Micro Four Thirds Camera Comparison Table

There seems to be some confusion about the basic differences amongst the four currently available Micro Four Thirds cameras. I've tried to summarize the major points in the table below. Unique strengths and weaknesses are highlighted.



In-body image stabilization
No
Yes
No
No
Multi-aspect ratio sensor
No
No
Yes
No
Smallest size
No
Yes
No
Yes
Integrated EVF (best in class)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Available kit including OVF
No
Yes
No
No
Available add-on EVF
Not applicable
No
Not applicable
Yes
Autofocus with all standard 4/3 lenses via adapter
No
Yes
No
No
Faster autofocus
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Articulated LCD
Yes
No
Yes
No
On-board flash
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
High res LCD
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Video
No
720p
Stereo
1080i
Stereo
720p
Mono
Kit zoom comments
-14-45mm
-Larger than Olympus
-Stabilized
-14-42mm
-Collapsible (small)
-Susceptible to blur at medium shutter speeds per Imaging-Resource
-14-140mm
-Video optimized
-Stabilized
-14-45mm
-Larger than Olympus
-Stabilized
Kit prime comments
Not available
17mm f/2.8 kit comes with OVF
Not available
20mm f/1.7 lens has strong early reviews
Anti-aliasing filter
Slightly weaker (more aliasing, better resolution)
Slightly stronger (less aliasing, lower resolution)
Slightly weaker (more aliasing, better resolution)
Slightly weaker (more aliasing, better resolution)
Control dials
One
Two
One
One
Art filters
No
Yes
No
No
Price


-17mm kit: $900 (includes OVF)

Posted by Amin

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Jon Porter · 810 weeks ago

I would have liked to have seen the synch speeds listed, as that's more important to me than most of the other items. I think it's 1/180 for the G1/GH1.
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Luc de Schepper · 810 weeks ago

Nice Amin, thanks! Could you also include the "convenience factor" of usage of non-mft manual focus lenses? I mean ease of manual focusing with the E-P1 is very limited compared to the G(H)1.
3 replies · active 809 weeks ago
Hi Luc, I don't have enough hands on experience with E-P1 to comment on that. Are you able to expand on what makes the G1/GH1 manual focus experience better?
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Luc de Schepper · 809 weeks ago

Amin, I've understood when using manual focus lenses with the G(H)1 you can display a magnified image in the EVF to ease focusing. Which should allow for easier and more accurate focusing than being limited to using the display at the back of the E-P1.
Luc, that is true. I thought you were referring to something else. With the G(H) one you can also apparently choose the part of the image to magnify and how much of the frame in which to show the magnified image. I leave it on defaults since I've only got Micro Four Thirds lenses so far and mainly use AF.
Nice comparison. Until now, I was under the impression that the Panasonic G1 and GF-1 used the same sensor. A few reviews (LL) have noted that the GF-1 uses the sensor of the GH-1 instead. That seems odd as it does not offer the multi aspect ratio (although that could be just a design restriction of the GF-1 body). If the GF-1 sensor was the same as that in the G1, why would the G1 then not offer HD video of any flavor? Hmm.
I believed that the E-P1 had a weaker (or no anti-aliasing filter?) which explained why it out resolved the GH-1 and E-620.
1 reply · active 810 weeks ago
I could be wrong, but that was not my understanding. The DPR RAW conversions clearly show the GH1 outresolving the E-620, and their GH1 crops show more detail than their E-P1 crops, albeit with different RAW processors. My impression from the various info out there was that the Panasonics had weaker AAs than the PEN. Again, maybe I'm wrong! All I can say for sure is that my GH1 has a weak AA filter: very high level of per pixel sharpness but susceptible to moire.
sorry but I think the E-P1 also has multi-aspect ratio sensor.
1 reply · active 810 weeks ago
No, this I know for sure is not the case! Hopefully the E-P2 will have a top notch OVF, sensor stabilization, multi-aspect, and fast AF. That would be the killer design.
sensor cleaning? surely more noteworthy than "art filters" doesn't the m4/3 adaptor work with panasonic cameras?
1 reply · active 809 weeks ago
Don't all of them have sensor cleaning? As for the m4/3 adapter, it works with all cameras but the Panasonic cameras only AF 4/3 lenses which have Live View focus on Four Thirds cameras. The E-P1 will focus all 4/3 lenses.
The GF1 does have "art filters" in the form of the MyColor modes. Not sure how these compare to the EP1 offering though. I've read that the GF1 can use the MyColor modes in video without lowering the framerate as well (opposed to the EP1 which has issues applying the art filters to video).

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