Have there been any videocentric reviews? I'm curious about the low light performance as compared to the Panasonic 4k line.

More of same Iceland

https://www.dpreview.com/samples/1195756017/olympus-e-m1-mark-ii-iceland-sample-gallery

Btw, if you are curious why such tone of all this writings - it is because Olympus organized the trip and paid for it, plus good work of PR department who provided detailed points to push in writings.

If you though the $1,999 price tag could kill the E-MII “enthusiams”…well it looks we were all wrong: At the moment the E-M1II is the best seller at Amazon mirrorless ranking (Click here). And it’s almost on top of the overall DSLR+Mirrorless camera ranking (Click here).

From 43rumors. Are you guys surprised ? I am .

@labalbi

If you though the $1,999 price tag could kill the E-MII “enthusiams”…well it looks we were all wrong: At the moment the E-M1II is the best seller at Amazon mirrorless ranking (Click here). And it’s almost on top of the overall DSLR+Mirrorless camera ranking (Click here).

Specially for you http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/15981/on-bestsellers#Item_1

Looking at Imaging Resource samples, first off there's no real difference in IQ between the MK II and the Panasonic GX 85, although the white balance is for sure different. So this is not a game changer camera as far as stills. GX 85 is the right side. All the BS about the difference in IQ is just BS. And all the BS about the Mk II being as good as larger sensor cameras is also just BS, the older a6300 is better, for starters.

@DrDave - The Olympus looks slightly sharper, but probably not enough to matter with video. The difference in white balance is a big deal, so the reviewers should fix this.

I'm interested in how it produces 4K with no crop, IQ right out of the camera, and focus tracking. Olympus already has stabilization down cold. Focus tracking brings us one step closer to filming without a crew.

Of the two very desirable cameras now hitting the market, this and the Fujifilm XT-2, this one looks more useful because of no crop factor in 4K, a wide range of available lenses, and image stabilization. I might end up owning the Olympus, and renting the Fujifilm when I have to have that Astia look. Avoiding an expensive and tedious grade in post is a big deal.

WOW, no rolling shutter at all:

I think it is hard to evaluate everything is moving and stabilization can't make a moving world static so image blur is going to be there. Would have been nice to see some footage after they stopped.

@Scot I agree--very close for the reasons you say.

I talked to the Olympus rep at a local store yesterday. One interesting thing he mentioned - Olympus will update the firmware for a Panasonic lens attached to the camera.

The camera reps know next to nothing about video. When I brought up moire, he looked a little blank. One of the store people was wearing a top with lots of stripes going different directions, so we shot a short clip to test it with excellent results. No moire.

With the new E-M1 MKII, the noise levels have been improved by a stop. It will offer better high ISO than the MKI and give the best low light and high ISO of any Micro 4/3 out there.

Well, well.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2016/11/01/the-olympus-e-m1-mkii-review-part-1-iceland/

He is talking about Jpeg.

If we start counting all improvements in JPEG mentioned in reviews in last 5-6 years I am sure that manufacturers of MF and FF cameras must go and hang themselves.