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Reviews of Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2

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.
Award: Most Awarded January 2011
January 2011
 
(78%)
92 Reviews
Users
(93%)
38 Reviews
78 0 100 92

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
  • No viewfinder
  • No physical mode dial

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  Published: 2011-04-01, review by: smartson.se

  • Enligt Panasonic är Lumix DMC-GF2 världens minsta systemkamera. Smartsons testare Pierre Pocs har utvärderat den....

 
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  Published: 2011-03-17, review by: ljudochbild.se

  • Hög bildkvalitet, Skarp optik, Väldig bra HD-video
  • Färre funktioner än i föregångaren, Saknar integrerad bildstabilisator, 300 bilders batteritid

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  Published: 2011-03-04, review by: kamerabild.se

  • Till skillnad från GF1 ger GF2 inte sken av att vara lika avancerad och svåråtkomlig för nybörjaren. Knapparna och reglagen är färre och många av inställningarna har i stället flyttats till pekskärmen.Pekskärmen kunde däremot ha fått bättre »gehör« och...

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  Published: 2011-03-10, review by: Lydogbilde.no

  • Høy bildekvalitet, skarp optikk, Svært bra HD-video, Meget god pekeskjerm, Solid kvalitet
  • Færre funksjoner enn forgjengeren, Mangler integrert bildestabilisator, 300 bilders batteritid

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  Published: 2011-05-30, review by: mydigitalphotos.dk

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2C formår at kombinere det bedste fra DSLR verdenen, og det bedste fra kompaktkameraerne… Med Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2C får du et kamera der kan betjenes af alle, både mor, far og børn – uden at nogle vil føle de mangler noget. Kam...

 
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  Published: 2011-05-25, review by: digitalfoto.dk

  • Abstract:  Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 afløser GF1, der gennem halvandet år var markedets bedste systemkamera uden elektronisk søger. Som navnet antyder, er de nært beslægtede. Begge er karakteriseret ved udskifteligt objektiv med Micro Four Thirdsfatning og indbygge...

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  Published: 2014-07-21, review by: chip.pl

  • Aparat z matrycą o rozdzielczości 12 Mp typu NMOS, wyświetlaczem 3-calowym. Przetestowany z obiektywem Panasonic Lumix 1.7/20, Panasonic Lumix 3.5-5.6/14-42OpisSpecyfikacja i wyniki Zobacz pełny ranking:Lustrzanki i bezlusterkowce do 4500 złOpis produktu ...

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  Published: 2011-03-30, Author: Mikuláš , review by: e15.cz

  • Abstract:  Prvý kompaktný hybrid s vymeniteľnými objektívmi z dielne firmy Panasonic, ktorý bol uvedený na trh v septembri 2009, niesol označenie GF1. Kategória hybridných fotoaparátov nadväzuje na celkovú marketingovú stratégiu Panasonicu s cieľom vyplniť na trhu m...

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  Published: 2011-05-11, Author: Gunes , review by: log.com.tr

  • Dokunmatik ekran, dahili flaş, ufak boyutlar.
  • Ekranı hareketli olabilirdi.

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  Published: 2011-04-20, Author: Techno , review by: technolabs.net

  • Abstract:  Objektifi çıkarılan ve değiştirilen fotoğraf makinesi dediğimizde aklınıza ilk başta, Dijital SLR makinalar geliyordur. SLR makinalar dendiğinde ise akıllara genelde kullanımı zor ve hantal makineler olduğu geliyordur.Panasonic, geçtiğimiz yıllarda duyurd...

 
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