Testseek.com have collected 92 expert reviews of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2.
January 2011
(78%)
92 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
38 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very good photo quality (though see issues below)
Compact and wellbuilt rangefinderstyle body
3inch touchscreen LCD with 460
000 pixels
Good outdoor visibility
Wellimplemented touch features include touch AF / touch shutter / customizable menus / image playback
Very good live view system with fast autofocus
Live histogram
Custom grid lines
Face detection/recognition
Full manual controls
Compact body and lens. Simple to use. Good image quality. Minimal shutter lag. Fast autofocus. Variety of HD video recording formats. Responsive touch screen. Stereo audio recording.
Interchangeable lenses
Very compact body for a Micro Four Thirds camera -- nearing Sony NEX territory
But with a built-in flash
Prominent front-panel grip makes for more comfortable hand-holding
3-inch LCD is very sharp with good resolution (460K-d...
Fast autofocus
Touchfocus controls for video and stills
Very small for an interchangeablelens camera
* Touch-focus controls for video and stills
* Very small for an interchangeable-lens camera
Low image noise until ISO 800 in good light
Realistic image colors
Excellent automatic whitebalance
Reliable metering
Fast contrastdetect autofocus
Short shutterlag
Quick and responsive
Calibratable LCD
Good LCD visibility and viewingangle
Option
Excellent build
Fast
Responsive AF
“iA” offers some degree of control
Very sharp autofocus
Extremely easy to use
Small camera body can be used onehanded
LCD is sharp and touch screen is handy
Nice design
And four body colors is nice for an advanced camera
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 delivers excellent performance for its class
In a relatively compact
Comfortable design with a streamlined
Usable touch-screen interface implementation
Size
Design
HD video
The editors didn't like
Tends to underexpose a little
Highlight clipping can be an issue
Redeye a problem
No removal tool in playback mode
Strong vignetting and some corner blurring on F2.5
14 mm kit lens
Lots of features removed from GF1
Including a physical mode dial
Bulb mode
Flash exposure compensation
Film Modes
And support for a wired remote control
No manual controls in movie mode
Buffer fills quickl
Low-light performance isn't as good as some competitors. Image sensor is not true APS-C size. Proprietary USB port.
Orange and yellow shifted to green in JPEGs
Demosaicing errors in fine detail such as hair
High ISO performance hasn't improved over predecessor
Lowest NR setting still blurs fine detail at low ISOs
14mm has poor macro performance
And high geometr...
Underexposed images in Auto mode
Touchscreen is ineffective for some controls
* Touchscreen is ineffective for some controls
Price when rated
700
Slight image softness from base ISO
Limited use ISO 6400
Below average shottoshot speed
Wrong LiveHistogram
Preview not ExposurePriority
Poor flash clearance
Inefficient controls
Touchscreen required
Impossible to set video framing correctly
Vide
Dated and cluttered interface
Lacks manual video control
Relatively average image quality
A viewfinder would be nice in some circumstances
Camera can be uncomfortable to hold when popup flash is extended
Maximum resolution only available in 4
3 ratio
LCD can be a little tough to see in bright sunlight
Advanced photographers will want more advanced features than GF2 has
Panasonic's JPEG processing remains subpar for this class of camera
And the GF2's inability to lock the focus area from accidental screen presses--a flaw of all the company's touch-screen ILCs--remains a huge point of frustration. It also has a disappoin
Very good photo quality (though see issues below), Compact and wellbuilt rangefinderstyle body, 3inch touchscreen LCD with 460,000 pixels, good outdoor visibility, Wellimplemented touch features include touch AF / touch shutter / customizable menus / image playback, Very good live view system with fast autofocus, live histogram, custom grid lines, face detection/recognition, Full manual controls;
Tends to underexpose a little; highlight clipping can be an issue, Redeye a problem; no removal tool in playback mode, Strong vignetting and some corner blurring on F2.5, 14 mm kit lens, Lots of features removed from GF1, including a physical mode dial, bulb mode, flash exposure compensation, Film Modes, and support for a wired remote control, No manual controls in movie mode, Buffer fills quickl
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 is a compact interchangeable lens camera that uses the Micro Four Thirds standard. It's the follow-up to the popular DMC-GF1, a camera I liked so much while reviewing it that I bought one for myself. The GF2 is a shrunken-d...
Compact body and lens. Simple to use. Good image quality. Minimal shutter lag. Fast autofocus. Variety of HD video recording formats. Responsive touch screen. Stereo audio recording.
Low-light performance isn't as good as some competitors. Image sensor is not true APS-C size. Proprietary USB port.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 might be the best Micro Four Thirds camera on the market, but it's not the best compact interchangeable-lens camera you can buy. ...
The Panasonic Lumix GF2 seems to have a lot of future-thinking in place. There's touchscreen, 3D compatibility and Micro Four Thirds boasts the largest selection of lenses compared to any other Compact System Camera manufacturer. The new slimmed-down ...
The new GF2 adds an intuitive touch screen and a more svelte form factor. High ISO performance isn't on par with the best DSLRs, though overall images were very good.
The appeal of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 is definitely in the eye of the beholder, more so than most cameras that we've reviewed recently. While current GF1 owners will most likely bemoan the simplification of the control system in favour of a touchs...
Abstract: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 preview The Lumix DMC-GF2 is Panasonic's second 'pocketable' compact to employ the Micro Four Thirds standard it co-developed with Olympus. Announced in November 2010, it's the successor to the popular Lumix GF1, and like that ...
Abstract: This article is syndicated from DPNow's sibling site, Four Thirds User) Read the Panasonic Press Release - Panasonic announce the DMC-GF2 Panasonic has released details of the replacement for its best-selling GF1 Micro Four Thirds hybrid, or compact...
Abstract: It must not have been quite ready for Photokina, where Panasonic introduced their SLR-like DMC-GH2, because today they have unleashed the extremely compact Micro Four Thirds contender that is the DMC-GF2. According to the press material, the GF2 is 19%...
Low image noise until ISO 800 in good light, Realistic image colors, Excellent automatic whitebalance, Reliable metering, Fast contrastdetect autofocus, Short shutterlag, Quick and responsive, Calibratable LCD, Good LCD visibility and viewingangle, Option
Slight image softness from base ISO, Limited use ISO 6400, Below average shottoshot speed, Wrong LiveHistogram, Preview not ExposurePriority, Poor flash clearance, Inefficient controls, Touchscreen required, Impossible to set video framing correctly, Vide
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 is a compact SLD targeted at novice photographers. It produces good image quality, very similar to the previous generation of entry-level DSLRs, in a considerably smaller form factor. Although it has a simple interface, its fea...
Abstract: One of the longstanding commercial battles in the consumer electronics business has been that between Sony and Panasonic. There is hardly a segment of the market where these two Goliaths don't go toe-to-t...
