Yes @ncortinhal I think you're right. Actually me (I have a partially paid pre-ordered camera waiting for me in a shop), I'm holding off picking it up as, even with Panasonic acknowledging the issue and saying they're running to fix it, I don't know if I should trust them 100%. It's clear that they are finding more difficulties than expected with IBIS, for instance Dual IS 1 users are expecting a firmware update of 4 lenses left since February (http://www.43rumors.com/panasonic-still-didnt-release-the-promised-firmware-update-on-many-lenses-to-enable-dual-is/). If this means they can take (February-November) 8 months and counting for implementing the firmware update to fix the G85 issue, I'm off. They just published an Instagram post, just Lumix USA, so what about all the other delegations?? I mean, does an Instagram post compromise them to do it 100%?? Of course not, the update calendar of the Dual IS 1 firmware was on their website and they're 8 months (& counting) late...

BL12 The same as G5, G6 and GH2 if i remember

Best camera setting will be in another post? Or we will use this one for everything?

It's good to see Panasonic doing a "mea culpa", acknowledging the problem and stating to be fixing it, because for them the issue is not the G80/85, it's the affected trust that will influence future sales of the flagship GH5. We saw that all review websites didn't mention the issue until the outcry of the buyers, how many pre-orders will be lost on the GH5 because everyone will be waiting for input from real users?

drop in the ocean.. storm in a tea cup. it's a great camera - they'll fix this with an update and we'll all move on. They'll loose a few customers, literally.

http://www.43rumors.com/official-panasonic-is-working-to-solve-g80-image-stabilization-the-issue-with-a-firmware-update/

Oh, those young brave and intrepid Spaniards...

Panasonic lost a few customers with this G85 debacle. Like many, I was on the fence, and the stabilization "stickiness" did not really help their case.

For video work, such stickiness and motion overcompensation, simply rendes the camera useless for any hand held work that requires pans. Of course, one could simply turn off the ibis and use a tripod, but the same can be done with any other camera and the G85 loses its appeal.

Instead of settling, I moved on to Olympus mark II. Never mind the price because it is truly a video-centric digital camera.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Sure! What's a bit annoying is that only LumixUSA signs the statement... what about UK and all the rest?? I mean: it's 100% reliable that can be fixed just with firmware?? Wouldn't it have much more credit if the statement were done by LumixJapan or LumixChina?

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Wow! 5 months sounds like ages.... they'd better retire the camera and start working on the G90!! Certainly, as to judge by now, they haven't been serious facing this story.

@Skomer

“Less than a week ago, Panasonic became aware of some reports that the G85's image stabilization wasn't delivering the same level of smooth performance that the GX85 is while slow panning in video mode. Panasonic is working to solve the issue with a firmware update as soon as we can. Panasonic appreciates all the valuable feedback and always focuses on meeting or exceeding our customers' expectations.”

My version:

After getting from under the stone due to being bombarded by hundreds of emails our communications department looked at this pointless user rants and passed to their Japanese superiors. During very fast process of countless meetings to determine who will be declared as responsible and loose face for this completely fucked up sensor based stabilization performance, we found solution. Totally responsible is the boss secretary as she had access to camera and during her lunch break had chance to make extensive testing and find the issue and tell the boss directly. She will be demoted to toilet cleaner. But we will keep her access to G85 so she could make tests during cleaning of 5th toilet stall. In case if we could not solve issue via firmware update during our usual extremely fast 5 month process she will be demoted further. We did not find this position yet, but we still have 5 months of countless meetings for this.

Sincerely yours, Panasonic.

P.S. If you still did not see Fear and Trembling, fix this :-)

@Skomer

As I know it is their new form of official communication.

Original idea inside Panasonic was to publish some PR on Monday but things changed.

Issue here is not contents it is Panasonic communications that are broken beyond repair.