If you could send in one of your older cameras, and hypothetically the new processor would be able to fit in place of the old one, and they would update the sensor to OM1 sensor, or the hypothetical PDAF upcoming Pany sensor, which camera would you send in.The rules are....Only one camera, please don't even tell your runner up. Tell us as much or as little as you want, of why you chose that camera, but please limit it to one.You must possess the body you are advocating for, we will cheat and say of you have broken dials, stuck shutter, etc, they would also be fixed for free, but you must have the camera body.You get the updated sensor and processor only (no complaining your PEN-F has a fully articulating and you want flip, or please also replace my field sequential evf on my gx85)..... Besides the processor and sensor, you are stuck with all the other components and build materials, it would be a modded cam, not a full reinvention.You get to keep all your lenses, so no need to tell us about em, just the camera you'd choose, and why (if you care to share).Please name your camera in the title, so if the discussion fills up, we can see majority cameras quickly from the thread string.

Another sensor and processor needs another firmware...; and with it come additional option like HHHR etc..

eques wrote:Another sensor and processor needs another firmware...; and with it come additional option like HHHR etc..with OM1 inside. I'd even risk getting another sample with failing thumb wheel...

While a sensor is certainly nice, it’s hardly the key to my enjoying my hobby or my results. Todays sensors strike me as being more about marketing, and it’s associated false expectations, than material improvement. They’ve reached the realm of pixel peeping.

I hate not having a tilting viewfinder on my olympus camera. As I get older the tilting viewfinder gets ever more useful.

The screen stays directly behind camera.It has 2 proper dials.1/2 switch to make 2 dials 4 dials (I use 1/2 dial to go from aperture/shutter speed to wb/ISO.Just enough Fn buttons, but not so many that I am overwhelmed.Accessory Port, because I like the VF-4! Even if there are higher Res EVFs now (fixed to camera though), the vf-4 is still up there as one my favorites. Big, bright, and TILTABLE (low percentage of tiltable EVFs out there).5 axis IBIS. Not the newest system, but still very effective.The grip is nice, not the best, but nice.Overall style and build. The e-p5 really is a beauty. My top 3 best Olympus mirrorless of all time on looks alone. (E-PL8, PEN-F, e-p5). Not sure 1,2, or 3? But top 3.Sturdy enough, I would use it with some 4/3 dslr glass once and a while (because of hypothetical PDAF sensor upgrade).

eques wrote:Another sensor and processor needs another firmware...; and with it come additional option like HHHR etc..Yes, a new firmware too. That however wouldn't alone allow HHHR mode.Things like HHHR are going to limit your options to a body with capable IBIS.HHHR shot is basically a show of how good the IBIS is in those bodies.You have that right, I went with something a little more stylish (IMO), but you can pick one i of those few bodies if you wish.

eques wrote:eques wrote:Another sensor and processor needs another firmware...; and with it come additional option like HHHR etc..with OM1 inside. I'd even risk getting another sample with failing thumb wheel...

Interesting to note “ processor only” has quickly been cast aside even by the OP. I now feel free to express my request for a really good evf on my GX9. That might even sell more cameras. But I sense Panasonic would rather sink a fortune in dreams rather than pocket change in improvements.

uniball wrote:While a sensor is certainly nice, it’s hardly the key to my enjoying my hobby or my results. Todays sensors strike me as being more about marketing, and it’s associated false expectations, than material improvement. They’ve reached the realm of pixel peeping.Thanks for your very helpful input:p

uniball wrote:Interesting to note “ processor only” has quickly been cast aside even by the OP. I now feel free to express my request for a really good evf on my GX9. That might even sell more cameras. But I sense Panasonic would rather sink a fortune in dreams rather than pocket change in improvements.You are probably a bigger bummer in real life, then online:p

Hassle-free GPS, superior ergonomics. 👍

finnan haddie wrote:Hassle-free GPS, superior ergonomics. 👍Lol, I suppose you actually get 2 of the new processors then.  There's going to be an upcharge on that:)

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It would be nice to get the electro magnetic shutter from the gx80/gx9 as well.

GM5. I don't mind if the body is little taller to accommodate a larger EVF and a little thicker to house the IBIS mechanism.

But I traded an EM1.2 up for an OM1, so it's moot.I just wish bodies weren't getting bigger.The UI on the OM1 is a big improvement, so I'd not trade just for the sensor and processor without the firmware.Andrew

Why?1 - Ergonomics2 - Features3 - Performance4 - Thermal Management- spacing of key heat-generating components (sensor, processors, batteries, memory) , plus cooling heatsink = best body for advanced performance/computational features.Most likely best IBIS as well for handheld computational features.Cheers.