Why do I need a G9

hindesite wrote:

paul cool wrote:

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?

Thanks for sharing, nice photos.

But are you really going to put these from a G9 up against Trevor's challenge winning G85 photo? IMHO these aren't even close, which reinforces my point, really.

No certainly not close  when i looked at trevors entry i decided not put any in the challenge ,but absoultely no camera will make the photo ,but it could go along way helping if trevor is struggling with bif the g9 will be a better bet ,if he wants wonderful jpegs yes the g9 is the best m43 camera ,also high iso retains more detail over others but a little less dynamic range compared to my em1.2 over iso 800 ,more dynamic range at iso 100 than any other m43 camera ,but if he wants real leaps in camera perfomance then a bigger sensored camera is what is needed and also for c-af bif .I use my omd em1.2 as my main camera but really like my g9 just for birding the c-af is harder to use .

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