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Who's more reliable/less prone to malfunction? - Olympus vs Panasonic

Started Mar 6, 2017 | Polls thread
paul cool
paul cool Veteran Member • Posts: 3,137
Re: Who's more reliable/less prone to malfunction? - Olympus vs Panasonic

I think that panasonic is slightly better although the flagship gh3 and gh4 had the most awful viewfinders and would distort and scratch easily ,that said there lugs never failed and the paint never came off the bodys also the tolerances on the panasonic seem to be better the swivel screen is better on my gx8 than my omd em1.2 not the display but the hinge ,and in most instances a little less glitchy although my gh4 played up with recording 4k with my kingston card until firmware update my omd em1.2 does lock up occasionally and i have to pull the battery when changing custom menus it locks up happened at the olympus event at marwell zoo one of the olympus visionaries pulled the battery on my omd em1.2 ,think this happened whilst shooting pro capture i may have selected my custom modes whilst camera still writing images ?

if you look at the exploded view of a disassembled gh5 it looks pretty solidly built

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/see-inside-the-panasonic-lumix-gh5-30729

I think both are getting better built but are costing more ?

get the feeling the paint on my omd em1.2 will not rub off as easy as my omd em1

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