Panasonic
Lumix S5II
$1797.99
OM SYSTEM
Based on 108 Reddit mentions
$1599.00
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
most of these points are kinda weird, like you are making compromises on some aspects and gaining benefits on some others, that is how different gear work, so you can say the compromises are worth it for you but totally dismissing them isn't the way. like looking at the points, low light, resolution
...berke1904 in r/M43
December 2, 2025 7:50 PM
7
Especially with good daylight the video of an OM5 is better then any iPhone.I know because I used the EM5 III for a long time.I wanted to say in low light the EM5 III footage suffers, but the phone does as well and even worse. Use the 4K 24p cinematic (the other codecs are pretty bad ngl) and a 1.8
...HenryMueller in r/OlympusCamera
March 15, 2026 8:38 AM
2
I would have gotten an OM-1 but I wanted to put more of my budget into glass, and for $400 the E-M1ii is still insanely capable. Bird detection would be nice but old school S/C-AF works good enough for me. Also I hate the new OM System branding. It just looks janky compared to the classic “OLYMPUS”.
Vinyl-addict in r/photographycirclejerk
April 17, 2026 6:11 PM
1
I agree that the OM1 isn't all that far behind today, as its autofocus is relatively quite good. But it will become so if they don't try to keep up. Yes OM System offers a clear cost advantage over virtually all of its FF competition, especially when one factors in the cost of the lens; but that adv
...alinphilly in r/M43
June 21, 2025 8:09 PM
1
I don't have hardly any experience with M43, apart from trying to teach a friend the basics of how to use a camera. I found the autofocus to be lacking on her OM-1, compared to what I'm used to with Canon (70D, upgraded to R5 and R5 mk 2 last year). I will note, the light weight was very nice. I thi
...Elweed123 in r/wildlifephotography
June 10, 2025 2:37 PM
1