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There's been a general improvement in sensor-shift stabilization performance (e.g. for stills from around 6.5 stops on the G9 to 8 stops on the G9 ii), plus a 'high' setting has been added to the E-stabilization options since the GH5 & G9 came out. Another useful addition is variable Crop Zoom for both stills and video (and 'high' E-stabilization adds an extra 1.25x crop which can be useful for a bit of extra reach).

I'd add IBIS upgrades to Kye's list of improvements - as I normally shoot handheld, that's been my main reason to upgrade my M43 cameras over the years. I still own an original G9 (derived from the GH5), but the Oly E-M1 iii and OM-1 I bought more recently have better IBIS. Although I've been a faithful M43 user for about 15 years (starting with a Pana G3), due to the lack of a modern video-orientated small M43 camera I ventured into full-frame with an S9 recently (when the price dropped a lot). Now I've had enough time to get used to it, I have to say the video quality from it is noticeably better than the M43 cameras I own - it seems to have a 'richness' that is attractive. I usually put a Smallrig leather half-case and Sigma 18-50 F2.8 APS-C lens on it, and it's great as a run-and-gun camera (even though it's only using about half the sensor area in APS-C mode).

I've been a user of (Sonic Foundry/Sony/Magix) Vegas since it evolved into video editing software in 2000 (the first version was audio-only). Although I've strayed away from it a few times over the intervening 25 years, I've always gone back to it because I like the way it works. I'm currently running (Magix) version 22, the first BorisFX version is Vegas Pro 2026 (derived from Magix version 23). It's MS Windows-only though...

I agree with all of that that. (My OM-1 also gets used for wildlife video, where the extra reach due to the small sensor is very useful).

That sounds like a good decision to me 🙂 I own the original G9 and if the ergonomics worked for me I'd almost certainly own a G9 ii - but they don't... (same with the S5/S5 ii and a few other cameras I've considered). The modern trend for relatively thick, squared-off bodies means they don't fit nicely in my right hand, so I can't easily reach the front and top buttons without having to change my grip while recording hand-held.

Minor point - the S9 *does* have a 3.5mm mic input jack (but no headphone jack).

It's hard to say which one is better - they are both excellent but behave differently. I think the OM1 is better at working out what you a doing e.g. are you panning (when it lets the stabilization 'flow') or stationary (when it tries to hold it static). The amount of crop the OM1 adds in e-stabilization is less than the S9 adds in 'high' e-stabilization mode, but the probably S9 degrades the image less in that situation. Really, the big difference between the two cameras (ignoring the lack of EVF and mechanical shutter plus the limited physical controls on the S9) is that the OM1 is maybe 80% stills and 20% video orientated, where the S9 is more like 60% video and 40% stills. The OM1 is very well built, feels great in the hand, is fully weather-sealed etc. but you'll curse it's video limitations at some point. For example, to get the sharpest video you need to use 10-bit mode, but that is *only* available as 4:2:0 HEVC in either HLG or OMLog400, and you can't adjust anything in those modes. The 8-bit modes are basically the same as the E-M1 iii, but the output looks a bit cleaner. There is no way to save custom sets of video settings - the custom sets only work for stills, but at least most settings are kept separate between stills and video modes, including button and control wheel customizations.

I currently own an E-M1 iii and OM-1 (mk1). I'd just get a used OM-1 and the 12-40mm F2.8. It's just a great combo for handheld video. If you want even better stabilization, use the 12-100mm F4 instead as that supports Sync-IS (Oly/OM equivalent of Dual-IS), but it has the downside of extra size and weight. Having recently acquired a Pana S9 I still think Oly/OM has the best stabilization - it's almost uncannily good sometimes - but the S9 runs it pretty close most of the time. Main difference for me is that the S9 needs more decisions about which stabilization modes to use in a particular situation, whereas with the OM-1 + 12-40mm I usually enable sensor + e-stabilization (M-IS 1) to minimise corner-warping and set the stabilization level to +1 and let it work out the rest for itself. With the 12-100mm the Sync-IS means sensor-shift only stabilization (M-IS 2) is much more usable at the wide end and stabilization level 0 is usually enough (which is more flowing/less sticky).

Follow the link at the top of the first post.

The Optyczne.pl 'movie mode test' review is here - https://www.optyczne.pl/110.1-Inne_testy-Sony_A7_V_-_test_trybu_filmowego_Wstęp.html

They had an FX2-like body design (including a flip-up, multi-angle EVF) 9 years ago in the form of the GX8 - https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gx8-review/3

'Slow' USB chargers definitely exist (I use them myself) e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/JJC-Battery-Charger-Olympus-Cameras/dp/B08DR6BY2Z and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ayex-Charger-Olympus-BLH-1-Batteries/dp/B07BSWH8QN

My experience with E-M1 iii is that the battery life is pretty good (certainly compared to some Panasonic M43 cameras I've owned), but I would always take a spare battery with me if I was planning to shoot a reasonable amount of video. (That's a nicely kept red Citroën Ami on the left of the 2nd photo - brings back memories of the later Citroën Visa that my wife owned years ago, powered by a 650cc air-cooled 2-cylinder engine. At only 35bhp It was rather underpowered but that made it great fun to drive - just to make reasonable progress you had to thrash it hard and overtaking needed serious forward planning 😀)

I've never owned a Fuji camera myself, but one major reason I haven't is that many of their cameras don't support 'plug-in power' for external mics, which some camera-mount mics need (or can detect to perform auto mic on/off). You need to check the user manuals carefully if that's important to you. The X-M5 does appear to support it (but e.g. the X-T50 doesn't), so maybe future cameras will as well.

I agree completely. With smaller/lighter lenses like the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 APS-C I find the S9 well balanced and easy to hold, with left hand under the lens and right hand around the body. I have (but don't use very often) the Sirui grip, which is deeper than the Smallrig one and has a high-grip surface on the 'bump' - this is someone else's comparison photo of (top to bottom) the Sirui, JJC and Smallrig grips Even with a (small/light/decent sounding) Sennheiser MKE200 mic mounted on the cold shoe the combo still feels relatively small and light, which is exactly what I wanted when I bought the S9.