CameraLabs posted the full E-M10II review and writes:
Don’t get me wrong, the EM10 II is not without its weaknesses. The movie mode may be much improved over its predecessor, but remains comfortably below what Panasonic offers on the similarly-priced Lumix G7. The continuous autofocus also struggles to track faster subjects, so if sport and action photography are your thing, you’ll find models like Sony’s Alpha A6000 far superior. I also feel that when it comes to ultimate image quality in this bracket, Fujifilm’s XT10 pips all these models to the post, albeit with controls and handling that’s better-suited to enthusiasts.
But for general day-to-day photography, the Olympus OMD EM10 Mark II is hard to beat. It’s an attractive camera that’s enjoyable to use and delivers great results in most situations with ease, while offering plenty of room to grow. As such it’s an easy camera to Highly Recommend.
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The focus bracketing feature is truly impressive, hope panasonic will also put an equivalent in their new cameras and firmware updates (if that ever happens …)
Pany has that 4k “post focus” feature. Wonder how it compares.
Ah yes, didn’t see the news about that one, but it isn’t yet released, right ?
It must get tedious reviewing mFT cameras. We are getting to the stage where they are all using much the same EVF { with a tiny bit of extra magnification on it }, near identical LCD, totally identical image quality { give or take a bit of RAW cooking} . You could boil all mFT revies down to same old image quality but wow look at the gimmicks
Any new “features” such as the focus stacking while welcome is already easily done outside a camera making it a convenience rather than an unheard of innovation. Why oh why does Olympus insist on the hideous retro DSLR look , the OMD series are the ugliest amongst mirrorless and that is no small achievement .
Here is a crazy idea why doesn’t Olympus just give us a truly better sensor with better
image quality, and better video. Forget all the gimmicks and art filters. The rate that Olympus updates sensors is so slow that by the time they do the 1″ sensor will probably have moved ahead
Great camera and a good review but reading the summary the author wrote……if you look for good video look somewhere else, also if you shoot action look somewhere else and if you look for a really good image quality also look somewhere else.
I’m sure he didn’t mean that completely but it was a funny read.
That’s the kind of review that states, “I wouldn’t buy it, but I wouldn’t knock anyone who did.”
I like this camera, but I still think it’s funny that 10 months into 2015, the GX7 is still the best compact MFT camera out there.
Except that the GX8 is a significant improvement over the GX7
And still compact IMHO
Relative to the MFT ecosystem it’s a massive camera.
Yup. Even though I moved on to Fujifilm, I still have love for the GX7 and hope to still add one to my collection. Sold it after owning it for a couple months and been missing it ever since, a very fun to use camera.
What makes me laugh is why the reviewer’s rarely share a unique thought. They all speak the same jargon – like a re-jurgitation of sales pitch. Marketing and pricing say it’s an entry level model so the reviewer describes it as such. However in reality it’s so close in performance to it’s bigger siblings that pricing renders it a steal.
In other words, my advice would be – don’t read and simply believe the marketing flab – instead read the spec- sheet, try the camera out if you can and then decide if it’s for you.
The files between the most expensive and least expensive all look the same.
1) Olympus doesn’t actually manufacture sensors and
2) I hardly would call increased AF responsiveness, burst and better tracking in cameras like the GX8 a gimmick.
” … albeit with controls and handling that’s better-suited to enthusiasts.”
DUH!!!, only enthusiasts by cameras anymore. The rest of the population buy Smart Phones—and it’s wishful thinking that they will ever come back.