Panasonic G85 from an Olympus user

Vesku wrote:

Aberaeron wrote:

Michael Meissner wrote:

In looking at the G-85, the camera's interface for P/A/S is setup more for a camera with single dial. The default interface uses either dial to set the main setting (program shift, aperture, shutter speed). To set exposure compensation, you have to press the exposure compensation button and rotate a dial.

You can set either front or rear dial to adjust EV comp, and get it to turn either way to get positive [and negative]. The other dial will then adjust either the SS or F-stop, depending on which shooting mode is chosen. In manual mode, one adjusts shutter while other does shutter speed. No button presses necessary. There is a Fn button in the centre of one of the control dials and I have set mine to toggle the tone curves, which are again controlled by the two dials or cursor buttons to choose pre-sets if required.

The default operation is silly. So there is actually no need for EV-button at all.

The funny thing is that in GH3 and GH4 there is also an EV-button but it is just a decoration which looks nice in brochures. It has no use because it is not a FN-button. Just a best placed button wasted.

If Panasonic cameras would have auto iso in M with EV-comp the EV-button would have a job. Obviously Panasonic has not yet figured that.

No it is not silly, when flash placed on camera using this button you have direct access to overall EV comp (front wheel) or Flash comp (back wheel). It is well thought.