I've never used theGX85, but I have two Olympus Micro Four Thirds bodies. Some
of what I have found with them likely applies to yours as well.
I have the Pen-F and the OM-D E-M1 mark II.
On the Pen-F, the E-shutter gives significantly sharper images than the
mechanical shutter. Shutter shock is pretty severe with it. It is not as bad on
the E-M1mkII, but still there.
Noise on the Olympus 20mp sensors used in my cameras is about the same as what
I got on the fullframe 20mp Canon 5DmkII that I used to shoot with.
I think excessively complex menus are a mirrorless camera thing. Olympus is
infamous for it, and I tried a Fuji X-H1 earlier this year that also had way
too many options to set in menus.
EVFs are not as sharp looking as optical finders. Sucks. The Olympus cameras I
have are not so bad though. They're usable. Manual focus is hard without
magnification and focus peaking though.
I love the color and tonality from the Olympus M4/3 sensors. My images require
far less extensive post-process work than those from the Canon 5DmkII did
I have used Olympus and Panasonic lenses on mine. Most of them are very good,
but avoid the Olympus 17mm f1.8; it is super sharp in the absolute center but
quickly becomes very soft as you move away from the dead center. Worst modern
lens from any manufacturer I have ever used. The Panasonic 45-150mm f4-5.6 lens
is a VERY sharp lens for very little money. $150. Only downside is it vignettes
a lot. Eventually want to get the Olympus 40-150mm f2.8 Pro but it is very
expensive and huge. The Panasonic is tiny, so I would probably keep carrying it
in my bag. It is sharp even wide open.
The Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 Pro is my most-used lens. It is kind of big on the
Pen-F but balances nicely on the larger E-M1mkII and is super sharp.
I turned off the touchscreen focus point setting because I kept accidently
moving it.
The info overlay thing is a problem with most mirrorless cameras. Olympus and
Fuji are like that too. You can turn a lot of it off on the Olympus cameras,
check to see if you can on your Panasonic.
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On 8/27/19, 8:58 PM, "olympus on behalf of Ken Norton"
<olympus-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is certainly not a review, but early thoughts and impressions on the
GX85.
1. Small and lightweight. For a go-everywhere camera, I think the size
and weight is just about perfect. Some small cameras are small, but
also feel cramped. This is right on the edge of cramped. The shutter
release is very well positioned. However, the play button is in an
unfortunate location is gets pressed almost every time I pick up the
camera. The rest of the buttons are almost flush-mounted and are not
where I want them to be when operating in the dark and I can't see
them. First-world problems.
2. Image quality. The image noise is ever present--even at low ISO
settings. However, just like the E-1, the noise appears to be
intentionally added to provide uniform noise pattern. Either way, the
noise is actually rather film-like...
3. Speaking of film-like. The B&W images are glorious. It doesn't seem
to matter what ISO (up to 3200 tested), the images look right.
4. E-Shutter. I'm not sure it's a good thing or not. Please advise.
But I am preferring to have the E-Shutter turned off because I'm not
getting enough feedback to know that the camera actually took a
picture.
5. EVF. Tiny and blurry if the eye isn't centered perfectly. Tiny and
blurry if the eye is centered perfectly.
6. Battery hog. Nuf said
7. AWB. The auto white balance is as close to perfect as I have ever
seen. And I mean perfect. It may be my imagination, but it looks like
the camera is adjusting not only the color balance, but also the
curves.
8. I really dislike the 12-32 kit lens for one reason: No manual focus ring.
9. Custom settings and menus and screens. Convoluted.
10. Overlay information. Seriously, folks. I want a clean look with
just minimal overlay information--preferably outside the image area.
50 different settings and not one of them is exactly what I'm looking
for.
11. Nose touching the monitor changes point of focus far too easily.
Again, first world problems.
12. Colors and Contrast. Both out-of-camera, and Lightroom processing,
there is something really special going on here. No Canon need apply.
This is another world.
More to follow.
AG Schnozz
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