Panasonic G2 or Olympus E-PL8 for tropical landscapes?

h2k wrote:

Hello, I have a silly problem, perhaps you'd want to comment: Should I take the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 or the Olympus PEN E-PL8 onto a tropical holiday, taking mostly landscapes, flowers and coffeecups? Lenses would be Pana 12-35/2,8 Mk 1, Pana 35-100/2,8 Mk1*, Pana 20/1,7 Mk 2, perhaps Laowa 7,5/2,0, plus close-up and polarizer.

Until it broke down recently, I had used an E-PL7 half-happily (I would certainly prefer side-hinging monitor + built-in flash; I don't need evf or weather-sealing anyway; I like very small cameras + bags on my treks + cycle trips). I have an old Pana G2 in the shelf, and it fully works, but I never liked its JPGs (and don't like raw workflow either). I wanted to wait until March 20 and buy either E-PL9 or Pana GX9 (GX9 preferred because USB-chargeable and hopefully nicer menus, even if more expensive, slightly bulkier and with for me useless evf).

Now I got the surprise chance to go on a supposedly extremely photogenic tropical trip starting next Sunday, March 4. Until then, my new lightweight favourites E-PL9 and GX8 won't be available (at least not reliably in my territory) (I always use articulating touchscreen for framing, never evf). So for the trip starting as of March 4 I could either

• take my existing Pana G2 or
• quickly buy an Oly E-PL8 (while the upcoming E-PL9 does outsmart it with built-in flash and nice Bluetooth connection and the upcoming GX8 is nicer for me anyway).

I also considered Pana G9, but it's shockingly bulky even compared to G2 (I want a small bag; the camera's mostly in the bag). There's also Panasonic Lumix DC-GX850 (Lumix DC-GX800 / Lumix DC-GF9). The GX8 seems a bit on the bulky side.

If anything, I wondered if there is a super Lightroom profile for raw files from the Pana G2. Usually I shoot JPGs, but dislike the G2's abysmal JPG output. I'd have Lightroom and enough storage to shoot raw files with the G2 and batch-convert them into JPGs with a good profile (no individual hand-conversions).

Sorry for these silly musings, but thanks anyway for your considerations!

Take the G2 and use the cash saved as extra holiday spending money.