John Matthews

I was just saying that it might be cheaper to stretch the limits and fix the ones that break rather than recall everything.

Sorry, I can't stand that guy. The amount of BS that spews from his channel is quite incredible. I said this before, but the waiting time to film again is probably such a deal-breaker for so many people. Also, I don't really even see the point of getting this camera for stills. Apparently, Canon agrees due to them marketing this camera as a 8k video beast.

Can't overheating be somewhat fixed in firmware? I believe Sony had this problem with several of their cameras. It might not be "safe", but it might be cheaper to repair the ones that break than recall the whole lot and go back to the drawing board.

It seems people weren't this hard on Sony for all their overheating shenanigans- and Sony really didn't say anything about it, unlike Canon. Maybe it was just a different time. People just want THE CAMERA with perfect IBIS (no wobblies at the wind end), RAW, PDAF, no overheating, unlimited recording times, great ergonomics with mic inputs (low self-noise, of course), great lens selection and all this at a super-low cost that never loses value on the used market. By the way, 99% or your audience won't even notice as they're too focused on your message (if its a good one). Also, did everyone forget that Canon still needs to sell its cinema cameras that are way more expensive?

But all the ex-camera sales people, turned Canon ambassadors say it's the best thing since sliced bread. What could go wrong?

That video is very telling about the Canon R6. Basically, unusable as a pro tool, but nice for the hobbyist, I think. Then again, why would I carry around all those FF lenses? The image looks similar to my Olympus, which is a good thing! 🙂 Also, the price- Yikes!

Not sure if this was shared already, but it's very interesting to hear from someone that was in the business of investment fims

EM5 Mark III, but you can get a used EM1 Mark ii for much less... and it's better.

Predictions, predictions. This would mean they close the new factory in Vietnam and simply sell the Zuiko, Pen, OM-D names (and patents?) to the highest bidder in China. Are those names really worth that much? Yes, JIP is a private equity firm, but why couldn't they try to make it work by getting consultants that know their stuff? That might be what they did with Vaio, and the conclusion was to outsource the entire production. Don't you think there might be more profitable alternatives than shutting it all down from the get-go? Common sense tells me alternatives exist. It would be a fallacy to believe that just because X company did 1, 2, and 3 that they would do exactly the same thing in a different context (and industry). Am I wrong? I think the only people who really know what's going to happen are in that discussion room with JIP and Olympus. Many people are pretending to know more, but really no one does. We'll see. Maybe I'm just naive and business people do the same thing all the time without any cultural or contextual consideration. It will certainly be interesting to see what they do from a business perspective. Meanwhile, we've got great MFT cameras with an incredible selection of lenses!

Ok. Vaio still makes laptops that make sense to some people somewhere. Sony still has a partial stake in the company. Yes, they found a niche market that appeals to some people. The parallel with Olympus would be different. The important thing here is that the Vaio company still exists today. Again, no one know what will happen. All this doesn't change the fact that Olympus has a mature, compact, mirrorless system with a decent following. They'll be ready to make new cameras, lenses, and audio products in their new factory in Vietnam (a LCC and not China). Canon and Nikon don't have these luxuries right now in mirrorless. It must be a decent business position as JIP wouldn't be interested in them, right? I doubt they're stupid. Olympus is being proactive and doing something about their current position in the market. However, I would concede Olympus believes another company would do better them and I think they simply have too much overhead for a sustainable future. They need to cut jobs and streamline to be more efficient and give us the products we want- that's reassuring (but scary too). Let's just see what JIP can or can't do before declaring Olympus imaging as "dead." In business, this happen all the time! Most of the time, no one cares. Just look at the car industry and you can see a vast number of acquisitions and still most of the companies exist and make good cars today. It makes sense that Olympus wouldn't want another company to own their name. Again, Olympus imaging is only 5.5% of their current company business. It would be unfair to the other part of Olympus to sell the name off.

I don't think it had the 2x feature. It had it something for hd, but not 4k, I think. I would have got the gx80 again if it weren't for the Olympus PL9 and Full sensor readout. The 2.2 crop on the wide end murdered me when the widest lens I had at the time was 25mm. Still, a wonderful camera! Now, I have more lenses.

Thanks. I was one of the first to get that camera. It still is one of the best value-based buys in terms of over-all video quality one can get, even in 2020. Since then, I've had bouts with a Sony A7rii and an Olympus PL9. I didn't really like the Sony because it was really an APSC video camera in a FF body. The PL9 rocks for me in that it has that lovely MFT size, IBIS, 4.6k downsamples 4k, a flippy screen, and a cool 2x 4k crop mode just like the Olympus E-M10 iii. Anyway, it works for me now, but I'm always on the lookout for what to get next. Really, there are so many options nowadays. A tip of the hat to you. It's nice to have options, right? For me, it just doesn't work... too much work and HD space. I just prefer good 8-bit stuff and paying closer attention to my colors and exposure.

No one knows what's going to happen with Olympus, but I'd just like to give context that makes sense to me. Many other companies are also in trouble for three major reasons: Phones provide "good enough" quality for most people with easy sharing abilities since most people don't print anymore Most people don't want to carry an extra device for making photos or videos Although cameras keep getting better, the human eye is not; hence, there are so many awesome options out there for great quality, even on the ever-growing used market (crazy deals!). You can talk all you want about megapixels, 8k/12k RAW, etc. but this fact remains. Olympus Imaging accounts for only 5.5% of the total company's business, contrary to other companies like Nikon, Sigma, Leica, Hasselblad and Blackmagic who are seemingly much more imaging-centric companies. Olympus has about 40,000 employees and a fraction of them are involved with imaging. Here are some other companies for context: Canon (200,000), Fujifilm (32,000), Nikon (25,000), Sony (114,000), Blackmagic (600), Sigma (1,135), Panasonic (273,000), Ricoh (98,000), Leica Camera (1,800), Hasselblad, part of DJI (660). Many of these companies are dealing with significant losses in profits due to the current trends and economic situation. All of the companies are dealing with year-over-year market shrinkage to the tune of greater than 50%. That’s huge. Of the companies above, only the ones that adapt to the market trends will be around in 10 years or they’ll have to foot the bill in terms of losses in imaging (not likely?). I would say Olympus management inspires confidence in that they’re being proactive. They will be selling their imaging business (highly likely) and JIP will have to either adapt it to make it profitable, shut it down or sell it again. My guess is the following: JIP will take it over, hire consultants and market analysts to identify a profitable future and in what markets they can compete. This will mean they’ll cut a lot of jobs (not necessarily a bad business thing if you’re trying to adapt). The end result will be a much more efficient company with a brand-new, modern factory in a low-cost country (Vietnam, not China-bonus). That is not such a bad position. They'll either sell it back to Olympus or Olympus imaging will become its own company. This will be the best scenario in my mind. The worst scenario is that they cannot make it profitable and they’ll try to sell or shut it down. In all cases, we still have fantastic Olympus gear with an amazing selection of lenses. I don't think they're going to strip the company of its patents and sell the Olympus name to the highest bidder- it's simply not going to happen. The Japanese are too proud to let that happen to a household name like Olympus (who's not even that invested in the imaging business). Given current market trends, I have doubts about a brighter future than Olympus imaging for some of the companies above. The catchy headlines of “Olympus has fallen” are not the entire truth, but time will tell.

Exactly. Don't judge a book by its cover, right? He has a much bigger channel called "The healthy life". He's got several books on health and I can assure you he knows what he's talking about, probably much more than most doctors. I believe he made his first fortune in Hollywood, where he directed and shot a film... He's really not a person you can put into a box and just say who he is. At least, that's what I learned about him.

That setup is a little front-heavy. Personally, I like the one using a longer setup with a counterweight. The reason I like him most on Youtube is that he can actually afford most gear, but he gives his opinion on what he believes is the best; he's got quite a bit of experience in the industry, and finally he's not monetized because he doesn't need the money- you know he's not just feeding you a POS to make some cash. All the stuff he buys personally. If he doesn't like it, he gives it away. For example, he gave a GH5s to the Camera Conspiracies guy. Cool.

I wasn't expecting the winner, but I also found it interesting that the camera that won cut the files up into 6-minute files; hence, not corrupting most of the footage when it overheats. Many people complain about files being cut up, but I think it does have its benefits.

I love MarkusPix and his channel. IMO, one of the best. He gives away a ton of gear too! Here's the latest where he tested a bunch of cameras he owns. Overheating seems to be a hot topic these days.

My understanding is that the big kicker is not so much the overheating but the time you need to wait to get the same initial recording limit. Maybe you can cool it down with a cold beer strapped to the side; when it overheats, you can drink it and put another cold one next to to get it to cool down faster. No harm in that.

Recently, I spent about 200 Euros on a used PL9 (yes, Olympus). I 99% certain that many people would get better vlogging results with it handheld than the G100. The PL9 is slightly lighter at 380g, has 3 axis IBIS but no viewfinder. And that's what is so strange about the G100; why does it have a seemingly amazing viewfinder- vloggers don't really need that. It would have shaved considerable weight off this and there would have been room for 5 axis IBIS, that flip-out screen (and possibly no overheating). This one change would have made it into a winner. Instead, they put some strange microphone system into it and a great viewfinder. What were they thinking?

I'm actually having trouble deciding what's worse: 1) Olympus saying they're looking into selling; or 2) Panasonic saying this is a vlogging camera. Which company is more out of touch with reality?

I'd prefer a host of "old" other cameras to this turd. I felt so uncomfortable watching that stupid promo; I couldn't finish. Panasonic must have had an A-team and B-team for marketing and development. Instead, they asked their grandmother to come up with something! This is so painful to watch!

I would just like to say that there are quite a few advantages that only Olympus has to offer for shooting video. Here are my favorites: 1) Unparalleled IBIS (though Panasonic isn't far behind). Sony, Canon, Fuji, and Nikon are not in the same league IMO (from the footage I've seen). 2) The ONLY MFT system to offer PDAF with all those Olympus AND Panasonic lenses for video, maybe not as good as Canon or Sony, but not too far off. 3) Fantastic color out of the box (no need to fix with ProColor, sorry EOSHD) 4) Truepic VIII and IX processor equipped cameras offer very decent 4K (24-30fps) video IMO. They're highly-detailed and do wonders with highlights IMO. These cameras include EM1 ii, EM1 iii, EM10 iii, EM5 iii, PL9, and PL10. The rest of their cameras do not produce the same level of video, but they do have fantastic stills (even going back to four thirds cameras). 5) Size and weight (the EM5 iii is only 414g and has all the features mentioned above). Olympus isn't so great at many things for video shoots IMO: 1) Peaking lacks adjustments 2) Hardly any of the shooting aides such as zebras, luma levels and much, much more that the GH5 has. The list is long. I'm fine with the histogram though. 3) 4k 60fps, good 120fps. Personally, that's not so important for me. I know many people have written JIP Olympus completely off here (one would believe that the band new factory in Vietnam is boarded up and JIP is actively looking for the highest bidding Chinese company to sell selphie sticks and portable printers), but I still have a little hope. The imaging business is Olympus's historical baby and the Japanese don't think quite like Americans in hyper-capitalistic societies. They take serious pride in what they produce and they don't make rash decisions (how do you think they're currently making some of the best products in the world?). Time will tell, but I don't think JIP is as bad as portrayed by many of you. You're thinking too much like stock market capitalists and I think it's a little more balanced than that.

I love how people seem to always say: "my phone can do this or that". Sure it CAN, but what about the experience and quality of the results? It just takes all the fun out of it. I feel more comfortable shooting on my Canon Point-and-shoot from 2004. -"But remember that shot they took in that Hollywood film? It was shot on an iPhone and you didn't even notice!" I don't really care. There will be new MFT cameras on the market for at least 5 more years, used working cameras for 20-30 years or more. I'll be about 77 years old (if I live that long). But shouldn't I invest in a system that I can keep for life and future generations? That's only true with vintage manual lenses. And anyway, I doubt anyone's grandchildren are going to care or want to use it. Great, now I'm depressed.

If MFT is dead, APSC and FF aren't that far behind. Can't really tell the difference, only in size and price. I guess we should all go to Medium Format-? That's the right format to invest in? It's ridiculous. As I see it, not much new has appeared in the past 4-5 years, only prices. Here's my buying advice in 2020 in a nutshell: look at the images. Do you like it? Look at the portability and feature-set. If it's feels right, can you afford it? If not, look at used. Decide to buy or just use what you have with its limitations.

Personally, I'm going to be on the lookout for cheap MFT gear. I don't need or want much more. I did the FF thing and went back as fast as I could.