G1-series 12.1MP SLR Digital Camera (Red) w/ Lumix G Vario 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6

"A poor man's Leica M8"

Not only is the camera fast and low noise, but as an old Leica Photographer wirh Leica Rangefinder Lenses (the best in the world, in my opinion) using an adapter the camera is fully automatic (aperture priority) with these lenses. When you stop the l

"Fantastic Camera"

Took the G-1 on safari to Africa and it performed extremely well. Light weight on safari is a big plus. Comparing photos with other people on safari, the G-1 held its own or even surpassed camera/lens combinations costing thousands more. The 45-20

"Great alternative to regular DSLR"

This is a camera for people who want fuss free photography in a small package and having good quality results, meaning results better than even top end compacts and almost equivalent to DSLR but minus the weight and bulk of a DSLR, looks like this is

"It is beautiful light and efficient camera"

I highly recommend this camera for those who want to take great pictures without having to carry heavy cameras. See the fall pictures in rsabet.com

"Carry around camera, with ability to take M lens."

I mainly purchased the camera because of the soon to be available adopter for M bayonet lenses. Thus I will be able to use my Leica and cv fixed focal length lenses on something digital beside the M8. As the autofocus will not work with these lenses

Photo gallery: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Every so often a camera comes along that gets (and deserves) high marks, but which I don't necessarily like as much as the rating would suggest. The latest object of such ambivalence is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G

"What's not to like about the EVF"

Lori Grunin obviously felt it appropriate to take a ?guilty until proven innocent? approach to this camera. The new Micro Four-Thirds format is designed around the electronic viewfinder, so to criticize the EVF in the way that she did amounts to a c