BATTLE OF M43! Panasonic G9 vs Olympus OM-D E-M5 III Review 🎥

[@malraulio1677]

Olympus seems to reproduce better natural colors. In some sequences on Panasonic you look a bit ill. I now Panasonic have more advance colour settings but in this example i prefer Olympus colours and sharpness. Regards

[@burritobrosvideos8060]

It's the color grading

[@jzen1455]

IT really depended on the lighting. But the Olympus is definitely warmer than the Panasonic. I'm sure changing color settings would enable one to get the appearance they desire. In some shots, hit face was too red on the Oly or too pale on the Panasonic.

[@OpenFilmmaker]

EM5.3 Color Recipe to match G9: Picture Mode: Flat Contrast: -2 Saturation: -2 Sharpness: -2 Gradation: Normal Noise Filter: Low or Off White Balance: Manual (custom with a grey card or same Kelvin as the G9) WB Fine-Tune: Shift towards Green (G1 or G2) Highlight: -1 Shadow: -1 Color Adjustment (optional): Slight green shift

[@jzen1455]

Olympus looks better. That is, the camera body looks better. I like the vintage film camera aesthetic.

[@mrreddington777]

I just come here for Ben. He could review a rusty refrigerator and I'm gonna click on like cause he's awesome.

[@charleyb4424]

That was the best and only sound quality review I've ever seen. Great review!

[@BenFox01]

Thankuuu

[@LEVUAProduction]

Hi! Please tell me, can I put LOW ISO (64) when I record 4k video on Olympus M5? Because the lowest iso in this mode is 200 but sometimes it's too much😞

[@christopherstevenson9737]

What is noise floor test.? I'm an OLY fanboy and want a omd EM1m2,

[@BenFox01]

"To Vlog or not to Vlog... That is the Question... " 🤔 Panasonic G9: amzn.to/2SIJAOX (🇺🇸amzn.to/2Sw0Gzo) Olympus OM-D EM5 III: amzn.to/3bScFie (🇺🇸amzn.to/35qMa0M) Panasonic G80/G85: amzn.to/3bXr2Sy (🇺🇸amzn.to/2WhDfLb) 0:50 Exposure 3:36 Setup 4:08 Side by side 4:29 Dynamic Range 6:20 Stabilisation 9:40 Sound

[@djiatro]

My 8yrs old loved your video oh so much laddie! I own Panasonic g80 and a Olympus em 5 ii and am not switching anytime soon. Good luck

[@BenFox01]

I'm so glad!

[@sdhute]

I'm sitting on the fence. The em5 ii is 549 and g85 697. Did you purchase the em5 after already owning the g85?

[@rezafauzi5161]

please compare G9 vs GH5..

[@sahiwalboy]

Another awesome video Ben 😀😀👍🏻👍🏻

[@BenFox01]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JapanLovers]

Some points: -You could have used the flat picture profile on the EM5 to get an unsaturated look. -Who cares about 1080p when the em5 mkiii has a brilliant 4k image? -The hiss is only a problem under those exact conditions, notice how it is not there when you are speaking? If it were as bad as you suggest you would also notic the hiss then. The EM5 has a compressor that like all compressors raise volume when is low or no sound. Try it again in an ambient environment or test it while you are talking. it will be similar to the Panasonic. -If you use digital stabilisation + IBIS on the EM5 there is nothing better in mirrorless cameras.

[@thecasualhoarder6143]

So I kinda enjoyed that. Just bought the g9 myself but still really want an Olympus just to have for photos. If you have it in you to do more camera videos I would definitely watch them.. great job

[@BenFox01]

Haha Thanku! I honestly prefer the G9 for photos too!

[@Makta972]

Olympus is clearly better for photos. Much better features ( live composite is superb) better IBIS, MUCH better AF, it's smaller and lighter. The G9 is bigger than most full frame cameras lol

[@wparo]

lol I do like when people give me useful information and make me laugh while doing so Thank you for this entertaining video. You also have some mad editing skills.

[@keithvlogs1]

Also, simple gain and compresion gate... Took care of the TERRIBLE his for me for the mk 2... The mk 3 preamp was better. Just made a custom filter in my video editor, specificaly for the em5 sound hehe.

[@BenFox01]

I hear you man! That camera was such a disappointment for me! Im still rocking the G85 as a my vlog cam

[@clintjohnson5914]

How have I missed this channel in all my KZbin Micro 4/3 travels?-- hilarious AND informative. Admittedly, the castle camera walk was no Derek Forss type video,, but then again,, I stayed awake,,so ...there you have it. Just for fun,,if given the chance try a Panasonic GX-8, compact body with 20 mp sensor,,, weatherproof,, fully articulated screen,, rugged magnesium construction and a mic jack. I have been able to edit G9 footage with my GX-8 B-roll (both having Rode micros) and have not had to really tweek the audio much to match. ..just a thought. Glad I found this channel and Happy Holidays from the snowy rocky mtns

[@BenFox01]

Haha thank u Sir!

[@keithvlogs1]

mate... duno whats up... but you had less hiss at Level (zero) ahaha thats bizzare... Anyhow, the more turn off thing about the em5 mk 3 for me was lack of auto ISO, which they finaly fixed with the om5.

[@derbydelay]

daaam i came from G85, and for me the out of cam look of the olympus is nicer. but your deal breaker would be mine too. is that correkt anymore or did you get an monday-model? firmware update? the noise is terrible loud, and i will use rode micro...

[@BenFox01]

I’ve sold the Olympus!! Such a shame... I have the G100 now- ironically audio isn’t as good as G80 eother

[@FotosyMas.]

I understand that the G9 is a better value (currently both are $999) but having said that the Olympus looked sharper and had better colors.

[@daily5sets609]

Fotos y Mas maybe it’s the lens plus wide converter that makes g9’s image less sharper

[@charleyb4424]

I'd love to see you do walk around reviews with GX80/85 vs GX9, EM5ii, EM5iii. I love your walk around two cameras at a time review style/methods. You're very entertaining and informative. I especially appreciate your usuability comments, such as G9 being so heavy your shoulder ached; and I especially like your sound comparisons and reviewing. AFAIK no other reviewers do thorough sound comparisons. Most other reviewers are all about still photos. Some are about video, but only the visual aspects. Very few evaluate sound, and none do it as well as you.

[@BenFox01]

Thankyou!! I sold the Em5 3 I know have the G100- I may make a video about that if I get time

[@charleyb4424]

I currently use OM10ii for still still photos. It does good at that, but I'm wanting to start making videos soon. I'm comparing and considering using OM10ii for run and gun videos, or buying OM5iii, or GX80 (GX80 to you), or GX9 (not G9). I cannot find any good comparisons or reviews of video performance, especially no good comparisons of auto color balance, auto

[@BenFox01]

Get the GX80 for video

[@gaoldias]

I wonder if a firmware update could fix the audio issue on the Olympus....

[@unbroken1010]

What audio issue?

[@charleyb4424]

P.S. - OM10ii and OM5iii were typos. I meant EM10ii and EM5iii

[@orange42]

BOOM, I was saying out loud to the screen, is young Ben shooting pana in natural and 4:50 confirmed. I leave natural for green forests, otherwise standard to get the skin a bit warmer. You make both cameras work well! Great to see the lockdown hair there too ahah. Interesting on the noisy Olympus preamps. The review you mentioned had the Pana at the top except with the inability to cope with very loud environments.

[@BenFox01]

Haha yes I’m feeling the natural after this video actually... usually vivid kinda guy but this was more chilled!

[@troutboynz]

The OMD has a far nicer picture IMO.

[@unbroken1010]

I always wondered what happened to Alan Partridge🤣

[@fellowcitizen]

Maybe you should try the new Ricoh GR - nowwith stabilisation...! There's a new Yellow Vest edition, and it's very very light :)

[@unbroken1010]

Nice but no mic I'm pretty sure so no point

[@majin9359]

I think g9 is over exposure

[@cinemenico]

Yeah! I missed camera gear vids (tbh, that's what got me following you; the shenanigans with Panasonic!). I've got the GH5, because it's insane. Between the anamorphic mode, 4K60p, 10-bit, HLG, waveforms and vectorscope overlay and such, there's just about nothing you can't throw at it. So super versatile. Then I have the G9, because it's the stills flagship with its own plusses. I had the Olympus E-M1 and it was cool and all, but they only really do the basics right, nothing more, nothing less. Kinda lacks the bells and whistles. However, it's still cringe Panasonic still puts faith in DfD AF. Meanwhile Olympus E-M1 Mark II & III really nail it!

[@BenFox01]

Good to have u back Shizzy!

[@cinemenico]

@@BenFox01 What was her name again, the Panny representative? 'Carrol'? I had the small premium compact LX100 before and it was amazing, one of the first larger sensor compacts (4/3" - 1.33") with a bright sensitive lens (f/1.7-2.8)! But since that was their first attempt and would learn its child diseases/flaws over the years, I thought they'd address that in the LX100 Mark II. But the Mark II hardly saw ever change over the original. So now, it can't keep up with the Sony RX100 series. Which have their own demons. After the RX100VA, they shifted to a bigger range less sensitive lens setup, which doesn't do it for me. Canon in meanwhile released the G7 X Mark III and G5 X Mark II. Now that's something to behold. I just wish the G5 X Mark II kept the formfactor of the previous iteration, along with its EVF hump and hotshoe. I like the new 24-120mm lens on it, it offers 20mm more on the tele end, but keeps the f/1.8-2.8 and has a closer minimum focus distance! If they would've paired that with the G7 X Mark III's livestreaming and microphone input, that would've been a killer vlogging camera! The G7 X Mark III still is great though, 24-100mm f/1.8-2.8 with that 1" sensor does pretty well. It got butchered in early reviews for not only wasn't it's C-AF worse than Sony, it was worse than it's very own predecessor, the G7 X Mark II that's still to many the go-to KZbinr's choice. Also, it was so weird for Canon to leave out 24p. They had to include it through firmware (much like Olympus did to the original E-M1) after the crowd revolted! They addressed C-AF with a new algorithm as well... which is half decent, but nothing to write home about. There's still space for Panasonic to shine in this category... if you can pull any strings over at Panasonic! Please let them give us the dream vlogging/allround little camera! I also had the GX80 and GX9. You pair it with the Leica 15mm f/1.7 and it's a beautiful little compact setup with similar footprint to a LX100. But, there's issues there as well that don't make them ideal for vlogging. It's kind of frustrating! It's like they don't want to appeal to vloggers, lol. xD Anyways, enough ranting. :P Cheers mate, take it easy! I'm learning some new skills out here, keeping myself busy! Stay safe!

[@BenFox01]

Carols her name! Brightimagesphotography on insta! And I wish the gx9 had a headphone jack!

[@cinemenico]

@@BenFox01 And less crop in 4K! And a front-facing screen! :P

[@unbroken1010]

Why would you not review the M1 makes way more sense

[@kwchalky02]

Similar to you I have the G9 and it's a great camera. I managed to pick up a new G95 (body only) for a great price (less than I paid for my G80 a few years ago) so I have switched from my G80 to G95 for vlogging like stuff and when I want to travel light, if cycling or hiking for example, but for everything else I use the G9 which is an outstanding camera. 🙂

[@MrFirstdance2000]

Still no Photographer's perspective??\

[@BenFox01]

G9 Much better! Cleaner!

[@RCDevotee]

I am with you Ben. I would have stayed with the Panasonic. I think you probably already have an investment in Panasonic lenses which would be another deal breaker for me. I haven't used a DSLR for a very long time and never vlogged. My last DSLR is a Nikon D5100 which has sat for a very long time. I do like the feel of DSLR cameras because it reminds me of my photography days in college when I still developed my own film. My phone cameras have just been superior in many ways and are the ultimate in portability. Have you tried the Sony A6600 or Sony A7 cameras? I never considered a Sony camera before but they seem to be getting more popular with more professionals. Are you looking at getting the new DJI Mavic Air 2? The improved video and photo quality on it is pretty amazing. The follow me feature is also now vastly improved and I could see that being useful for chasing you around on scooters. You can lighten up your backpack by reducing your drone weight :)

[@BenFox01]

Soooo...Honestly, phones are incredible, tried the Google Pixel the other day and was blown away! Happy to use those for everyday pics. And yes I have tried the Sonys, im just a sucker for stabilisation and the Sony's just cant match Panasonic or Olympus (albeit with their smaller sensors). And with regard to the Mavic 2, I originally had the Mavic Pro and sold it for the Air to 'downsize' but was such a let down because signal and range was so weak - so currently thinking of selling my Mavic Air either for the Air 2 or Pro 2... But Tbh I rarely use a drone these days 🤔✈️

[@RCDevotee]

@@BenFox01 Thank you for reminding me of stabilization. I forgot that was the Sony achilles heel. The new Air 2 is an amazing drone especially at that pricepoint. The move to Ocusync 2.0 will make the Air 2 range problems go away. I haven't had a videography drone for many years now. I like making my own race and freestyle drones :)

[@rimmerd9908]

Have you tried the Fujifilm X100V? Traditionally not a street camera range that sports decent video options, but if you like stills then it's hard to beat the old school. I have the X100T and it's the best stills camera I have ever owned and i've owned a load (age related !). Just thought i'd throw that in as the V (five) has new video options. You said you're Mad About Cameras!

[@BenFox01]

Rimmer D great suggestion! And never tried a Fuji! Thanks for watching

[@akyerit]

I realize this is a year old now, but there is no ibis of any sort in the x100v sadly. Otherwise i probably would have kept it myself

[@majin9359]

Different lenses? Not shocking about it

[@donitaforrest9064]

The way Ben Fox tickles my funny bone is almost illegal!!

[@GrayOperative]

They are both about a 1000 dollar on Amazon

[@MakeloGy]

loved it

[@PlanetCypher_]

Pana better picture, better sound.

[@barbgannon3252]

Looking to upgrade from em5 (1st one). I'm stumped, dunno, can't choose, I'm confused, booo hooo first world problems ............

[@JamesL18]

Same issue, what were your thoughts?

[@unbroken1010]

I'm scared of the words professional vlogging most are boring . Most don't do anything interesting about where they're from or what life is like where they live. They seem to be just about ego and narcissism and not interesting. I think most people are not using it to any real type of integrity. Most are just in it to help Amazon make extra money and transfer of wealth. It gets almost as bad as video Gamers that think they're going to be the next big thing. Fight you're a lockdowns and support independent camera stores. Amazon ,Costco, and Target , can all go where the sun don't shine. And remember you have a choice Ivermetcin.

[@TheTimelapseTraveler]

Next time try a GoPro or Insta 360 1 R

[@BenFox01]

I do fancy getting the one R

[@prospero4183]

The best camera in the world won't help if its a chore and pain to carry the dam thing around.

[@mozinoz_digital]

@N. D. perhaps try Olympus 40150 2.8 pro or the 300 with teleconverter on Gh5 G9 etc?

[@cresshead]

so phone cameras don't feature in your list at all? comments on a pizza :)

[@jaihyunee]

it’s about time UK government needs your help on encouraging more cyclists on road coming out of lock down!! Go Ben

[@absgarcia455]

Desicions, desicions Ben 🤔... Must be nice reviewing cameras for a change

[@charleyb4424]

...auto exposure, and SOUND QUALITY.

[@sdhute]

its sure hard to beat that g85. Panasonic really hit a home run with that camera. And if you notice Panasonic is extending the warranties to 3 years on all of their cameras. I picked up a g95 however looking for another m43 for bcam or making g95 a bcam.

[@gtone339]

Best camera to carry around Ben? I'd say a smartphone, like an Iphone Xs or Samsung Galaxy S20 w/ steady OIS and great low-light camera, or go for the Huawei P40 Pro for overall quality as well. Not a fan of bulky-as cameras but at least they were leaps ahead of smartphone camera tech hehe! 😁👍

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Well with Olympus pulling out of the camera market Panasonic now have the M4/3 market all sewn up.

[@joeltunnah]

The camera division just has a new owner, they’re still around.

[@donitaforrest9064]

SpongeBen Foxpants you're so sweet - we love you with all our hearts.

[@TheGreenEggFarm]

Geeez, take a pill. LOL