I guess after shooting with the GX8 for a week I’m appreciating the GX8 for what it is – a modern photographers camera. Size and mic port aside what I found was that because of the quality of the JPEGs out of camera and the larger size, I was able to put my efforts into capturing beautiful moments of a special time in my life. At the end of my life I won’t be thinking about the GX8, the size or other quirks I’ll be looking at the images and reliving my 40th with my wife.