Who understands Olympus prices?

samtheman2014 wrote:

You people are obsessed with FF

Because we shoot FF too?

As for Nikon there was a gain in base ISO DR and image quality thanks to moving to a 64 ISO base

A gain in base ISO DR? Over five years elapsed between the D800 (base ISO 100) to the D850 base ISO of 64 and that resulted in a whopping 0.2EV gain.

http://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Nikon%20D800,Nikon%20D850

The DR is outstanding, no argument but let's not make too much of such "progress".

The EM1mkII gained nearly 0.5EV PDR vs the PEN-F in just 8 months. Will the GH5S or G9 top this? Possibly.

http://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Olympus%20OM-D%20E-M1%20Mark%20II,Olympus%20PEN-F

which I really wish m43 would do a true 50 base ISO would do a lot to advance image laity with regards to base ISO DR and shadow noise . Instead of this we get ever dafter high ISO options

Valid point and most are in agreement.

It does not matter if you shoot with the cheaper 16mp m43 models or the G9 and E-M1II at £1500 you get very poor shadow DR SSDD

Akin to saying you get very poor resolution from the $6,500 D5. Or poor video from the $4,000 5DS R. There are strengths and weaknesses to every camera. Expecting magic results when you +5EV boost a mFT sensor is unrealistic expectation IMO.

While this is of course an extreme example the need to push shadows to balance a composition is often critical be it in a landscape image or a bird against a bright sky. If m43 had a true base ISO of 50 it would pretty much do it all for me . I do not shoot shallow DOF at all by choice at least and I almost never shoot high ISO so give me a m43 sensor with a lower base ISO and ideally a few more MP and I would get rid of any FF gear

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Jim Stirling

It's a rare occurrence no? How many of your last 100 images did you process to +5EV? With my Sony's I am +/- 2EV at most (mainly because the matrix metering is often hit/miss. With Canon/Olympus rarely more than +/- 1EV.