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Panasonic GM5 or Olympus E-PL6 or ?

Started Mar 31, 2017 | Discussions thread
digifan Senior Member • Posts: 2,332
Re: Panasonic GM5 or Olympus E-PL6 or ?
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im45us wrote:

I recently purchased a Panasonic G85 for my wife and have decided to now get my self something. Budget is tight because I have spent about $1700 in the last couple of months on equipement .

I am looking used and small so the 2 cameras mentioned above seem to fit the bill. The GM5 seems to be a well liked camera but have not found it used yet. The E-PL6 is only $160 with 14-42 kit lens refurbished at Olympus but out of stock at the moment. These seem like they would be real pocket cameras with the Panasonic 20mm lens I picked up.

Any other camera fit the bill?

Thanks Ivan

Well If you already own a camera with IBIS, you probably gonna miss it if the smaller one has not.

That said the GM5 is my companion to the E-M1mk2, but I recently also bought a G85 for video. Some customers want small 4k clips, so the G85 seemed a good place to start.

Must say that it impresses me on the stills.

CAF is rather good as well for stills, much better than E-M5mk2. But it can't hold a candle to the hybrid E-M1mk2.

The GM5 is very fast and good IQ as well, plus it is truely pocketable with the pancake lenses.

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