I'd say very good for non-professional needs. Neither are anywhere near as good as a full-frame camera made in the last few years of course, those sensors can basically see in the dark. But even older M43 bodies are still way better than any modern mobile phone or point-and-shoot. And of course they're much lighter and smaller, and more affordable, than a modern full-frame setup.
Pair either with some good primes and you'll get good results in low light. If I'm doing low-light street work, or casual environmental portraits, I'll usually take just the 25mm f/1.7 (50mm equivalent in full-frame) and 42.5mm f/1.7 (85mm equivalent). Because the sensors are stabilized on the G85 and GX85, even non-stabilized lenses like the 25mm get a stabilization benefit. Panasonic lenses with stabilizers do some clever communication tricks with Panasonic bodies so that the stabilizers work together instead of fighting each other for an additional benefit. I can regularly handhold the 25mm down to maybe 1/5th of a second. The 42.5mm down to about 1/10th. Monopods are dead to me.
I like to play with motion blur and sharpness in the same photo without postprocessing tricks.
Nice nice, much appreciated. How's the low/night light in cities?
I'd say very good for non-professional needs. Neither are anywhere near as good as a full-frame camera made in the last few years of course, those sensors can basically see in the dark. But even older M43 bodies are still way better than any modern mobile phone or point-and-shoot. And of course they're much lighter and smaller, and more affordable, than a modern full-frame setup.
Pair either with some good primes and you'll get good results in low light. If I'm doing low-light street work, or casual environmental portraits, I'll usually take just the 25mm f/1.7 (50mm equivalent in full-frame) and 42.5mm f/1.7 (85mm equivalent). Because the sensors are stabilized on the G85 and GX85, even non-stabilized lenses like the 25mm get a stabilization benefit. Panasonic lenses with stabilizers do some clever communication tricks with Panasonic bodies so that the stabilizers work together instead of fighting each other for an additional benefit. I can regularly handhold the 25mm down to maybe 1/5th of a second. The 42.5mm down to about 1/10th. Monopods are dead to me.
I like to play with motion blur and sharpness in the same photo without postprocessing tricks.