One thing I find when you have a camera capable of good video is that you actually test it out, just for fun. Then you find yourself using it more often. It may not become a major use for you, but it's nice that it's there. That's how I feel with the OM-1. Its video capabilities are more than enough for my needs. I do 99% photography still, so it's just a nice addition. Though my G9 could do 4K back in 2016, so it's hardly a huge difference. I suppose I just wanted to see what 4K 60 was like. It's not revolutionary, but it's nice to have. The other features though, like live ND and starry sky AF are really useful. I didn't think I'd find myself using them, but I have. I don't even take out my ND filter anymore. I thought I'd be using the 50fps mode for animals, but I really haven't. I even tend to stick with S-AF and do fairly well keeping the focus point on the animal. It's just more dependable, even with subject tracking. So I guess some of the nifty new features aren't as necessary as I thought. The sensor is quite good though, superior to the previous perhaps, and certainly better than the 16MP in my G7. 20MP does seem like enough for what I need so far. I've cropped animal shots and printed them at 8" x 11" without any issues. I'm not sure they'd hold up larger, but that's debatable. I do like the look of the Leica monochrome, but I think there's a similar mode in the OM-1 that is barely different. I just don't tend to use these photo modes often. I stick to natural or vivid, customized with white balance to my taste, as I find the OM-1 is a bit cool otherwise when compared to the G7. I do still have the Panasonic, and had it for 6 years before buying another camera. I hope I'll get the same use out of this one. Perhaps OM Systems will give us a real firmware update to compete with the G9 ii. 25MP might be tempting, but that's really the only spec on the new model that I find appealing. It seems a very good resolution to allow for a bit more cropping, all be it probably dependent on the ability of your lenses to resolve that many pixels so tightly packed. M43 hasn't needed that level of resolving power in the past, so I have a feeling many lenses won't be up for the task. I mean, a 20MP M43 sensor has the same pixel density of an 80MP Full Frame. So just how much tighter can you make these tolerances? It comes down to physics. I'm actual curious to see more photo samples from the G9 ii showing how well it works with different lenses. I might be entirely wrong. I'm not an engineer. Just look what they do with cellphone cameras, and those hardly have good optics, comparatively. I realize I've written a book. Thanks for reading, if you've made it this far. Just my stream of consciousness.

@@jonathanscherer8567 I really don't use video at all. I don't even know if the video works on most of the cameras I own. My videos amount to fewer than 20, taken either with a Canon P&S I owned years ago or my original E-M5. Likewise tracking modes are wasted on me. I use single point AF all the time. Ditto with burst speeds ... I'm a single-shot person. I get the feeling I'm not the target audience for most of the new features in cameras. But I do appreciate a good jpeg engine that allows a lot of control in-camera.

Thanks for sharing that.

My pleasure!

I have numerous cameras and each is it's own animal, but I have to say my Olympus 5 ii with the grip and a small lens is the most fun and I can control the focus spot with the roll of either control wheel. I wish it was a little better in low light though.

I must admit my GX8 gets considerably more use than my G9

That the problem Felix , to get a bit of cash to start my savings for the G9II , I need to sell my G9, but the value of my G9 will have dropped, so it’s probably not worth selling and I might as well keep it as a back up for when I get my new body ( when , who knows ) So meanwhile , I will still have my G9 to take photos whilst I save up for the G9II ( then the 109-400 upgraded lens will be in the same situation , the price will drop when lots of them hit the second hand market )

I was talking with the staff at Wilkinson Cameras in Carlisle today about the OM5 and my lack lustre response to it last year on its release. It is a superb camera with some really great features in addition to the ND filter. And it’s equally as good value as the EM5 mk3 as it’s all of that camera and more but is it a value upgrade from that camera? Probably not.

Welcome to the format. I changed from Canon pro level lenses and cameras and really have not regretted it at all, maybe only missed FF a couple of times and they were small issues.

Thank you for kindly supporting the channel

Now that’s an interesting take on the change no one else has picked up on. Great way to look at it

That’s great. I’m not against buying brand new tech but, like you did, I need to justify the expense against the benefits. Let me know how you get on with it because I think it’s going to be fantastic for what you need.

That’s easy to assign the silent mode to any of the function buttons

@@ThatMicro43Guy yes it is, but it takes a function away. The switch is handy and right on the front of the camera. After years of using it, maybe this old dog can learn a new trick.

I just use manual focus shooting video (most of the time). From what I've seen the G9 has fantastic auto-focus, it can pulse a tiny bit in the background, but it actually finds and holds focus as good, or better than a number of Phase-detect cameras that came out at the same time. I have an XT4 and it's no better than the G9 for auto-focus in video.

Absolutely, I agree. I’m going to do a ‘state of the nation’ video on m43 soon and one of my points is that although I’m a great advocate of buying used equipment there still needs to be a lot of people who are willing to invest in the latest and greatest. When I was younger it was only the pros who relied on their gear for their income who bought new (apart from a few wealthy people) they would sell them off after a year or two and us mere mortals would buy a well used bargain. Now it seems that even the happy holiday snapper is pushed into buying the best and newest all because of marketing and hype. I’m sure most camera shops would love to sell a new GX9 or a EM10/4 to a couple of customers rather than a single OM1 to one customer. Each new entry level camera probably has the same profit margin percentage but the new photographers will probably buy lots of additions such as straps, spare batteries, memory cards, cleaning kits etc which usually have a better margin plus there’s an upgrade path in a year or two time to buy the pros OM1 when (s)he trades it in

Thank you, totally humbled.

I had a 1Diii and a 1Dsiii both built like tanks and one of mine had over 1/2 million shots on the same shutter, amazing cameras. “But you can’t take good photos on a 10Mp sensor” I can hear people cry “that’s not professional”. I bet you got some amazing shots out of yours You seem very wise to me in your approach to your gear

The stopgap GH5 II, lack of phase detect AF on the GH6, its implementation on the G9 II and forthcoming GH7, will surely make the GH5 II and GH6 bargain videocentric cameras on the used market.

Even with the upgraded camera I’m sure the mk1 lens would be magnificent. My only thought is that it may not be optimised for the new AF but I’m sure it’ll be no worse than on the original G9