No, I wont be giving Panasonic money for the V-log update and if you do, you're screwing yourself on...

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No, I wont be giving Panasonic money for the V-log update and if you do, you're screwing yourself on future hardware.

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I bought GH2, then a GH3, and now a GH4. It is likely inevitable I will buy a GH5, but what happens if 10 bit RAW is a paid add on? What if 120FPS mode is a paid add on?

I cant tell you how many Smart phones, routers, motherboards, WiFi access points, and switches I've bought that all came with years of free firmware updates throughout the life of the product.

Companies much bigger and smarter than Panasonic have tried this strategy and failed miserably. It might work in the short term, but in the long term customers thinking about a GH5 may think twice before committing to what they perceive as a deliberately crippled platform.

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