Table of Contents

Main News

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

White Balance and AF Performance

One thing I wish they had incorporated from the L1 was the popup flash. On the L1 you were able to bounce it off the ceiling, where as with the G-1 it is about as useless as all the other built in flashes being harsh, and also at wide angles bringing in a shadow from the lens hood. (To run these lenses without lens hoods is a bad idea, you are asking for lens flares, as well as scratching the front element of the lens, plus you are much more likely to get smudges from your fingers on the front element. It is simply always a good idea to use the lens hood.)

For the most part I wanted to run this camera in the real world. I took it out, shooting the old bridge in Pasadena, as well as on the train to go get our Christmas tree this year.
The one area that I see major areas for improvement is White balance. In real life shots I found it too easy to fool the auto WB sensor.

(Though the next shot was fine with Auto WB)
But overall even in strong back lit subjects the camera was able to correctly find an AF spot.

(Notice that the people are in focus and neither Katie's hand nor the background is in focus - Good job Panasonic)
Overall Panasonic has done a very good job with the AF system. It is light years ahead of Olympus' imager AF (With liveview) system. It is quick and silent, I never felt like I was struggling to get the AF system to work.

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