Re price: probably debut a little higher than mark 1
Niels
Edit: for me, the jury is still out regarding this vs the G85/81/80 and vs the GH5
My argument is that both Pana and Oly are claiming improved autofocus. I would like to see how real users get on with long lenses before taking the splurge. The DFD in Pana unfortunately will not work with oly lenses, the opposite direction should work.
Niels
I suspect the lens/body stabilization will not work in combination if mixing lens/body of different manufacturers?
My thinking is similar to Dan's: I believe you can get about 4 stops with the lens only in the pana 100-400, and about the same with the in body oly stabilization alone. You could probably get about 5 stops by combining within one brand. But in bird photography, you also have to think about movement of the target, it is not like taking city- or landscapes.
Another feature if considering the 100-400 (which is what I am thinking of) would be the high iso performance, because the lens is not really fast. Which camera will be best there?
Niels
Well that's a bit of a bombshell EM1mk2 at £1850 shipping December, that's without the grip!
At that price the Olympus is a no-go for bird photography. Simple as that. For that price a D500 with its proven, excellent AF and the many, many top-quality lenses that can be used with it the D500 seems like a far better camera for bird photography. And when used with the small, light new 4/300+converter it won't be much heavier than the Olympus with the 4/300, with similar reach and better IQ.
Hermann
Disagree--it is much more complicated than that. Olympus also has high quality lower priced cameras. Also, arguably, you will get either higher image quality (in terms of low light performance) OR similar reach with the D500--but not both, because you'll have to crop to get similar reach (when using lenses of the same magnification) which will degrade image quality. The Oly 300mm f4 also has better optics and image stabilization than the Nikon 300mm PF lens, and you can also use the lightweight panasonic-leica 100-400mm zoom--Nikon has no comparable lightweight zoom.
If you though the $1,999 price tag could kill the E-MII “enthusiams”…well it looks we were all wrong: At the moment the E-M1II is the best seller at Amazon mirrorless ranking (Click here). And it’s almost on top of the overall DSLR+Mirrorless camera ranking (Click here).
The Oly 300/4 seems to be an excellent lens, not so sure about the 100-400 leica. Very slow aperture, for action shots, ISO will hit the upper limits of MFT to often I suspect.
Current MFT cams, in noise terms/DR, seem be close to the 6 year old D7000. Hopefully the E-M1 II can get closer to the D7200 in performance.
https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Com...-Nikon-D7000-versus-Nikon-D300s___909_680_614