Panasonic body, Olympus 4/3 lenses best options? G85 any good?

dougjgreen1 wrote:

Holistic Photog wrote:

Gooutside wrote:

Well just got back from the store and had a chance to try the 11-22 and 50mm macro on a G85 and it performs about the same as my G6..so not much point in upgrading to that camera (AF speed wise). That said it sure is a lovely handling camera. Can certainly see why people here like it so much.

Might just have to grab a em-1 for those times I need better than glacial af speed.

The E-M1's PDAF will work better with PDAF only lenses. I'm not so sure it will work as well with CDAF capable FT lenses. The G85 is a better focusing camera than the E-M1 with native MFT lenses, so it might work better with CDAF FT lenses.

Just a thought. I can't say for certain.

The E-M1 version 1 works just fine with the CDAF-enabled lenses, I regularly use it with the 14-54 mk II, the 9-18, and the 70-300. In fact, it focuses them faster than the bodies that ONLY focus with CDAF lenses, so I suspect the EM1 is simultaneously using both mechanisms, PDAF for course movements and CDAF for fine adjustments.

I know it works very well. I'm just saying that it's possible the G85 would work even better for those specific lenses that support CDAF.

From my observations, DFD bodies were clearly better than the original E-M1 with native lenses. It wasn't until the E-M1 II that Olympus got on the same playing field.

Assuming CDAF capable FT lenses function similarly to native lenses, it's possible that DFD bodies are better with these lenses.