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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 3514921" data-attributes="member: 60675">It earned the highest scores yet for a m4/3 camera by a significant margin, and, more significantly, there is now no significant difference between its scores and the scores of APS-C DSLRs, such as the recently released Nikon D500.  So it appears m4/3 image quality has closed the gap with that of APS-C DSLRs--at least under DXO's methodology.Here's a link to the review:<a href="https://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-Mark-II-sensor-review-New-standard" target="_blank">https://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-Mark-II-sensor-review-New-standard</a>Here is a comparison chart with other cameras using a 4/3 or APS-C sensor:<a href="https://www.dxomark.com/cameras/launched-between-2002-and-2017/launch_price-from-0-to-45200-usd/sensor_format-sensor_micro43-sensor_apsc#hideAdvancedOptions=false&viewMode=list&yDataType=rankDxo" target="_blank">https://www.dxomark.com/cameras/launched-between-2002-and-2017/launch_price-from-0-to-45200-usd/sensor_format-sensor_micro43-sensor_apsc#hideAdvancedOptions=false&viewMode=list&yDataType=rankDxo</a>For those skeptical of these types of test results, here is a real world report from someone with access to both an OMD E-M1 II and a Nikon D500, who found the image quality of the cameras pretty much the same:<a href="https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58988370" target="_blank">https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58988370</a></blockquote>

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