Lumix GF1

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Do want XD ! ! !

recently want to get a camera, and while thinking of getting lx3, this GF-1 announced -.-', damn, guess need to wait.

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i just wonder when Canon will do something on the 4/3rds scale...

how about the lens weight?i mean,if u use a big lens,it wont be much lighter than ur usual dlsr?

yay was waiting for something like this. A great reason to upgrade my Fuji :D

They should just send you a free one with all the free promotion you been giving them. Seen the Lumix on here so much I'm probably gonna pick up the GF1 someday. Well if it gets a good review from you.

Wouldn't really consider this the successor to the lx3 due to the ability of employing micro 4/3s (maybe the price too? haha)

Wonder if Panasonic is gonna hit us with an LX4 :P

seems Panasonic is pushing the micro 4/3 format. they should release more lenses for this.

I loved the awesomely retro-futuristic opening flaps in front of the lens on that last model.

I hope this model makes up for the loss of the aforementioned.

yes ^5^

pancake lens type i see...
The previous one is a thumbs up but this one seems a bit awkward in the design for me.

I was thinking that I need a new camera soon, the Canon Ixus just doesn't cut it as well as it use to.

looks amazing but can't stand the price

I thought this was a successor to the two cameras behind it, not the LX3?
I wouldn't have thought micro four thirds would push out the type of market that the LX3 is in.
Looking at the price it's gonna cost the same as Nikon D90 over here...

Nice... I'll add it to my wish list... Perhaps when I am ready to upgrade.

I seriously need a new camera. Now, if only it wasn't THAT expensive O_o

Damn that looks good! Maybe I should've waited, bought a LX3 about 4 months ago, I still like it though^^

I'll be waiting for the review!

Awesome build but too expensive IMO. Also, the fact that there aren't much choice between lenses means there are still limitations to its photo shooting capacity.

But heck, if this rolls out awesome pictures, I might get the f1.7 kit when it comes out. Nothing turns me on like bokeh. :)

That really looks superb. I even like it that it comes in maroon/red now. Always wanted something smaller to bring around but at the moment I'm still on the verge of buy 2 more lens for my dSLR (one of my lens kinda died on me recently, so yeah had to get 2 this year, nuts being squeeze).

Meh, a LX3 is more pocketable and 4/3 sensor isn't much different to P&S sensors

Me thinks I'll go with the LX3.. I need me a portable and compact one

I bought camera to early >_<

oh man. NEED!~ gotta go find out more about this beastie...

小さいのに本格的だ！(@0@)

Now, what should I do with my Powershot SX 1 IS . . . (-__-')
Pocket DSLR, do want . . .

Wonderfull, simply wonderfull however the problem is: if you carry the lenses with you, it takes only few space less of a normal DSLR camera in your backpack... If you bring only the pancake lens, you will carry with you only a really really expensive compact camera since you can't exchange the lenses on the spot.
Dunno, maybe I'll go for the Canon G11...

Yeow!! $750 bucks for the camera.. and $950 for the lenses!! Oooh my lord is that pricey.

I'm sure its a wonderful camera, but I could buy a decent car for that kind of money..

wow its gorgeous. Looks like I got 3 in my wishlist: Nikon D90, Sony Webbie and this :D

I bought a LX3 few months back due to the fantastic photos posted here.
Danny, you are an evil, evil man.
Seriously, not enough lenses at the moment in the 4/3 camp (Pana, Oly) to convince me to change side. I'd still go for a Nikon D90 next. However, GF1 with an adapter, real Leica lenses could be a goer (manual focus though).
Depending on your shooting style and subject, LCD screen is not as fast as optical viewfinder (speaking from my LX3 experience).

I'll stick with my Nikon and Canon. Thank you :)

Man. It looks awesome!
And I like Red (:
But little too bulky for me I think.

While I'm not currently in the market for a new camera, I must say that this one is very nice indeed.

Very nice indeed. Hopefully, in the future I would be able to afford such a camera and be able to put it to good use. By then, there should be more lenses and options for these types of cameras right?

Very interesting camera indeed!
If doesn't wrong this camera is using micro four thirds lenses just like the Olympus E-P1 Pen. Can use Four Thirds lenses with a converter, therefore lenses selection wouldn't be a problem i guess.

Too bad i just bought myself a DSLR last week. :p

And i just noticed there's a Leica's "L" logo on GF1 body, the camera doesn't come with Leica lens right?
Or that "L" is actually for Lumix. :p

No matter how much I'm drooling, that's almost 8 times price of my current camera. I'll save it for my wish list, may be someday I might able to buy this :D

If I had the money, I would buy it. But now when GF1 has been announced, the price of LX3 could drop. If that happens, I will think about buying LX3 as a replacement or complement to my Lumix TZ5.

I really do like the offerings of these micro DSLRs, especially the LUMIXs. The only thing I don't like is the lack of a built in view finder, and maybe the way the flash is built in.

Was just discussing today with female parental that i wanted a camera, could this be coincidence?

want to get this, but my waifu would probably kill me if I do. ^^;

You can change the lens? WHY COOLPIX L100 CANNOT CHANGE THE LENS? orz

Noooooo Red GF1 looks so.... SEXY. Shame I just bought my LX3, hopefully I'll pick one up in the near future

i don't think you can really call this a successor to the LX3, more like a competitor with the olympus ep-1.
besides, the price point is way too high to be considered mid-range...
even so, man red suits this camera very well. arghh *drools

Looking forward to the review, hope you get both lenses!

Wonderful piece of art

Looks sweet! I would save up for one right now if I hadn't already bought a low end camera recently..
Looking forward to the review.~

amazing! awaiting for LX3's successor for a long time.
Last week I do have a try on EP-1, and fround it quite.....heavier then expected. Really wish GF1 would be lighter.

Looks pretty nice, but don't think I'll switch back to a point & shoot of this high grade type as I only recently got my DSLR.

holy sweetness! I was wondering when an lx3 successor would come...but because this is using the new 4/3 system I don't feel like it totally is the lx3's successor...

and because I seem to put emphasis on super pocketable...I'm going to keep equipping my Canon P/S on every excursion outside of my house.

my that is quite expenxive...

This camera looks so awesome but the price is a bit trespassing on SLR price-range. I got my Canon XSi for a little over $400 during the holiday season ^^. This camera would be great to take everywhere though.

If reviews are good, and when we have a decent lens set to buy, I'm considering selling my Canon XSi and getting this little monster... xD

Image quality may even be lower, the sole fact that I'll be able to carry it around without a huge bag to protect it is enough for the shift...

That looks like it will have to go on my christmas list!
My old Nikon digicam is starting to really show its age and this looks great (^_^)

I want your Canon Kiss 2. if you dont want it.
Btw does anyone know the price of the Lumix GF1 and where I can get it in the US?

Hmm grocery's for 2 months or a nice camera?

Was curious about this camera, but it goes way beyond my needs. Perhaps the LX3 will lower in price with it's successor on the horizon.

Very similar to the Olympus EP-1, also uses the same micro 4/3 format. The EP-1 is nicer looking. Trouble with these is you have no optical VF, so you have to do chimp impersonations with the camera, and the screen usually becomes invisible in direct sunlight! (think I might have pointed that out before??)

It looks really nice and compact but I'm sure I'll probably miss the swiveling screen of the G1 and GH1 so I'll pass on this one.

That camera is a BEAST.
A classy beast too, love the color.

Great camera, but I'll be with my 5 year old sony one a couple of years more, still in perfect condition but would really like a HD camera XD

Wow, I'd love one of those :O

Do you plan on keeping all your cameras or will you sell the ones you don't use?, I mean you have like 5 cameras lol

Grocery for 5 months more like it... It's a really nice camera Danny, but I think it's too expensive. I'm not that pro, so I guess my LX3 will be with me for years, as it's the greatest p&s around.

That's a pretty neat little camera. Now, is it actually a DSLR or is it just a point and shoot with interchangeable lenses?

I wish I knew more about cameras. Time to do some reading on wikipedia I think.

All these numbers and letters are so alien to me ._. I've been wanting to get a camera forever but it's too confusing to find the right one lol

it looks bulky desu LOL well compared to LX3 :3

The true successor to the LX3 is likely to be the LX4 in 2010.

I don't think this fits the bill anyway because it's really a different camera category - where the LX3 is top-end compact, the GF1 is going for very small bridge camera(micro-DSLR as they call it) with changeable four-thirds system lenses. If it's genuinely good (so far as I know the reviews on the other pansonic four thirds system cameras so far have been average at best) it could be a bit of a revolution in bridge cameras but it's definetely not fitting the compact category.

Comparing the stats from the UK panasonic site shows us that the LX3 is 290 grams loaded where the GF1 is 285 body only and the basic kit lens is another 100 - so it's immediately ~33%+ heavier. Dimension-wise the GF1 is around 10% taller, 20% wider and 20% deeper but again that's with no lens attached - with the basic kit lens on it's going to be around twice the depth of the LX3. So if the LX3 is slightly too big for a small camera case and needs a medium, the GF1 will likely need a large case or to be dismantled into a medium and a lens case for carrying.

The GF1 looks to be nearly twice the price and the kit lens looks to lack both the wide angle and zoom capabilities the basic LX3 has so it's probably three times the price to setup once you've bought a wide lens and a telephoto one.

What you do get for that is around 20% more pixels in the sensor and the ability to fit lenses, so if you want a lens for close up work one minute and one with a good zoom the next you can swap them out as with any dslr, but significantly smaller than previous attempts.

If I seem to come across a little harsh I can only apologize as I may be a bit defensive having only bought my LX3 some three weeks ago. (and loving it!)

I'll likely get it, but it's not replacing any DSLR of mine. Not without a optical viewfinder.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beyond life !!!

700,000Yen....while nice that puts this camera well beyond my budget....for the time being. Do these cameras have an Achilles heal, aka lithium ion panasonic batteries? I have always proffered cameras that use AA's. You can buy them cheap in any shop while away abroad, so just swap on the go and recharge later...

Looks very nice...I liked how they displayed the parts of the camera there...

Yeah.... Great Danny, Panasonic Lumix rock.... feel proud that I also use Panasonic as my camera - at least Danny Choo also use it as one of his camera... I plan to get the G1 red color but I don't mind to consider this model as well when I upgrade my camera in the future... of coz Cannon and Nikon will claim to be the biggest and the greatest out there but I will stick to Panasonic for sure...

A DSLR with almost the size of an ultra-portable. o_O

Too bad the price tag isn't like that of an ultra-portable as well.

i think i want to replace my olympus dslr. XD

Too expensive....that kind of price i rather top up $100 or $200 more to get a Canon 500D DSLR....too expensive for a compact DSLR camera, the price it's not worth it.

Strong resemblance to the LX3 but this is not its successor. The earliest we will see a LX4 is early 2010.

Personally I'm really confused at the whole Micro 4/3 cameras like this one and the Olympus. Sure its nice and compact but stick any decent size lens on it and well its not so compact anymore. These things look pretty funny when attached to anything aside from a fixed pancake lens IMO.

Personally I'd rather just get a LX3 or the new Canon SD90 before ever really considering one of these Micro Four Third cameras. I personally like how the traditional mirror DSLR handles.EVF don't do it for me.

.....wow. Removable lens! But then... you're forced to use their lens.

Aaaah, very nice and tempting buut... hm, I still prefer my dSLR atm. XD
And my LX-2 is still fine and all~ No need to change yet~ =D
(eh, and who knows, when LX-2 is finally too old / broken, maybe there'll be a nice + updated version of the GF1 =D)

GF1 is perfect about its function.
But talking about design, I like Olympus PEN.
Anyway, I wanna buy "20mm/1.7F" for my E-300.

I really need a digital camera. It can really be a pain at times to not have one.

looks amazing~
a must get, i might say^^

Danny, wanna sell me your LX3? ^_^;

It looks amazing, really exited about it. Can't wait to see some reviews ^^

"Goes on sale in Japan week after next on the 18th - expect a review ^o^"

Does this mean it's going to be a SAC, or am I reading too much into this? ><

Nice! Very competitive to Pen-1, but having a build-in pop-up flash & EVF beats it.

Does this mean the price for LX3 will come down?? It's nice to have the latest technology, but if the old one is good enough then I'd use the old one. ^^

Well we'll see what your review of the GF1 when it comes out... GF1 = Girlfriend 1?

Danny, i'm considering to buy the gf1 during the trip to Japan this month when it releases. i heard that Panasonic cameras moved to Japanese ONLY menus/displays (OSD) from having multilingual ones for their local products. I want to know if that is true. or has your lx3 been read with Japanese? i would like there to be English so I can read it. hope you can help out. thank you.

I think that would make a fine urban safari camera. Small enough to fit into a small messenger bag but with enough features to not cause you to kick yourself for not using your 'proper' camera. Not sure of the pop up flash. Reminds of of early Sony pocket sized cassette tape players. Beautiful to see open and close but one wrong move and it's jammed in one place forever. Unless it's made of titanium or some ultra springy stuff that can withstand being snagged on a coat while you rush through a crowded train station.

Considering buying a new camera.
As sexy as this one looks, I think I'll just go for the lx3, as I heard much praise about it.

Are we just going to see through the screen?
Sometimes I take pics in old style, looking from the 'peeky window' ^^

would definitely get one if i can afford one
this one will be better than youre old lumix dc right?

You by saying that this SLR replacing Canon Kiss 2 = fail

Seriously you can't compare like that, Canon Kiss 2 is a really good DSLR as well, and the lens for this camera are..? X_X

I went to check the retail price for LX3 and GF1 from the major electrical store.

LX3 = S$799
GF1 = S1299 (with G Vario 14-45mm lens kit)

Can't find a store with the Red colour model. T.T

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