Marcio Kabke Pinheiro

The Fstoppers review says that the gimbal is very good - but you need to balance it very well, or it behaves poorly. https://fstoppers.com/originals/fstoppers-reviews-zhiyun-tech-weebill-lab-gimbal-imperfect-brilliant-321196

But right after this I've checked the Viltrox site (looking for older firmware to try a downgrade) and saw that they released the v3.2 of the Ef-M2 firmware last week - which solve this exactly problem. Now it works perfectly with the E-M10 III (tried with the EF 100-300mm 4.5-5.6, which is not in the compatibility list).

But more problematic news: Viltrox EF-M2 does not work at all with the E-M10 III if you intend to use electronic EF lenses. WIthout a lens or with a lens, the camera shows just a black screen in the LCD or EVF, and does not take pictures. It is a firmware problem - if you cover the adapter contacts with tape, it works (of course without communication). Search the web and found that it is a known issue, Viltrox is aware, but no solution until now. (the adapter / lens worked perfectly in my GX85).

Adding to the prior post: the Zhongyi Lens Turbo II EOS to m43 fits without problems.

A warning about the camera: the EVF hump is very close to the mount in the front of the camera, and some adapters / focal reducers could not have room to fit. The Viltrox EF-M2 enter tight, the Zhongyi Lens Turbo (FD to m43) did not enter at all.

About cameras: had the E-M5II and now recently got a E-M10 III (have a GX85 too) - did not have much time to play with it (2 month baby in house...), but I can already say that the E-M10 III video is far superior; not only is 4K, but do not have the previous Olympus codec problems (when shooting very busy image, like a bunch of trees with leaves blown by the wind, the codec breaks - very visible in the E-M5 I and sometimes on the II). And the 4k is not cropped, as Andrew noted in its review (and I can confirm it). For stills, it have some limitations (some resources dumbed in firmware), but for video, except not having highlights / shadows limits alert on screen in video mode, it's a VERY good camera.

Nope, the GX9 is an upgraded GX85, far from being the "top rangefinder" from Panasonic like the GX7 was on it's time. The perfect GX9 would be an improved GX7 body, or a little smaller GX8 body, with the G9 internals (I could live without the top LCD), with a 1000-1100 price tag. Had bought it in a heartbeat.

40 mp would only be workable if it have some quad bayer arrangement. And don't think that Sony will do a quad bayer 4/3 sensor. Since the camera is rumoured to be a fast speed shooter, I guess that this will be a BSI 20mp sensor (the only 4/3 BSI sensor today is the one in the GH5s). Maybe a stacked one, but don't think that Sony would do that - except if they wish to pull the plug in the RX100 - RX10 series.

Tokio Storm, the video that made me buy a GH2. And got the video bug.

Ok, take the risk, ordered one, it is arriving today. Will try to make some comparison videos with the GX85.

Thanks for the answers. I was interested in 1080p60 for slo-mo, the 1080p in the GX85 (and in most modern cameras besides the GH line) simply sucks. Thinking about a RX100V just for it (and good af for use in gimbal). The 1080p samples that I saw online (not in the best condtions) remembered me a lot E-M5 MK II footage prior the bitrate bump. About the metering, asked about the spot metering for stills use; but without highlights warnings metering would be useful in video (ok, can use the histogram, but lose the level gauges...) In the meantime, the seller canceled the offer, have more time to research. Thanks again.

Just read again some reviews from the launch and remembered the gripes that I had when saw them (not including not use the 20mp for stills). Since some people here got the camera after Andrew's review, maybe you could help me - found a E-m10 III new with a VERY good price (which is rare here in Brazil) - to decide if I go for it. Will be a somewhat lenghty post because of it, sorry (here you don't have the option to return the camera as in the USA). After reading all the manual and remembering my times with the E-M10 MK I and E-M5 MK II, these are my doubts: - There are highlight / shadows warnings in stills / movie modes? (I know that they appear in playback, but don't remember if they appear in live view) - Is it possible to have in display BOTH the histogram and the level gauge? - Some earlier Olympus cameras, when using Spot metering, only meters the center of the frame. AFAIK, they introduced the option to make the spot metering meters the same Af single spot, when using this mode (which is the desired behaviour for me), selectable in menus. Did not find this option in the E-M10 MK III manual, hence I wonder which is the behaviour now. - Sad to see the you still have to assign two buttons to engage peaking and zoomed view together (in the GX85 it is engaged with a single back dial press). Peaking is reliable when using the default view for focus, not the enlarged one? (in Panasonics is defintely not the case) - There is no option to set the bit rate in movie mode in 4k, is it true? - The internal mikes are ok? GX85 had worse mics than GX7. - Some review said that ISO can only be adjusted in full stops (200, 400, 800, 1600...). Is it true? - it is not possible to start recording using the shutter button (even in video mode), you have to use the dedicated video button? - Is it possible to change aperture / ISO in 4k manual video mode using the dials? Thanks in advance for any answers.

There are some 1080p/60 good samples of it? (For me it is the achilles heel of the GX85). @Andrew Reid, how are the controls behaviour when filming? I recall that when I read the first reviews of the E-M10 III there where a lot of comments saying that the physical controls were bad. Unfortunately don't recall if it was for stills or movies (for sure it keeps my major complaint about Oly cameras - to engage focus peaking + focus assist (enlarged image) with adapted lenses in stills you need to program and push 2 different buttons, in the Panasonic a single button engage both modes).

What are the preorder prices?

If a men need manual lenses to feel real, AF is not the problem. Waiting game. In Formula 1 racing, sometimes the teams keep waiting (and even faking) the moment of tyre change to try to get the opponent of guard and gain an advantage. In this case, I think that Panasonic is clearly waiting to see what Sony will bring to the A7SIII, and release the S cameras with the exactly set to compete or beat it - and hopefully (for them) not going too far and robbing EVA1 buyers. I also think that the kind of huge size of the S cameras is exactly go crazy in video specs if they needed large heat dissipation - if not need, they could use the handling excuse. I'm not buying the 70%-30% video using - Panasonic should know that their strong point over the others is superior video performance. Already stating 4K60 is another hint in that direction.

Selling a kidney takes time.

Then they gone for a XT-2/3 hinge style. In this case @Adam Kuźniar is right, and is a very bad LCD hinge for video indeed.

Yes you could, if it is the same hinge as the Fuji XT-100, as some reported.

It passed kind of under the radar after the FF announcement. https://www.43rumors.com/wow-panasonic-announces-the-10-25mm-f-1-7-micro-four-thirds-lens/ For GH5 users, looks like a very interesting lens (albeit the price will probably be eye watering).

Depends on taste - from a hybrid (not video focused) point of view this approach (for me) is much more appealing. Tilt screens are better for stills - less fiddling, faster to deploy, better for waist shots. For video, is ok too (not so much for some rigs or gimbal). And if you need a front LCD view for vlogging, you are covered too.

Well, I was bang on on this one. Panasonic was stubborn for years about IBIS too... The rest looks interesting. Aggressive lens roadmap (without too much details) too.

The camera have sensors to record the camera movement, hence the software knows the direction and the intensity of each camera movement. Did not looked extensively, but I guess that the footage does not comes stabilized straight out of camera, guess that you have to stabilize it in a GoPro software - than you don't need a lot of processing power on camera, it only records the footage and sensors data to feed the software. But I could be wrong.

Hope to be wrong, but my bet is that they will keep CDAF with DFD, after the "AI DFD" rumors...

Great. Interested in handling, since in some reviews mentioned that controls were dumbed down from the MK II. if it only had a 20mp sensor...

If you could make a dual post (GX9 and E-M10 III), would be terrific.