Panasonic Lumix GF1
I guess splurged for the month. I bought myself a Panasonic Lumix GF1, one of the more popular Micro Four Third cameras in the market to-date.
There are plenty of reviews around, here are a few i find really helpful:
- Danny Choo's Review
- Digital Photography School by Chas
- Digital Camera Review
- Digital Photography Review
I owned a few point and shoot cameras before as well as a DLSR. After using all sorts of crap, big and small, good and bad, i find myself looking for the middle ground. That was when i decided to look around for a compact size DLSR camera.
Below are few things you might want to know:
- Its a lot smaller than any DLSR cameras that i come across, BUT, its still not small enough to put it in your pocket. I'm speaking of the prime lens 20mm 1.7, the smallest lens i know of for the GF1. Even that could not fit into my pocket.
- The camera body is light. The lenses are on the heavier side.
- Really good lenses. The 20mm 1.7 lens and the 14-45mm lens are both of great build quality.
- You can zoom with the 20mm lens. By foot.
- The picture quality produces some impressive bokeh.
- There is no viewfinder built-in. You can get the optional add-on, but i have not found a need to as yet.
- There are a lot of built-in functions. Aperture priority, Shutter speed priority, high ISO range, different focus modes etc etc
- You can record 720i videos.
- Pricy! I fork out about 1.5k SGD, for camera body, 20mm lens, 14-45mm lens, 2 x UV filters, 16gb SD card and a full carry bag.
Definitely a joy to use the Lumix GF1, takes the hassle out of bringing a bulky full DLSR bag around. Here are a few shots i took while one of my friends came to visit last week.
