Panasonic vs. Olympus bodies with a bagful of Panasonic lenses

Navegador wrote:

Having said all that for Olympus, the fact remains that I have a great Panasonic lens collection AND I just blew a ton of money on that 100-400mm. So the G85 at $1000 with a kit lens looks really good, 16MP sensor and all. That's half the price of the mark II for a stabilized, weather sealed camera with a good VF and fully compatible with my lenses.

So, is the E-M1.2 worth the difference? Is the senor THAT MUCH better? Or should I go with Panasonic for dual IS and just general compatibility? As for E-M1 mkI, provided I can find it, how does it compete with G85?

With the G85, will it provide much better IQ than what I already have? I like the idea of a proper viewfinder and 4k video wouldn't hurt, but can its IBIS compete with the Olympus cams?

Lots of questions I know. I'd love to read your opinions. Thanks for reading all this & thanks in advance for any replies.

When I picked up the G85 to complement my E-m1 mark I seven months ago, I started a thread on the nuts and bolts differences (mostly not image related) between the Olympus cameras I've used since 2001 (most recently the E-m5 mark I and E-m1 mark I, but also E-pm2 in the past) and the G85. My main reason for adding the G85 was it supported an OLED viewfinder which is more friendly when wearing polarized sunglasses, but also had weather sealing and sensor shift stabilization. The thread filled up, and I continued it in another thread:

• https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58680241
• https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59110694

I am a JPG shooter that mostly shoots events (renaissance faires, steampunk events) and also vacation shots. I tend to set my defaults at the beginning of the day, shoot, and do minimal post processing. Because I generally keep my camera down to the side, and only bring it up to my eye when I see a decisive moment approaching, shoot, and put the camera back down, I don't tend to fiddle with settings.

Generally, I've been happy with the G85 pictures. However recently, I've noticed one issue that has soured me slightly on the G85, and that is I see whites (particularly white shirts) getting over-exposed in a few cases. Unfortunately for the renaissance faire and steampunk events, a lot of people wear white shirts/blouses. I need to have a weekend where I'm not doing anything and it is sunny that I can experiment with the appropriate options to see if I can change things. I described the issue in this post:

• https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59664822

One other thing that I've been playing with is externally powering the cameras. In this regard, the G85 is much better than the Olympus cameras, as it provides s simple and cheap method to power the camera via A/C adapter (or external battery), while the Olympus solution is more convoluted and expensive:

• https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59407043

I bought the E-m1 mark I when I wanted more telephoto and I looked at the price of the E-m1 mark I vs. the Olympus 40-150mm pro lens, and it was cheaper to get the E-m1 mark I and use my existing 50-200mm mark I lens (and EC-14 tele-converter if needed). The 50-200mm is the main classic 4/3rds lens I use on the E-m1.

Now, in terms of the E-m1 mark II, I looked at it, and I decided that I personally did not need the extra features. For instance, I typically find the E-m1 high speed sequential shooting to be too fast, and I tend to use low speed fps and tune it down to 3 fps (this is because I keep the camera on low speed sequential shooting, and at 3 fps, I can remove my finger from the shutter without taking duplicate shots, but I can keep the shutter pressed down when I need to take duplicate shots). Olympus uses the TFT LCD in the electronic viewfinder just like it does in most of their cameras (except for the E-m10 mark II and Pen-F), so I would have had to deal with parts of the EVF being unviewable when I wore the sunglasses. If I were doing sports or shooting more video with the micro 4/3rds, then it would be a different issue.