It’s the day that everyone’s been waiting for - Panasonic just officially announced their new Lumix GF1 Micro Four Thirds camera! The Panasonic GF1 is around the same size as Olympus’ E-P1 PEN camera but the GF1 packs a few extra features and will retail at a slightly higher price. Let’s cut to the chase, here are the main features of the Lumix GF1:
Panasonic Lumix GF1
(Micro Four Thirds camera)
- 12 megapixel Live MOS sensor (Micro Four Thirds, 2.0X crop factor)
- Micro Four Thirds lens mount (adapters available for normal Four Thirds and Leica lenses)
- Venus Engine HD image processor
- Dust reduction
- 3 inch high resolution LCD (460k pixels)
- Optional electronic viewfinder attaches via hotshoe
- My Color photo effects feature
- On-board flash
- ISO range of 100 - 3200
- Full manual controls with RAW mode and flash hotshoe
- 3 FPS burst mode (Unlimited JPEG or up to 7 RAW)
- 720p (1280 x 720 at 30 FPS) movie mode with sound
Continuous autofocus, exposure adjustment and windfilter available while recording - Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in October for $900 (with choice of 14-45 mm kit lens OR 20 mm pancake lens)
Panasonic also announced two new Micro Four Thirds lenses today: the 20 mm f1.7 pancake set to be available next month for $400 and the new Leica 45 mm f2.8 Macro, which will go for $900 next month