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 p.1 #6 · Olympus E-M1 ii vs Panasonic G9 | |
If you don’t have EM1.2, then G9 makes a lot of sense. For still photography, what changes they can make apart from converging video and stills completely...so you will as well shoot video if you want to shoot stills  But to be honest still photography doesn’t need that kind of thing and 10 fps is cool with even most demanding application. They may up the mp’s but what? Maybe 24, so that also is not a big deal.
Low light performance yes, but I don’t see that happening in one go, it will be incremental and will take years to discern even an stop of gain.
One way to decide is basis lenses. If you plan to buy 200/2.8 then go for G9. If 300 then EM1.2.
Sync IS dies make a difference, i am already seeing that in case of my 12-100 and i have also owned 300 and it goes down to absurd shutter speeds. Not for action but then i don’t have much interest in BIF. B yes, but BIF not necessarily.
(On a side note):
100-400 gives me immens happiness, even holding it. When i got my 300 i had a mixed feeling because of size. I said ok this is the best you can get, and so on, but my heart inside had given the judgement. If there was no 100-400, then i actually had no compelling reason to stay with M43 because i could buy a Sony 100-400 of the same size and be happy with a more streamlined system as well as full frame. So yes, 100-400 PL fullfills the true promise of M43. For me its not merely theoretical as I loathe big equipment, and the very reason i opted for M43.
In my case, also, i look back and find that i hardly printed any pictures big enough so as to take advantage of a sharper lens in any meaningful way. At regular sizes, and upto 300mm, they are going to look same, and which is sharper will depend more on PP than the inherent sharpness of the lens.
Wilbus wrote:
I tested the G9 in store last week. AF is lightning fast, feels much more snappy then my original E-M1. It feels almost instant and focuses in quite a bit of less light thinly E-M1 does.
I'm not sure how important sync IS will be, specially not since most long lenses now have IS built in, even Olympus and as such they are at least as good as the competition with the lens IS alone (compared to CaNikon for example). It's a question I've been asking my self as well but to be realistic, while IS helps a lot it is often not the IS you want for shooting long lenses since either the wild life or the athletes when shooting sports are moving. Faster shutter times are needed in order to avoid motion blur.
Same thing with AF, how much worse does the pure CDAF and DFD on Panasonic fair? Compared to the E-M1, it's quicker, quite a bit quicker. C-AF I have no idea about but the speed was real even with Olympus lenses for S-AF.
I'm strongly considering the camera, my E-M1 sadly enough feels very old after I tried the G9 but the fact is the E-M1, part from slower focusing and IMO worse handling (G9 body and controls was nothing short of excellent) doesn't really fall short anywhere else. Then again there are other things worth mentioning such as the fact that you can charge it and power it through USB while using it. This includes powering it through power banks which is a major benefit when out hiking or kayaking for example. Or when shooting in the extreme cold. Put on a down jacket, put a power bank inside your jacket close to your chest and a connect a 2 meter cable. You can power the camera through the power bank that doesn't get cold. Not to mention power banks as large as 20000 m.ah can be had for around $40, this is ten times the battery in most high end cameras. This could actually be a feature that makes me order the camera.
We'll see, the smartest choice is to wait another 2-3 years for the replacements of the E-M1.2 and possibly even the G9 and hope for a fix for the rolling shutter for example. But by then then E-M1 will be quite long in the tooth. ...Show more →
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