my g1 arrived today

back alley

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merry christmas to me!!

what a great little camera, and i mean little. the pic comparisons don't come close to showing the real difference in size.
the g1 seems smaller than the fz20 i recently sold.

manual focus is great. you can put the area of focus almost anywhere in the scene and it automatically zooms there for really easy focussing.

i cannot wait till cq starts to deliver the m to micro adapters. my zm 25 is gonna make a hell of a normal lens.

joe
 
Sean has just posted his review of the Milich M adapters on his pay site. One for LTM mount, another for M mount.
 
It really is a great little camera! I came close to buying one for myself as a Christmas present too but going to wait another month or two for the price to come down and adapters to become more available. Congrats on your new camera!
 
I bought one right away. I am convinced this is the digital future of the "rangefinder" camera. All these hybrids, like the M8 and R-D1, are just a bridge to getting there. Think of how the original Barnack revolutionized photography in its day. And it had to do it at a hefty price in image quality over the much larger cameras of the day. That's the trade-off price for innovation. But over time, technological improvements to the emulsion rendered that quality difference less visible. That's what we will see as technological improvements to the digital "emulsion", sensors and electronics, improve.

Welcome Barnack 2.0 -- the Panasonic Lumix G1!

/T
 
Colin,

Have you posted any pics lately? What kinds of things are you working on? I know everyone would to see your latest.

Regards

John
 
a few quick snaps from the g1/kit lens ...
shot at iso 800, handheld


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Back Alley I can't wait for you to tell us how you like the images with your 25mm zm Biogon on the G1. I have one too.

What if anything are you going to use for your replacement wide angle on the micro 4/3 format? That would take a 12mm lens.
 
my widest lens right now is the 21/45.

not sure about really wide, though there is a wide zoom in the works from panasonic.
 
Joe's pictures show very well what I've seen and heard. The kit lens is already very good (as all 4/3 lenses have already been). I'll bet many people buying these cameras to use as platforms for their M lenses will probably be just as happy with the Panny/Oly lenses!
 
regarding size, the photo comparisons don't do the size difference justice.

when i took the g1 out of the box and held it, and put the small 14-45 lens on it, only then did i realize just how petite the combo really was.

this is gonna be a great street outfit when combined with the 21/25 zm lenses. and a very nice portrait kit with the 50 sonnar.

joe
 
back alley said:
regarding size, the photo comparisons don't do the size difference justice.

when i took the g1 out of the box and held it, and put the small 14-45 lens on it, only then did i realize just how petite the combo really was.

this is gonna be a great street outfit when combined with the 21/25 zm lenses. and a very nice portrait kit with the 50 sonnar.

joe
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Joe:

Wow! It's hard to believe it's a kit lens. I understand manual focus on this camera is easy and results crystal clear. Images on the Getdpi forum confirm this. I'm going to try to wait for the new Oly MFT, but if you keep posting like this I may weaken! Yeesh! :bang:
 
i may get the oly as well if it is 'better' or more 'rf like' than the panasonic, but who knows what or when that might happen.
right now, i'm worried my sony may never get used again...
 
Wow, nice stuff. I am just catching up here on what has been going on.

I read the Pop review that said noise at high ISOs on the G1 were not that good. So much for Pop's reviews, those are not that bad at all.

A very interesting little camera.
 
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