What I'd love to see from the G1

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I've been combing through Flickr photos looking for examples of this camera being used in documentary settings.
I've seen some nice macro shots. Some nice landscape shots. Lots of static shots.
I'm really intrigued by the camera, but I don't feel like I've seen enough "action" shots.
I don't mean sports or anything that moves that fast. But I'd love to see how the camera performs when used to document moving life. Particularly when used in manual focus with m-mount lenses.

If someone comes across something like that, I'd greatly appreciate being pointed that direction.
 
I will reserve my opinions of this camera until I see how a my leica lenses work on it.

If anyone knows where to buy those novoflex adapters (Leica M to four-thirds), please let me know.

Ciao!
 
Sorry, I could have been more clear. Yes, the new G1 that's just hitting the market.
Just to be clear, I'm not passing any sort of judgment on the camera or its users. I've seen some beautiful photos taken with it.
I'm just asking if anyone else has come across anything more documentary in nature. I'm sure those photos will emerge soon.

I'm heading out to the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas next week. I'm hoping Panasonic will have a few of these cameras there so I can see one in person.
 
I've enjoyed some of your work with the camera Joe. I think it was your photo - the one of the fellow in the coffee shop. That was nice.

I'm not much into street photography. I've tried it a little, but I think I'm pretty awful at it.
I prefer to work on documentary projects. Nothing terribly elaborate, but they keep me busy.
One I am doing now is the restoration of an old WW II bomber by a group of older vets here in town. Every other weekend or so, I go out and spend a Saturday with them.
Before this, I spent a lot of time with a local community theater group.
Generally, I find myself working in pretty low light, so the hyperfocal technique often isn't even an option.
I really just wonder if the G1 (with m-mount lenses) can be focused quickly enough in those settings to replace the Nikon D200 (also used with manual lenses) that I now use as a companion to my M8.
 
My preference is to have one camera with a wide angle/normal and one camera with at least a mild telephoto.
For me, that's meant having the M8 with a 28 or 35mm lens. And lately I've been using the D200 with a Voigtlander 58/1.4.

I just alternate between the two cameras while working. That set up is able to handle most of what I encounter. I think the M8 focuses pretty well in these settings. For the D200, I added one of those Katzeye focusing screens, which helps quite a bit.

Obviously the big appeal of the G1 is that I wouldn't need to keep the D200 or any of the Nikon glass.
 
It''ll be fascinating to see where 4/3 goes and what progression it makes in the next year or so ... especially regarding sensor size. Not that I could afford it at the moment but I did get an initial surge of gas (reflux) when I started reading the threads about this system in more detail. I thought about my 15mm Helliar and my 25mm Zeiss and visualised them with a G1 as a replacement for my recently departed D70s and companion to my M8 ... I then slapped myself very hard and thought about the Leica with it's mere 1.33 crop factor and how superbly it works with the 25mm Zeiss and my 35mm Nokton at ISO 640 to effectively give me a very fast 50mm and a usable 35mm!

With the G1 my 25mm Zeiss becomes a not so fast 50mm and my Helliar becomes a kind of slow 30mm and the Nokton transforms into the world's fastest portrait lens ... so how good is the Panasonic's high ISO EQ?

So ... there will be some tricky fast lenses from Panasonic available to give this new camera some visual width when shooting in low light ... there's the killer for me. I'd happily buy the camera because I really like the concept of what it is and being able to use a few M mount lenses is nice but I'm not about to pour money into another lens system so that I can have usable low light speed at 50mm (real) and wider!
 
when the G1 has rangefinder camera styling and a built in M mount.. that is the day I might consider buying one.

EVF and an M mount on the Sigma DP series might be even sweeter.
I like the Fovon sensor look.
 
tbarker13 said:
My preference is to have one camera with a wide angle/normal and one camera with at least a mild telephoto.
For me, that's meant having the M8 with a 28 or 35mm lens. And lately I've been using the D200 with a Voigtlander 58/1.4.

I just alternate between the two cameras while working. That set up is able to handle most of what I encounter. I think the M8 focuses pretty well in these settings. For the D200, I added one of those Katzeye focusing screens, which helps quite a bit.

Obviously the big appeal of the G1 is that I wouldn't need to keep the D200 or any of the Nikon glass.
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Obviously the G1 excels at mild tele, tons of lens choices for that. Nice that it can utilize both your M8 and Nikon lenses, kind of a dual backup.
 
I'm curious to see what lies in store for Micro 4/3's.

(The Olympus camera mock ups looked good...) G1 testing demonstrates that the concept can work. The 1/2 size sensor is what it is. We'll see.
 
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