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

Skeeterbytes wrote:

Holistic Photog wrote:

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.

I'd want to drill down further before drawing any conclusions about E-M1 vs G85 focus comparisons. E-M1--either version--is blazing fast and accurate with native m4/3 lenses. G85 may, and likely is a bit better with Panny lenses due to DfD. I'd be surprised, shocked even if it proved better with the Pro lenses. I shoot action with the Pro teles on both E-M1s and it's generally dead on, with very high keeper rates.

I disagree. DFD bodies were far better focusing in a number of situations, even with many Olympus lenses, than the E-M1. I can't say for certain that in certain isolated situations with certain Olympus lenses that the E-M1 wouldn't win out, but the E-M1 wasn't in the game for most uses.

G9 has raised Panny's game and it's interesting to see the work from folks who own it, the 100-400 and the E-M1ii. They're close but it seems the edge probably goes to the G9. Swap the zoom for the 300 Pro and things change, but I've seen fewer A:B comparisons.

Cheers,

Rick

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