white on colorful, Germany 2010
Today I finish my test report from the Olympus E-P1. (The first part can be found in the archive at May 2010:. Part 1, Part 1a , Part 2) In this final part of the review should there be a little comparison between the PL1 and Panasonic GF1. When the PL1 was just announced, I had in a previous post already discussed whether to buy the PL1, if perhaps the GF1 Panasonic already has. Here, I compared the essential technical characteristics of PL1 and GF1 together, and I will recommend there be read again, the previous post then rounds off the picture with this, because what I've written there, in my view still applies. It is interesting to me, from today's perspective, that my forecast of the street price of PL1 is found to be incorrect.
Those who are externals interested, will quickly find that the GF1 looks much more elegant and chic as the PEN E-PL1. This, though, not to say that the PL1 is poorly designed, no, it is only a bit more moderately plastic and has not so subtle curves as the GF1. This point is clearly to the Panasonic camera.
But we will of course not alone in outward appearance, but our interest is rather to the intrinsic values, and here the PL1 really shine and earn points towards the GF1. Although I myself always taking pictures in RAW, but many of you are interssieren for JPG output of cameras, some queries have shown. Some readers have asked me, time to make a direct comparison, and I put you on here. The image details are 100% original size in each case from a JPG directly cut out from the camera and Photoshop Elements only assembled, labeled and even saved as JPG in the highest quality. In this case, all three cameras involved in each case on default settings, which relates to noise reduction, sharpening, and gradation. In each camera, the finest resolution JPG was used, and all photographs were taken with the same lens, the Olympus Pancake 25mm/F2.8 for FT, which was obviously connected with the MFT cameras with MMF-1 adapter.
Comparison of JPG images from Olympus E-P1, Panasonic GF1 and Olympus E-620
What me during the test shots struck first, was the fact that the GF1 was not quite as exposure, such as PL1 and the E-620, for the GF1 tended underexpose the scene. Also, the automatic white balance was not quite as good as the Olympus cameras, can also be seen still a slight magenta cast with the GF1 images, clearly visible in the shine of the body blue leather surface of the ball. As a second
necessarily have to say in defense of GF1 that the difference is not as PL1 great if you take the files as RAW, and as developed in Lightroom. But then an advantage is for PL1. I find it amazing what tickles Olympus out of this sensor, because supposedly it is indeed basically the same or a very very similar in all three chip cameras. If one considers only the JPGs, you can almost come to the conclusion that the PL1 little more noisy at ISO 1600 than the GF1 and the I-620 at 800th ISO One must also consider that this is not at the expense of the details go, the photos of the PL1 Even at high ISO numbers their fine detail, the small structures are not smoothed out, only to suppress the noise! Also in the ISO 1600 image (and even at ISO 3200) can see the hairline cracks in the leather of the red area at the PL1 yet, while this Structure in the other two cameras at lower ISO speeds threatens to disappear.
Of course these are not scientifically accurate shots, but enough for a practical comparison there. The pictures are better directly from the camera of course a bit, since swallowed the lossy JPEG compression when saving a bit of image quality, and this was indeed saved after joining in Photoshop again. So please do not make the mistake of comparing these sections with 100% Crops from other cameras, which were taken at different light and with other lenses and other motifs, and then output directly from the camera. Moreover, one can in any Setting up the camera now so many parameters that influence the image quality (in particular detail reproduction, contrast and Rasuchen) that such comparisons are always problematic. And I would note also again that I have the discussions about the noise actually find quite exaggerated. The reasons are listed quickly: For a good photo usually completely different things important than the noise, and provided further that if any eventual grain visible only in the impractical 100% view or meter-high poster enlargements. So please do not overstate this comparison! Some have asked why I made the comparison image.
basic rule is that the Panasonic is not a bad camera GF1. But in some areas, the PL1 is personal for me, but just a tad bit better. Besides the basic technical issues such as the Olympus in-camera image stabilization and better compatibility with all my Olympus FT lenses, it is next to the lower Rasuchen especially the beautiful crisp basic focus of the PL1 photos that I am always impressed, especially with the Panasonic Pancake 20mm/F1.7! It has paid off, that Olympus has built in a thinner PL1 anti-aliasing filter. Olympus now has only beautiful small, sharp and bright fixed focal lengths for his PENs build, then we could be almost perfectly happy ...
Finally, little things that have struck me: If you shoot in very low light starts at the Panasonic GF1 the image on the display to stutter in (probably because then the shutter speed to be increased). This is the Olympus E-P1 is not watching, here is the refresh rate of liquid, which in practice makes the photographing of course enjoyable. In addition, there is now for the GF1 a "firmware hack" , which they allege the video recording quality of the GF1 improve dramatically, I could not try because the GF1 is sold. Is annoying in any case with two cameras that will be spent in the work state is a very "lubricating" the video image, which is especially for pans and fast movement does not look very nice. Here, manufacturers should make improvements, and not the individual images inside the camera "somehow" set off, but install a real choice for 24/25/30 frames per second.
is often discussed in the internet with the speed of the autofocus of the MFT cameras. After the firmware update for the Olympus E-P1 this is my impression (I have not exactly measured it) is completely on par with the Panasonic GF1. In practice, I have not experienced any significant difference. Only the AF speed with adapted the FT lenses could of course be higher, but for me he is adequate in most situations quickly, and main thing is, the AF is accurate and generally available. This is namely the Panasonic GF1 FT with adapted lenses by far not always so, see this list of Panasonic .
It will be interesting to see what the next step Olympus is making in the camera market that new body in the FT and MFT-zone appears and the new lenses. But before this happens (maybe in the fall to Photokina ?), We will really put us here in the future with more of a shot and the actual photos apart. Less technology, more pictures! Nevertheless, You may of course be happy to further questions and express your opinion, please use the comment function.
I've showed the high ISO comparison because you asked. Now forget about ISO noise, it's not as important as you think it is! Just take photos and enjoy.
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