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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Reviews

DigitalCameraInfo

11/2009

Panasonic DMC-GF1 Digital Camera Review

Panasonic takes the compact Micro Four Thirds format to the next level with the GF1, delivering sharp, good-looking photos from a camera that focuses quickly, accepts an optional electronic viewfinder and, best of all, fits in your jacket pocket. The Panasonic GF1is available in two different kit configurations, both at the same $899.95 price. The more unusual choice comes with a 20mm pancake lens. As the name implies, a pancake lens is nice and flat, a perfect portability combination with the slender GF1. Even more interesting, the 20mm lens (equivalent to a 40mm in 35mm photography) is very fast, at f/1.7, allowing flash-free photography in low light conditions at higher shutter speeds. For test purposes, though, we stuck with the more by-the-book kit, pairing the GF1 body with a 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom. It's also worth noting that the 20mm lens is not image-stabilized, and doesn't support continuous autofocus. The Panasonic GF1 produced more accurate color than the GH1, but still fared poorly against the Olympus, Canon and Nikon competition. We shoot the X-Rite ColorChecker chart in each available color mode under controlled studio lighting.

CNet

11/2009

8.0/10

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

It may lack the retro slick design of it's main competitor, the Olympus E-P1, but Panasonic gets it almost pitch perfect with the Lumix DMC-GF1, a jacket-pocket-size interchangeable-lens model with the feel and features that draw people to enthusiast compacts like the Canon PowerShot G11. While it's still not quite suited for action shooting or serious low-light photography, those weaknesses are a lot more forgivable at the GF1's $900-or-so price than the GH1's $1,500 level. However, if you're looking for a kids'n'pets-friendly speed improvement over a point-and-shoot, the lack of an optical viewfinder for continuous shooting is still the main weakness versus a similarly priced dSLR. I tested the GF1 with both the 20mm and 14-45mm lenses, but unfortunately was unable to get an optional viewfinder for evaluation; the viewfinder connects above the LCD and sits in the hot shoe, which precludes using a hot-shoe flash with it. In general, the Micro Four Thirds lenses used by Panasonic and Olympus' mirrorless, interchangeable-lens cameras tend to be pricey, and there aren't a lot of them yet.

DigitalVersus

10/2009

10/10

Product Survey: Digital SLRs and Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses

Going against the trend for miniaturisation in the electronics world, SLR cameras aimed at amateurs and professionals alike still come in relatively bulky frames. Recently though, the new micro four-thirds format has opened the way for Panasonic and Olympus to produce less imposing cameras which are nevertheless equipped with sensors that are larger than those found on the majority of compact digital cameras. The first models to use this new technology, the Panasonic G1 and GH1, were clearly descended from earlier generations of SLR cameras, but the Olympus Pen E-P1 and this new GF1 both represent a more radical departure. A lot of photographers are attracted to the quality of the images that an SLR can produce, but are less certain about whether they really want to lug a big heavy camera around. If you want a large sensor in a compact body, the only place to look is Sigma, whose DP1 and DP2 cameras, with fixed 28 mm and 41 mm lenses respectively, both share a Foveon X3 sensor in the APS-C format of 20.7 x 13.8 mm. You can, of course, also investigate a Leica, but you had better call your bank manager first.

What Digital Camera

10/2009

8.9/10

Panasonic Lumix GF1 review

The Panasonic GF1 is compact in size, yet with a DSLR-type Micro Four Thirds sensor and ability to change lenses - albeit minus the mirror box and, therefore, optical viewfinder - this new wave of camera sits somewhere between the two types. The industry hasn't quite yet asserted a name convention as yet, but one thing is clear - there's quite a buzz surrounding what this new format offers. The new GF1 further strengthens the already strong G-series lineup. What Digital Camera reviews what is the smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system camera in the world - the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1C with 20mm f/1.7 pancake lens. Brush aside any preconceptions that you may have surrounding the G-series and indeed Micro Four Thirds system and what the GF1 leaves you with, at its most simple, is a small-bodied compact-like camera that can take gorgeous, shallow depth of field, DSLR-like images. It's nothing like holding or using a compact, yet nothing like using a DSLR either. It truly is an inbetweener and, with its 20mm (40mm in 35mm equivalent) f/1.7 pancake kit lens, very much takes a nod towards the old school way of shooting (at least with this particular kit format).

Prices

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera Body Only (Lens not included)	$999	See it
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera Body (Black)	$999.95	See it
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-45mm Lens (Red)	$1099	See it
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-45mm Lens	$1125	See it
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens	$1223.09	See it