Advice please on G80 or G90 and 24-140 lens

Lilyanna wrote:

I have been waiting for price of G80 to go down, at the moment it is variable £550 to £700 12-60 lens. But now I am thinking about the G90 with 14-140 lens £999.

I take nature pics, macro's and some landscapes.

You'll like the 14-140; it's a great travel lens and does very good close-ups of flowers and such.

I like the 12fps on my fz150 to combat camera shake, but would like better quality pictures. My Oly E-510 had better pics, and I hope a G80/90 would be even better.

Already the G80 is vastly better than the E-510. I have an E-520 and know how its images look: there's a thick AA filter leading to blurry detail at the pixel level. The G80 has no AA filter and more pixels, therefore much finer detail. Colour and dynamic range are also noticeably better. The G90 would be better still.

But the 510 broke down after only 4/5 years leaving me with useless lenses.

They would still work on a G80 or G90, or any other m43 camera in fact, if you use an MMF-3 adapter. Just AF speed would be slow but that isn't much of an issue for your style of shooting.

the G90 is heavier, but it does have 20mp and I think more fps which is good for camera shake.

I know that old trick but with the very good IBIS these days you'll hardly need it.

But one site said the extra mp's make it worse in low light, which in the Uk is most of the time.

That's largely just a theoretical reasoning. Comparing with the E510 you'll be ecstatic about the low light capabilities of a G80 or G90.

Is the G90 alot better than the G80.

Not enough difference for me as a G80 owner to upgrade to a G90.

I will buy the 100-300 lens but have choice between 12-60 and 14-140, I think the gap between 12-60 and 100-300 may be annoying. Is the kit lens 14-140 good? dual stabilised? The separate 14-140 is £400-£600+, way too expensive.

I have the 100-300 Mk.II, the 14-140/3.5-5.6 and the latest weather proof 14-140 Mk.II. The 14-140 is an excellent that always delivers. The 100-300 is much more a specialised lens; I haven't made up my mind if it was a good buy for me. If you use the 100-300 to shoot small things that are very far away, as I would sometimes do in a landscape, then more often than not the atmospheric conditions conspire against getting a crisp image. It's much better closer by e.g. shooting something within 50 meters from you.

And the G80 doesn't come with 14-140 in UK.

https://www.photospecialist.co.uk/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g80-14-140mm-1

Difficult to get to a shop at the moment, the Panny shop closed down. Need to find another larger shop somewhere. Small shops too expensive and would feel guilty trying and not buying.

Need to make decision so ready to snap up when price is good. Can only afford one camera so need to get it right.

Any advice welcome.