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Can't seem to find the right m4/3 camera

Started Oct 9, 2018 | Discussions thread
Jacques Cornell
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Re: G85
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Max5150 wrote:

Thank you everyone for all the info. Very useful.

At this point in the life cycle of 4/3, what your feeling on the 20mp sensors vs 16mp? If focus should be on the 20mp, that basically means GX8/9, G9 which is getting a bit large for a compact kit, or OM 1 iii, which honestly is more than I want to spend on 4/3.

It really depends on how big you plan to print. Up to A2, I really don't think there's a practical difference. My 16"x21" glossy prints from GX7 RAWs are crisp and detailed as I could want. From what I've seen in test shots and read from reviewers I trust, the GX8's 20MP sensor with AA filter resolves a smidge more than a 16MP sensor with AA filter, about the same as a 16MP without AA, and a smidge less than 20MP without AA. You really have to peep, though, and I doubt you'll see the difference on paper if you use a capture/output sharpening workflow. 20MP theoretically gets you a print that's 10% bigger than 16MP in each linear dimension.

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