[wim]

Hello Wim, 

 

Two very specific questions : 

Looking at your gear list I noticed you are now in possession of both EM1 mkII and Panasonic 20mm pancake. 

Have you tried the pair to see if the new hybrid AF would improve the overal slugginesh feel (phase detection would reduce the amount of back and forth movements) ? I adore that 20mm lens. 

 

Also, were you aware of the banding pattern noise of the 20mm with the cameras sporting the sony made 16mp sensor (so visible on EM5 & EM5 mkII...) ? I'm curious to see if that is also gone with the new 20MP.

 

Also I'd like to know your general feel about the new sensor. You mention a nice 1 stop gain in noise & DR but other than that, do you get a sense of a "jump" in quality? I'm starting to feel the files are getting a bit "oldish" on my M5 mk & mkII for that matter. 

 

I'll run my EM5 mk II for a while and will see what's on the horizon for a smaller version of Oly's new tech, hopefully fitting that new battery, too ;-)

 

Greetings, 

S.

Hi Sylvain,


I actually had the Mk I of that Panny as well, but sold it a year and half ago, to buy another lens, but regretted it, so bought it again almost a year ago, although this time I obviously got the Mk II .


As to sluggishness, I have never noticed any sluggishness with it, not really on the GF2, E-M5 Mk II, Pen F, or E-M1 Mk II. However, maybe I never noticed because I never paid attention. I tend to photograph relatively deliberately, so I guess that could be a reason for me not to notice.


As to banding, I have never noticed either. I think this may happen with electronic shutter with artificial lighting (fluorescent) and slow shutter speeds. So far I have never used electronic shutter, and I haven't seen it yet anyway.


When I find some spare time, I'll see if I can or cannot recreate it.


As to the lower noise, yes the images are cleaner, probably by about a stop. 3200 iso on the E-M1 Mk II looks like 1600 iso on the E-M5 Mk II to me, and normally I will only go beyond that in case of emergencies. Same with my 5D Mk II, I will stop at iso 3200 except in case of emergency.


Since the noise is a stop lower, I'd expect the DR to be a bit better as well, as that intends to go hand in hand, at least partly.

I didn't really look into that, because the DR was plenty for my uses before the newer models anyway.


One thing I do like about Olympus over Panasonic is that SOOC jpegs look incredibly good, better than the Pana ones. This is extremely convenient when having to quickly provide some initial images to someone.


HTH, kind regards, Wim