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This isn't a direct reply, but my general thoughts:
You can completely tune the saturation, contrast, brightness and similar of the G85 EV independently of the profile taht you choose ("Standard", "Vivid", "Flat", etc.)
For stills, when shooting RAW, I prefer to see the subject as directly and clearly as possible, so that I can respond to what is in front of my eyes. I can tweak all of the color balance, contrast, saturation and similar decisions in post, so that is not what I care about seeing in the viewfinder. I want clarity and immediacy.
So I tend to chose something like a "Flat" profile, taht shows me the maximum ampunt of shafow and highlight detail. That lets me see what I can "pull out" of the image in post. It also makes the Histogram more closely resemble the actual amount of detail in the Raw image.
You can also leave the "effects" off if you prefer. So taht the profile and other settings don't reallt effect the image in the EVF.
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For video, I shoot with with a very flat and open profile, so that I have the maximum information available for grading in post.
You can always "throw away" data by increasing the saturation or contrast in post. But if you try to reduce the saturation or contrast, you get "banding" or "combing", as you can't "add back" data that isn't there to begin with.
That was the same reason why I shot with Portra 160NC when I was shooting 6x7 film. I am just testing out the Cine D profile on the G85, with contrast, saturation, and sharpening turned way down (-5 in some cases.) That is similar to the Cine D profile that was introduced on the GH4.
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I have never shot Olympus, so I can't compare. I moved to Panasonic for 4k video a few years ago and am very happy.
I also only have a few weeks cumulative experience with the G85 , but I am very happy with it so far.
I really loved the EVF and from factor of the GX8, but it has the older shutter and no 5 Axis Stabilization, which is so critical for video. The GX8 viewfinder seems just slightly nicer than the G85, probably psychologically because of the way it tilts. I haven't been able to compare the EVF image quality side-by-side.
I loved the 5 Axis stabilization for 4K video and small size of the GX85, but it was missing a couple of features that the G85 has, especially the mic input.
The GH5 is probably the ultimate Panasonic camera right now, but I can't justify the incremental cost for my own work. I also have both Nikon and Canon DSLRs, which gets a bit complicated in managing 3 systems.
Good luck!
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