Om-D vs GH3 for stills image quality, which is better?

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Marco Cinnirella
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Re: Uncorroborated Rumor
In reply to texinwien, 3 months ago

texinwien wrote:

Marco Cinnirella wrote:

texinwien wrote:

Marco Cinnirella wrote:

texinwien wrote:

Marco Cinnirella wrote:

One web site posted some comments suggesting that pros were having an unusually high amount of failure with their OM-Ds but I haven't seen that widely reported - it may or may not be a consideration

"One website"? Do you know which one it was? A quick google search didn't return any relevant results. I'd be interested in knowing which website this was published in, and in reading the actual reports. Otherwise, it's practically worthless information, you know?

tex

It was, I believe, a comment made on the "mirrorless central" web site by the guy who runs it. He said a number of his pro friends who adopted the OM-D have had to get it repaired, or words to that effect - he sometimes posts on here actually.

Sorry Marco, I've just spent half an hour looking for something to back this up. I've run several advanced google searches on the mirrorlesscentral.com domain, only. I have used the mirrorlesscentral.com search facility. I have read a number of articles tagged "OM-D" on mirrorlesscentral.com, paying attention to articles that have comments on them. I have run more general google searches and read discussions and articles from around the 'net containing the words "OM-D" and "Professional" or "Pro" and "Repair" or "Failure".

Zilch. Not a single quote that I can find that 'suggests' (as you said, originally) what you're purporting was said.

So here's the point - with as much press and attention as this camera has gotten, I'd be surprised if a rumor like this didn't have real legs. I'd be surprised if this was happening and not being reported anywhere at all. IMHO, a number of people 'have it out' for this camera, so I'd be real surprised to find that someone reputable was making this kind of claim without the haters spreading the news far and wide. I mean, I can't prove a negative, and maybe someone reputable has made a statement that closely resembles the one you've made here - anything's possible.

But, really, until we have a source we can check up on, this is uncorroborated rumor and noise, and it really has no place in a serious discussion about these cameras.

If you find your source, I'd appreciate you sharing it. I've tried, but have had zero luck so far.

tex

Easy tiger! I've nothing against the OM-D - it's a great camera.

That's neither here nor there.

is there now some new rule here that we can't report something unless we remember every last detail?

That's sort of an old rule everywhere, at least for rigorous thinkers. Uncorroborated / unsourced rumors are generally ignored by the serious. Dunno, maybe you take that sort of thing at face value?

If it helps, I think this info was reported in a post about the GH3, not about the OM-D - It may even have been a comment made in a video on that site.

I just went through all posts tagged 'GH3' that had comments, and, again, didn't find a corroborating quote. To be clear, I'm not accusing you of making it up, but the fact that it's so hard to find, and that I can't seem to find any corroboration for it anywhere online makes me doubt its relevance.

I'll try to find out but in the mean time don't paint me as something I'm not.

Not painting anyone as anything. I'm painting unsourced and uncorroborated quotes as poor sources of information for anyone who's interested in the facts.

It's quite hilarious that you think the OM-D gets bashed here - it has dominated the traffic on the forum for ages now and the vast majority of posts about it are very much in favour of it.

Really? The vast majority of posts are very much in favor of it? Let's just say there's been a lot of talk about the camera. Lots of it positive, and plenty of it negative, as well. That's what I've seen, at least.

I recall, back before DxO came out with their measurements for the E-M5, a number of people claiming that the E-M5 performed no better than or even worse than the GH2 and/or GX1, and that it was all unsubstantiated hype. Of course, we have the DxO results now, which proved those people wrong. Facts quieted those people down, but there seem to be a few hangers-on who still bash the camera, either to get a rise out of people or out of some kind of reverse fanboyism - hard to say.

Note, I'm not accusing you, personally, of being involved in any of that behavior. If you haven't noticed any of that behavior, though, I have to wonder about your observational skills

tex

Meh, whatever, I think it was a comment from Will Crockett but I can't find it - choose not to believe it, that's fine with me. Hell, I'm used to not being believed - apparently I am delusional because I don't like the EVF on my GH3 whereas some other folks think it is the the best EVF ever to grace a camera.

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