[Leica] OT - need some direction about micro 4/3 cameras

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

It's about a stop to a stop and a bit better. About stop at the lower 
end, and 3200 on the GH2 is somewhat better than 1600 on the G1. The 
noise at this setting is also a relatively acceptable kind; not the 
blotchy stuff.

In general terms, 3200 on the Panasonic is about like 6400 on the 
best APS-C camera such as the Nikon 7000 or Canon 7D or like 12800 on 
the Nikon D700 or Canon 5DMkII when you resolution correct them. 
Depending on subjects and actual light levels, these relative results 
may vary a bit but are correct in practice for me.


>Henning,
>How is the low light performance of the GH2 compared to the G1/GF1?
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> 
>wrote:
>>  I've a Olympus e-p1 and have the Lumix GF-1, G1 and GH2. It might be just
>>  familiarity, but I like the control layout of the Lumix series a lot 
>> better
>>  than the Olympus, but I might still upgrade the e-p1 to an e-p2 for the
>>  in-body IS, which makes all the other odd lenses I have stabilised, as 
>> well
>>  as the Panasonic 20/1.7.
>>
>>  The GH2 is a big step up in image quality. For long lens stuff I now 
>> tend to
>>  use the GH2 and 100-300 rather than a crop sensor Canon and 100-400, as 
>> the
>>  achieved quality is overall just as good if not better. The current 18mp
>>  Canon sensor is slightly better than that of the GH2, but the 100-300 is 
>> a
>>  lot better than the Canon 100-400, and I've tried 5 of the latter by now.
>>  The Oly e-p2 has similar noise levels as the GH2, but not quite when you
>>  push it and it doesn't have the resolution as the noise reduction removes
>>  some. The e-p2 has a very nice viewfinder, but as others have noted it's 
>> a
>>  bit awkward. The GH2 focusses faster as well. So... the GH2 is 
>> definitely my
>>  favourite m4/3 body.
>>
>>  The Panasonic lenses are all very good to outstanding, the GH2 sensor is
>>  very good and the whole thing weighs a fraction of what the Canon stuff
>>  weighs.
>>
>>
>>>   Olympus vs. Lumix , which bodies do people use and like.  EVF have they
>>>  gotten any better.  Pros and Cons.  Help I'm drowning in unhelpful
>>>  information so I need actual shooters to help me decide.
>>>
>>>  ernie nitka
>>>
>>
>>  --


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