shinndigg

Choices for cityscapes Panasonic Leica 8-18 Lowa 7.5 FE (or a samyang/rockinon equiv) Olympus 7-14 For Street photography Oly 17mm 2.8 or 1.8 Oly 25 1.8 PanaLeica 15mm 1.7 Oly 45mm 1.8 On the other ...

Lenstip is a great resource, as well as imaging-resource. In thus case, both highly rate this particular lens. Fwiw, if color rendition is a consideration, a common view is that Olympus us ...

Great choice!

Thanks John. They are good friends. But spot metering off the skin is a great, simple idea. Didn't think of that

...for photographing darker skinned people. Specifically, African American. Friends have asked me to do a portrait session for them, outside, probably later in the afternoon, sometime in late May, ...

... is my old E-PL1... However, something newer , like an E-PL5/6/7 would be much more to your liking and closer to the Pen F experience

Have you considered this lens strictly for portrait work?

first processed in Portait Pro 17, then converted to BW in Paint Shop Pro

...A recent Senior Portrait session

He came to mind as well. I just couldn't find him as quickly

...can do, then check what this photographer is doing with a Panasonic GX8 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/60906912

Are you shooting jpeg+raw?

Just.... Wow. Canon really did a number on the low end. I knew about that plastic body lens mount but they really screwed this one up

As an alternative, perhaps a half case might do the trick. It did for my EM10 (mk1)

Sweet! Enjoy... (I have  no doubt you will)

Was this picture post processed, specifically, did you bring the exposure up significantly in post process?

G80/85 hands down

Sorry, didn't catch that mistake. . Yes GX9

One thing to consider with the G9 as well as the Gx85 is the EVF. they are quite cramped compared to other cameras  At least in my (and many others view. If you can, compare before you buy

Birth of my 14-42 RII's were pretty sharp, both went bad. Other than flare, 12-50 is sharp and quite versatile. The quasi-macro mide is quite useful