jonoslack
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Of course, I quite realise - I've just been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to handle the G9 and 12-60 one handed for long periods.There is simply no comparison here The GM5 fits in a jacket pocket with a small Panny or Olympus prime without thinking about it. The G9 just doesn't do that
That said, yes, in its class the G9 is not bad per se, but it's decidedly bigger than the GM5, GX85, GX850. And that's fine. Unfortunately that's what I want for my street work. If I was shooting weddings regularly, I would def. have pre-ordered the G9 by now
This is the main reason I am sitting with an X-E3 now (though I get an extra bump up in IQ and Fuji lenses are great). But ultimately I see I prefer small. The minute a GM9 is announced, I am back. Even Fuji X-E3 with the new Fuji primes feels a bit bigger than a GM5 with the m43rds primes, except with the XF27 F2.8 which makes it a bit "Ricoh GRish."
Let's add a bit more to that too - Dual true UHS-II speed ports. AFC to full f20fps. Super resolution to 80 MP. IBIS to 6.5 stops. Vastly superior video of any camera in that price range. Cheaper! Honestly I don't get it.
What you said of the UI which I whole heartedly agree with to me is reason alone (in fact a key reason I have had such a love/hate relationship with the PenF).
Not that an EM1 MKII is a bad camera per se (well I have my UI issues), but I just can't understand why the G9 didn't get their Gold.
- Ricardo
I got rid of the Pen because I couldn't be doing with the UI, and although the EM1ii wasn't so bad, finally I had been spoiled by the joystick on the SL and was fedup turning a dial to move the focus point (and somehow the touch focus with the camera to your eye was patchy at best).
I was just mentioning a couple of things off the top of my head . . also, they were so enthusiastic to start with - seems to me that 'somebody' told them to take a step back and the baseball match shoot was their tool for doing just that (I do like a good conspiracy:banghead
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Jono