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Looking for a small pocketable m4/3 solution...

Started Oct 1, 2015 | Discussions thread
peppermonkey Veteran Member • Posts: 5,204
Ahh...my memory certainly sucks...
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mh2000 wrote:

Back in the day when the G3 was heavily discounted/discontinued, I looked into this and the consensus was that IQ was still very comparable (first gen 16MP sensor) -- noise might have been a little worse, but came with a little higher resolution for cropping. So people may argue, but it didn't seem like a compelling difference back then. The newer 16MP sensors are better now. Still, when I compared the new16MP sensor images to my E-P1, it didn't make a *huge* difference either... though I think the low light capability is better now.

Don't recall that at all, lol. Then again, never looked into the G3 so probably didn't notice. I do remember when the GX1 came, it was (extremely briefly) thought to be the best m43 camera (excluding the GH line?) at the time, and I'm pretty sure that was the first time M43 had 16mp sensor? Still, the major boast in sensor IQ came with the E-M5's 16mp sensor which came out...like a month or three after?

Anyhow, yeah, in general, I do agree with what you say.

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