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A few thoughts about Olympus vs Panasonic for wedding photography

Started Aug 5, 2014 | Discussions thread
Bob Meyer Veteran Member • Posts: 5,375
Re: A few thoughts about Olympus vs Panasonic for wedding photography
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I agree with much of what you say, but not all. For one, I find Oly's menu system to be the most inscrutable, poorly organized, randomly grouped collection of duplicative functions imaginable. Sort of like Microsoft Word after a decade of randomly adding new features. Panasonic's menu's are a model of functionality and clarity by comparison. I suspect the reason you prefer Oly's menu system is that you learned it, and got used to it, before encountering Panasonic's.

The only other comment I'll bother to make at this point is that you're comparing two very different cameras. If you want to compare build quality, control layouts, ease of use, etc., you really should compare the EM-1 to the GH4. The GX7 is in a different class. The GH4 controls are far better than the much smaller GX7, the EVF significantly better, etc. And I think you'd find the AF even better than the GX7's.

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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Panasonic 12-35mm F2.8 Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 O.I.S Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 +6 more
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