ulfie

You fret too much about the gear used.  Both shots capture a wonderful smile.  The different hues or skin tones doesn't bother me at all.  Just look at what that little girl is conveying!

This image really bugs me... Seriously, it's actually quite cool.

Get the best of both by using the Panny 20/1.7.  It's a bit wide, closer to 17 then 25 in FOV, but also decent for what is considered a "normal" FOV.

"Amazing" photos?  Granted, it's easy to get excited by new gear.  It's a side effect of GAS.  However, the trend towards hyperbole and superlativization is all too common these days, not just on...

Gear aside, this is what photography is all about! Kudos. ulfie

These pics are quite decent, though from other online stuff not any better than the EM-5's.  I guess it's what bells and whistles one wants more.

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OP, Why did you include the Panny 20/1.7 in your thread title but not in the text question? Are you set on a zoom, or open to the 20?  The 20 has some advantages:  f1.7 max aperture good for...

Pretty sharp with el cheapo kit zoom lens. Slap on the Panny 20/1.7 and you could lacerate your eyeballs.

Ulfric,  I have had the E-PL1 with Panasonic 20/1.7 for a couple of years now.  Don't own anything else.  But I have compared the studio and in-field sample images from it and the newer PENs and...

RM,       It's called buyer's remorse.

GX7, EM-1, EP-5, XE-1, ... etc.  Am I getting jaded, or does the IQ (Image Quality) for all of these recent and latest-greatest releases seem soooooooo similar?  The Sony RX-1R's IQ at least in...

Phew...at least it's not vegan.

Nice image! Though I must add it has some seriously blown out highlights in the white flour areas and on the surfaces of the grain stalks in the foreground.

A bit of inside info informed me that Flickr mistakenly labeled these photos as Panasonic GX7.  Actually they are from the LOMO camera.   Heh heh...

Simple: Too expensive.

IQ counts too!  In that regard, I doubt you can find one, at most two folks online who can and will fault the Panny about that.

Yup, I've found a fool-proof cure for the P20mm banding issue:  Put a Band-Aid strip around your right index finger (shutter finger).  Never fails.  And fool-proof ... since I am the fool.

I bit over the top for my tastes.  The water looks like oil it's so dark(ened.)  It's beyond even what is often called "graphic."

I bet somebody sneaked in and drank all the booze in the bottles of the old scene, and then took them in to get the recycling money. That's really why you had to re-do the whole thing. Heh heh...