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The next time someone compliments one of your photos and then asks what camera you made it with, tell him or her that you shot it with a—well, just name any full frame camera (such as a Sony A7rV, Canon R5, Nikon Z8 or even a Leica M11).
They will then do one of three things. They will either say “wow” that is a great camera which makes great pictures or they will stay silent. They may also look at you quizzingly and dispute your assertion, but I don’t believe any will.
I bet a dollar to a doughnut that no one will be able to tell the difference as to whether your image was made with a full frame, APS-C or Micro4/3 camera. Just sayin’. lol.
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I agree not much if any difference if shown electronically but printed prints can be different, at low iso not much. Print two prints at 13x19 of micro 43 and full frame at 3200 and there will be a difference. Not a deal breaker but I can see a difference. Kept to 8.5x11 there is little to no difference.
ReplyDeleteI'm in full agreement. I have had to locate the originals from prints on my wall because I could not be sure which was from full frame and which was from m43. And I took the photos.
ReplyDeleteFamiliar looking train station. This view depicts the station before all the safety improvements. I like it better this way.
I should clarify my previous statement. My experience is limited to older micro 43 and not the new OM-1 or the G9ii. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI've shot with Olympus, almost exclusively since the C-8080 was released, and currently have the EM1 mark 3, as well as the Em5 mark 2, and have been pretty happy with my choices.
ReplyDeleteBut I have always wondered if I was missing something by not shooting FF, and I knew I would always wonder about it. I've downloaded images from FF cameras and played around with them, but I told myself that since they weren't the kind of images I normally shoot, there was still uncertainty there. So I finally took the plunge this year and bought a Nikon Z6 mark 2, and I do feel like there is more substance to the photo than what I was accustomed to after looking at so many of my m4/3 images. To me it feels like the images snap into place with less work when I am in Lightroom.
Additionally, and I can't explain why, but with the latest version of Lightroom, it is more of a struggle for me to get the images from my EM1.3 to look the way I remember the scene looking when I shot the frame.
Thank you for commenting. I cannot disagree that the 14-bit full frame Nikon files are more ‘robust,’ I’ll call it, when editing over the 12-bit Olympus files. I have written about that in the past. You can pull a little more out of the shadows and highlights, but I think it is, in all but extreme cases, a minimal difference. Where the 14-bit full frame image files excel is when you have extreme conditions and those, for most of us, are rare.
DeleteHowever, when looking at a finished image (with a couple of exceptions as I mentioned), if I am satisfied with it, I cannot tell the difference between one of my M4/3 images and one of my Nikon Z7II images (I still have my Z7II and a few lenses). I also wrote a couple of posts several years ago about my experience with having identically custom made 24” X 30” enlargements made from my Nikon D800 and my Olympus E-M1 Mark II (I think?). I showed them to numerous seasoned photographers and not a single one could find a difference between the two prints. I know I looked at both prints very closely for more than an hour looking for any differences in fine detail, etc. and there were none. The only way I could tell which was which was on the back of the prints the lab had printed the original file number. That was years ago and things have certainly gotten better since then.
Finally, I have the OM-1 (I’ve shot extensively in the past with the E-M5, E-M1, E-M1 II, E-M1 III and Pen-F since 2012). The OM-1, in my opinion is a definite cut above the 1 Mark III. I’m pretty picky and I am thrilled with the quality of the OM-1 images. ~Dennis
Thank you for your quick reply Dennis. I was so tempted by the OM-1 when there was a combined $200 sale + $200 upgrade offer + selling price of EM1.3, and have kind of regretted not pulling the trigger. I have made so many enjoyable photos with Olympus that even though I want to reduce my camera inventory and simplify, I can't pull the trigger on selling Olympus. - Jim
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