Why do I need a G9

hindesite wrote:

Trevor Carpenter wrote:

I've held off for a year but temptation is staring me in the face but I'm still not quite there.

I never thought a G9 was worth double a G80 but with all the deals it is much less of a jump.

One of my reasons for holding back is that I like to own two bodies and I would never have been able to justify £3000. I'll only buy one now, I'm very happy with my G80 but one day the two G9s options will at least be an option.

A lot of my doubts are because I feel that I have never been overwhelmed by posted G9 pictures and have seen little that I think was unachievable with my G80.

TBH, on casual inspection I haven't seen many images taken with a G9, that are better than the same subjects I've taken with the E-P1. I don't think you can blame the G9 for that.

I think in terms of IQ we are facing diminishing returns on expenditure - probably not so when considering features and ergonomics.

You think a G9 might help you win photo challenges or something?

Here are some of mine with the g9 the boobok (owl) at iso 4000 would like to see your ep1 version,not as though i get the best from it as my main choice is still my olympus omd em1.2 for birding but for everything else i will most likley use my g9 i have used some of the gimmicky stuff like 6k photo but extraction on pc still takes some effort for me other than that it does a lot really well and little easier than any other camera ,and i take it you have not shot a lot of 4k video either .Also the kingfisher is 1/30th of second handheld

The af with non birds is excellent and the panning stuff it does really well in fact even occasionally with birds .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58365044@N05/