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December 2011
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The editors liked
Compact and easy to handle
Most settings quickly accessible
Some customizable
Quick autofocus
Good image quality up until ISO 6400
Return to GF1 design is more appealing
Larger grip is better for medium-size hands
Built-in pop-up flash
Flash hotshoe
Video record button on the top deck for more natural access
GX1 uses wide metal lugs for straps
Which are quieter for video
Re...
Compact size. Fast continuous shooting. Hot shoe and accessory port. Built-in flash.
Panasonic's micro four thirds predecessors
The camera takes very nice photos in daylight
And the improved sensor resolution only makes daylight shooting easy. What really sets this camera apart
As I mentioned before
Is how easy it is to use. Any setti
Good images and color
Quick shutter and AF
Selection of manual controls for enthusiasts
High-quality 16-megapixel stills and Full HD AVCHD movies
Extensive photo tweaks
Solid build with quality 3-inch touchscreen LCD
Fast performance and excellent raw photo quality
Combined with Panasonic's veteran touch-screen/direct-control hybrid interface
Make the Lumix DMC-GX1 a strong ILC choice
Zoom and manualfocus levers ingeniously placed right on the lens barrel. Love the barelythere dimensions — and price!
Full-size hot shoeRetro
GF1-like designVery good image qualityFast and accurate focus and exposure
Highest resolution Micro Four Thirds sensor
Very good quality JPEG high ISO images
Improved white balance and skin tone rendering (compared to GF1)
Fast AF acquisition (particularly impressive in low light)
Shooting is possible while the buffer's data is being written to the card
Well-implemented touchscreen interface
Extensive manual control points including a mode dial and four Fn butto
Compact but solid build with lots of manual controls
Comparable quality to DSLR
But may need to tweak defaults
Snappy and responsive AF
And touch-AF for stills and movies
Continuous movie AF and long recording times outside Europe.
Great build quality
Intuitive layout
Superfast autofocus
Hotshoe
Good balance of system size to image quality
The editors didn't like
Manual focus not much fun
Touchscreen seems slightly vestigial
Thumb dial could be a lot meatier
Would be nice to have two dials
One for aperture
One for shutter
Rear buttons might be small for some users
LCD doesn't tilt
Blur issue with X lens at telephoto and certain shutter speeds
Mediocre macro performance
Below average hue accuracy
Or...
Large
Soft kit lens. Fixed rear LCD. Poor high ISO performance. Pricey
Like all micro four thirds cameras
The GX1's image quality gets noticeably noisy above ISO 800
And in some low-light situations
Photos shot above ISO 400 show some noise when you blow them up to 100 percent. The camera could use a faster processor to b
No builtin EVF
Pricey
Some rolling shutter in video
Just too expensive
Weird button arrangements
Noisy at high ISOs
Touchscreen should be more sensitive
The new X-series PZ kit lens could use some design tweaks
And Panasonic's JPEG processing
Though much better than before
Could still use a little work
Zoom on the included 1442mm lens is twitchy and imprecise in video mode. Autofocus struggles in low light
Pricey when paired with 14-42mm X lensPoor built-in flash performance
Conservative metering tends towards underexposure
Fastest continuous shooting modes come at the expense of live view
20fps SH mode yields poor image quality
Limited manual exposure controls for video recording
Continuous tracking performance suffers in low-light
Low contrast scenarios
Minimal effect of in-camera dynamic range settings
Live view and AF not available in bursts above 3fps
No 1080p AVCHD
No manual movie exposures and no mic input
Easy to accidentally set a manual AF area with touch-screen
Compact but solid build with lots of manual controls, Comparable quality to DSLR, but may need to tweak defaults, Snappy and responsive AF, and touch-AF for stills and movies, Continuous movie AF and long recording times outside Europe.
Live view and AF not available in bursts above 3fps, No 1080p AVCHD, no manual movie exposures and no mic input, Easy to accidentally set a manual AF area with touch-screen, No articulated screen or built-in IS.
The Panasonic Lumix GX1 is a compelling compact system camera for enthusiasts who demand decent quality and control from a small body. Highlights include solid build, responsive focus, mature touch-screen operation backed-up with lots of physical cont...
Published: 2012-01-26, Author: Mario , review by: gizmodo.com
Panasonic's micro four thirds predecessors, the camera takes very nice photos in daylight, and the improved sensor resolution only makes daylight shooting easy. What really sets this camera apart, as I mentioned before, is how easy it is to use. Any setti
Like all micro four thirds cameras, the GX1's image quality gets noticeably noisy above ISO 800, and in some low-light situations, photos shot above ISO 400 show some noise when you blow them up to 100 percent. The camera could use a faster processor to b
Yes, if you want a smaller camera that handles like a DSLR and takes awesome photos for less than $1000. This camera is far more expandable than some of its competitors, and despite the G3s large body, Panasonic G System lenses arent as bulky as those o...
Good images and color, Quick shutter and AF, Selection of manual controls for enthusiasts
No builtin EVF, Pricey, Some rolling shutter in video
When it was introduced back in 2009, Panasonic's GF1 created quite a fuss at least in part because it was one of the first mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras to reach market. But beyond that the GF1 generally garnered very positive reviews for its i...
Published: 2012-01-19, Author: Philip , review by: popphoto.com
If you're looking for a rangefinder-style ILC, the Lumix GX1 is an excellent choice. It easily outresolves Olympus's Pen E-P3, and serves up more accurate colors. Novice RAW shooters might prefer the noise-reduction guidance Olympus provides with its defa...
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 is the natural successor to the popular GF1, taking many of its design cues from that two-year-old camera whilst incorporating virtually all of the recent advances that Panasonic have made in their other G/GF-series cameras...
Great build quality, intuitive layout, superfast autofocus, hotshoe, good balance of system size to image quality
Expensive, power zoom lens zooms too slowly, movie mode outclassed by competition, battery life could be better
The GX1 is an accomplished camera that'll be well suited to more demanding photographers. Compared to its Compact System Camera competitors Panasonic's latest has a fine balance of physical system size to image quality ratio. The huge array Micro Four ...
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Published: 2011-11-30, Author: Lori , review by: cnet.com
Fast performance and excellent raw photo quality, combined with Panasonic's veteran touch-screen/direct-control hybrid interface, make the Lumix DMC-GX1 a strong ILC choice
The new X-series PZ kit lens could use some design tweaks, and Panasonic's JPEG processing, though much better than before, could still use a little work
A well-designed camera with an interface that creative photographers can customize to their liking, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 deserves serious consideration if you're looking for a modestly compact interchangeable-lens model.
Abstract: Panasonic Lumix's new DMC-GX1 bears more than a simple resemblance to the old GF1 Expected pricing: Bundle with G Vario 14-42mm kit lens £599 (available mid-December). With X-series power zoom lens £729. LVF2 electronic viewfinder - £229. There is no...
Abstract: This is a preview of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 interchangeable lens camera. The camera described here is pre-production, and features and performance are subject to change. In addition, Panasonic has asked that photos and videos from this camera not...
