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

Max5150 wrote:

Dr Hal wrote:

The G9 is a fabulous camera. It is larger than my GX8 and my GX85 but it is so ergonomically superior and still has small lenses that it is the camera that I always grab first. It is the most intelligently designed camera that I have ever seen. It seems that every button is where it is most useful, the menu is excellent and has the MY MENU function which means when this feature is combined with the quick menu, I never have to sort through the menu. The viewfinder is excellent and the IQ and the focus are excellent. You must look at this camera.

Hal

Thanks. I've read a fair bit about the G9 and it sounds like a fabulous camera, except for one of my primary requirements of staying on the compact side since I'll probably take it when I travel. It's about the same size as a Nikon D5600 and is significantly heavier. When saddled up with a similar lens, the G9 is also 3x more expensive than the used G85/12-60mm rigs I'm seeing. It's definitely on a different level than what I was thinking. Consider, that I do not have a FF mirrorless rig, so not sure that's the direction I'd want to go. Without actually using it extensively, I just can't tell if it would fit the bill. I guess I could rent one.

IMHO if you are not specially into sport/BIF etc, although G9 obvious is a step ahead, but at a cost of size/weight and cost. When we really need a G9, it is about IQ, fastest CAF of Panasonic family, great viewfinder... Usually huges glasses like 300 f/4 or 100-400 etc would be constantly glued on it and so it need the size and weight to pair up with those breasts. It is no longer looked as a small sensor camera such that these classes of products are not for size and weight anymore (of course they still are if comparing to similar setup on a larger sensor size system).

For more casual usage, comparing to an entry to mid range dslrs like D5xxx of D7xxx, G85 or a lower spec GX9 could compare well (don't forget the compromise because there is no free lunch) and it is where the size and weight benefit lies.