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Would the same lens on say the Olympus EM1 Mark1 be as sharp as on say the Pan GX7?? OXOMARK wrong?!

Started Aug 9, 2018 | Questions
Ian124 New Member • Posts: 24
Would the same lens on say the Olympus EM1 Mark1 be as sharp as on say the Pan GX7?? OXOMARK wrong?!

I own a Panasonic GX7

Using the OXO Mark website I have checked 3 lenses to see how sharp the same lenses are on other cameras.

According to OXO Mark these Panasonic Lenses are sharper on other cameras. Why is the optics sharper on other 16mp cameras? see attachment. They seem sharper by quite a bit?

on a side not would they be sharper on the GX8 that has 20mp? I could understand if these cameras had more mega pixels but they don't so its a bit annoying you if you want to buy expensive lenses but they are not as sharp as suppose to be?

thanks for any help

Same Lenses on Panasonic GX7

Same Lenses on Olympus EM1 Mark1

Same Lenses on Olympus Pen PL5

Same Lenses on Olympus EM1 Mark2 (camera 20mp) quite a lot sharper!

****update***

I just decided to add a Panasonic 25mm f1.7 to this as its a prime and know it should be sharper but OXO says its only as sharp as the kit lens. What is going on? How can I trust any thing here??? help!!

says the 25mm f1.7 prime is as sharp as kit lens????

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tt321
tt321 Forum Pro • Posts: 13,854
Cross-check with the E-PL7
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Small differences can be explained away. GX7 and E-PL7 cannot. They typically show half the P-MPix or only 70% of the linear resolution. 70% is extremely noticeable and renders the 75/1.8 less sharp than a so-so slow zoom. The strongest AA filter in the world does not reduce sharpness to 70%. A camera designer would be totally crazy to implement that. The shutter shock theory does not work either, as DXOMark was informed of this discrepancy a long time ago and still consistently push out this nonsense. They'd be crazy not to use the e-shutter when testing lens sharpness now.

E-PL7 esp. cannot be explained away knowing that it is essentially the same as the E-M10, with regard to lens sharpness tests. Compare E-PL7 and E-M10 on DXOMark and then pick up your jaw from the floor next.

People have posted results of their own tests to this forum comparing these cameras with others using the same lenses, and none of them showed even close to the degree of P-MPix differences in the DXOMark database. Tests show sharpness without any noticeable difference, nowhere near 70% worse.

The Occam's razor conclusion must be that DXOMark made errors.

OP Ian124 New Member • Posts: 24
Useful link to review of Pan 42.5mm f1.7 also tested on Pan GX7

Thought I would share this link I found on a review of the 'Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm f1.7 lens' as it was conveniently tested on a Panasonic GX7 as well as the very expensive 20MP Olympus EM1.

When he tested the lens on the The Panasonic GX7 was no mention of any sharpness issue on the GX7.

Found quite helpful so thought would share

Link: https://www.cameralabs.com/panasonic_lumix_g_42-5mm_f1-7_h_hs043e/

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