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A terrific and versatile camera

Started Apr 17, 2018 | User reviews thread
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Re: A terrific and versatile camera

Michael Meissner wrote:

I've had the G85 for about 16 months now. Depending on what I'm doing it is either the second choice camera (after the E-m1 mark I) or the first choice.

I have two major gripes with the G85 that keep me more in the Olympus camp:

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  • I shoot JPG almost exclusively, and the G85 is more heavy handed than Olympus is in using noise removable software, which sands away the details. Yes, I've set the NR parameter so it is less noticeable, but still, I tend to feel more comfortable in restricting the G85 to ISO 3200 at the most, when my E-m1 is set to ISO 6400. I do enough shooting using available light, that I tend to grab the Olympus over the Panasonic. Again on my other two Panasonic cameras, I notice the NR sander more often.
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Did you also set sharpening to its minimum? I found that at its default setting it destroys some fine detail, like NR. Of course this means you have to do sharpening in post, thus losing part the convenience of shooting jpeg...

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