Table of Contents

Main News

01. Introduction
02. Camera Size
03. WB & AF
04. EVF
05. Images
06. High ISO
07. Closing comments

Camera Size

Much of a camera review is simply a list of likes and dislikes. It consists of so much reviewer opinion that I think overall a person must try out the camera for themselves. I strongly recommend going out and trying a camera locally before ever buying one. But the G1 has many things that I like. The large movable LCD is very high quality and you are able to view it even outside, though I would always like it brighter. The movable LCD also is very good, in my opinion all cameras of this level need to have movable LCD's. I have said for the last year or so, that if a camera is going to have liveview it needs to have a movable LCD hands down. I would rather see a 2.5" movable LCD than a 3" stationary LCD. Overall in this aspect I think that Panasonic has done great things.

I like the smaller lens size, and they have been able to squeeze OIS into the lenses. The kit lens is a bit slow (f stops) for my personal preference, but its overall quality is very good. I also (only a couple times without thinking) tried to put a regular four third mount lens on this camera, in which I wish that I had the adaptor (but Panasonic did not supply that). The advantages are, though, that we have a very small camera that weighs very little, and takes superior pictures.

I did a little test with the camera. We basically shot towards the sun with it slightly above the lens, and as expected, the 40D flared, but the 4/3rds camera didn't, nor did the micro 4/3rds cameras. For those who think that telecentric (or nearly telecentric) lenses are not important, I believe that they need to talk less about gear and use them more.

(An example of a lens flare, but note that I had to place the sun directly into the shot)

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