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May 2010
(83%)
85 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
9 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very good photo quality (though see issues below)
Compact
Well designed body with interchangeable lenses
Comes in three colors
Flipout
Rotating 3inch touchscreen LCD display with high resolution
Great outdoor / low light visibility
Generally wellimplemented touch features for focus
Phototaking
Menu navigation
And image playback
Large
High resolution electronic viewfinder
Firstrate li
Rear control dial is in better position
Articulating
High-resolution 3
2 LCD
High-resolution EVF
IR sensor switches between EVF and LCD
Good shape to grip
Soft
Warm rubber finish
20g lighter than its predecessor
But camera still has good heft
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Image quality is outstanding
Camera layout is good
Important features are accessible by "one touch"
Quick autofocus and good response times
LCD can rotate away from the camera
Can shoot photos with touch on LCD
EVF is extremely bright and sharp
Nice touch-screen implementation
Articulated LCD
Relatively fast
Pretty good EVF
Reliably good image quality up to ISO 800
Usable up to ISO 3200
Accurate metering and focus
Good JPEG resolution (though stick to raw for best results)
Fast and responsive in use
Good ergonomics all around
Excellent build quality
Nice handling
Touch screen adds a couple of very useful features
Doesn't replace extensive external controls
Very useful status panel and quick menu allow di
Intuitive touchscreen
Movie mode
Compact size
The editors didn't like
Camera tends to slightly underexpose and clip highlights
Redeye a problem
Digital correction feature did not help
At least for me
Touch features don't add a lot to the shooting experience
Too easy to accidentally change focus area
Unremarkable continuous shooting mode
Movies created with AVCHD Lite codec are difficult to share and edit
Frame rate isn't true 60 fps
Motion JPEG movies have
Grip area is somewhat slick
Rear EVF protrudes far behind the camera
Making it harder to fit into small spaces
Kit lens has no IS switch (camera menu only)
Plastic mount
Lots of geometric distortion in uncorrected RAW at wide-angle
Which contribu...
Will take some time to learn all of the features
LCD is a little tough to see in direct sunlight
Price seems a little high
Touchscreen LCD is easy to smudge
Images a little noisier at midrange ISO sensitivities than they should be
Too easy to accidentally move focus points with touch screen
Out-of-camera JPEG color not as appealing as best competitors
New kit lens not as good as predecessor
ISO 6400 verging on the unusable
High ISO default noise reduction a bit too high
Dynamic range still not as good as best APS-C competitors
User interface looking a bit dated (and possibly a bit daunting to the first time user)
Abstract: Review Date: June 28, 2010 Photoxels Editor’s Choice 2010 – Compact DIL/DSLR This Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Review is based on a production model. All sample images are unretouched, except where specified. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 adds touchscreen f...
The G2 has plenty to offer with an articulating touch screen LCD, high-resolution EVF, and HD video recording. It delivers the solid image quality we've come to expect from Panasonic's MFT cameras.
At first glance the Panasonic G2 may seem like a G1 with an HD Movie mode latched on - but it's oh so much more of a success than that. After getting to grips with the new touchscreen LCD it becomes apparent that both first-time and more advanced user...
Very good photo quality (though see issues below), Compact, well designed body with interchangeable lenses; comes in three colors, Flipout, rotating 3inch touchscreen LCD display with high resolution, great outdoor / low light visibility, Generally wellimplemented touch features for focus, phototaking, menu navigation, and image playback, Large, high resolution electronic viewfinder, Firstrate li
Camera tends to slightly underexpose and clip highlights, Redeye a problem; digital correction feature did not help, at least for me, Touch features don't add a lot to the shooting experience; too easy to accidentally change focus area, Unremarkable continuous shooting mode, Movies created with AVCHD Lite codec are difficult to share and edit; frame rate isn't true 60 fps; Motion JPEG movies have
I won't soon forget the meeting in which I was introduced to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, the first Micro Four Thirds camera to hit the market. I was wowed not so much by its size (it really isn't that small), but by how closely it resembled Panasonic'...
Rear control dial is in better position, Articulating, high-resolution 3:2 LCD, High-resolution EVF, IR sensor switches between EVF and LCD, Good shape to grip, Soft, warm rubber finish, 20g lighter than its predecessor, but camera still has good heft,...
Grip area is somewhat slick, Rear EVF protrudes far behind the camera, making it harder to fit into small spaces, Kit lens has no IS switch (camera menu only); plastic mount, Lots of geometric distortion in uncorrected RAW at wide-angle, which contribu...
Its predecessor set new benchmarks for EVF quality, and also established a whole new category of mirrorless, interchangeable-lens digital cameras, so its natural that we'd expect a lot from the Panasonic G2. In many ways, the Panasonic G2 delivers, wit...
Nice touch-screen implementation; articulated LCD; relatively fast; pretty good EVF
Images a little noisier at midrange ISO sensitivities than they should be, too easy to accidentally move focus points with touch screen
Although the photos look a hair noisier and overprocessed compared with many competitors, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 has a lot to recommend about it--including a flip-and-twist touch-screen and speedy performance.
Abstract: By using Micro Four Thirds System standard and developing a camera body that eliminates the mirror box and optical viewfinder unit, Panasonic was able to create a newgeneration system camera that features full-time Live View, high-speed, high-precisio...
Image quality is outstanding, Camera layout is good, important features are accessible by "one touch", Quick autofocus and good response times, LCD can rotate away from the camera, can shoot photos with touch on LCD, EVF is extremely bright and sharp
Will take some time to learn all of the features, LCD is a little tough to see in direct sunlight, Price seems a little high, Touchscreen LCD is easy to smudge
Abstract: Panasonic DMC-GH2 Review March 2011| Barnaby Britton (with additional material by Richard Butler and Uwe Steinmuller) When Panasonic first launched the GH1, its second Micro Four Thirds camera, it was widely seen as simply being a G1 with video shooti...
Abstract: This new Micro Four Thirds camera will be available in Canada in June, for $900 in a kit that includes a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 image-stabilized zoom lens. Its touchscreen LCD is one of the most versatile and sophisticated available in a camera....
