Just bought a G85 a few months ago, and couldn't be happier!!

alcelc wrote:

Dear I suppose you know 100~300 or 75~300 from Panny or Oly are consumer class lenses. For serious BIF the 300 f/4 or 100~400 might be the better tool for the job. If you need an eq of 300 AoV of FF, might the 45~150 f/2.8 also work.

How much you paid for the Nikkor 300 f/4 vs the 100~300 or 75~300? If these 2 cheaply lens can match with the Nikkor (never own it, but on the price and spec I suppose it is a premium class lens of Nikon), Nikon will die for long...

Finally, the DFD on CDAF until G85 generation does not do wow yet on AF tracking. Although some experts like Trevor demonstrated G85 can produce great result, he suggested G9 could do a better job. As per the general opinion from users of multiple system (dslr and M43), it seems that PDAF of dslrs could deliver better performance (more reliable and easier) for BIF. So are the OSPDAF of EM1-II or EM1X, similar AFs used by Sony and Fuji, DPAF of latest Canon are in a better position on this department than Pannys. Wish soon, like IBIS, that Panny might add to its later models to boost the AF tracking of non flagship models.

Yes I also think that DFD on CDAF doesn't really do well in continuous autofocus. It is however extremely fast for single point autofocus, which I use most of the time. I really do hope Panasonic will improve this though, because I now start to use continuous AF more often, especially in video.

Thanks for the reply