in my pants pocket {and, no, I've never been searched as a shoplifting suspect}. Note: when I carry Q7+zoom, the lens is pointing in the direction I walk, so the height of the camera determines the height of the bulge - and as a 68-year-old male, I no longer worry what people think if my pockets bulge a tad.
Originally posted by CWRailman It will fit with the 01 lens but I don't like being restricted to a single focal length lens when out and about as that is like driving a car with just a one speed transmission.
Each of my first two adjustable cameras was a rangefinder with a 45mm lens. Each of my first two SLR's was a Pentax with a 50mm prime lens {and a 75-205 zoom lens}. I did just fine then, and I that experience is background to my carrying my Q7+01. {My first zoom in standard range was 1995, when I got my first AF kit, a Canon Rebel}. Even today, many here would rather have several Limited primes than a zoom. Yes, a smaller standard zoom would be nice, but I believe an EVF would add much much more utility; I don't expect either, and I will do just fine without either.
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Originally posted by CWRailman I made that same move to the GM-5 when I was investigating the 4/3 format and while I have now sold most of my 4/3 equipment and moved on to Fuji, I kept the GM-5 which has become my walk around pocket camera. Though I have sold a few of the lenses I still use the Q7 when photographing model trains because it still has the best depth of field for such shots and the image quality is good enough for my final deliverables of that particular subject matter. Since Panasonic dropped the GM line the prices have actually gone up a bit on remaining inventory.
I am amused that you got the EVF-equipped Panasonic camera instead of the comparable, but not EVF-equipped, camera from Olympus. Just over two years ago, just before I purchased my Q-7, you were industriously trying to convince me that no EVF was needed.