The big beast: hands on with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8

Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GX8 is its latest enthusiast-targeted Micro Four Thirds model. It takes many of its features from the GX7 that it surely replaces but builds them into a much more substantial body. A host of the features have been updated and upgraded, and we'll look over those throughout the rest of this story, but probably the most immediately apparent is the move to a 20MP Four Thirds type sensor: the highest pixel count we've yet encountered in this format.