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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 12.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Lumix G Vario 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS Lens (Black) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
Buy New: $599.99
New (8)
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 819
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Optical Zoom: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 45
Minimum Focal Length: 14
Maximum Resolution: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.6 x 5.6
MPN: DMC-G1 Black
Model: DMC-G1 Black
UPC: 037988988327
EAN: 0037988988327
ASIN: B001FSKDWG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 12.1-megapixel 4/3-type MOS sensor; world's first Micro Four Thirds camera | | • | Includes Lumix G Vario 14 - 45 mm F3.5 - F5.6 ASPH.Mega OIS lens | | • | Live View Finder and bright 460,000-dot resolution, 3.0-inch LCD | | • | New Contrast AF (Auto Focus) function; Face Detection and Intelligent Auto (iA) mode | | • | Capture images to SD/SDHC/Multimedia cards (not included) |
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Product Description
The Panasonic Lumix G1 is the world's first camera to employ the new Micro Four Thirds System standard. Together with an innovative mirror-less structure that also dramatically downsizes the camera body, the LUMIX G Micro System achieves a dramatic portability and ease of use by an adoption of electronic Full-time Live View Finder instead of conventional optical viewfinder. Despite the G1's ultra-compact design, it comes fully equipped with features that assure outstanding ease of use, made possible by the contrast AF system. The G1 also boasts iA (Intelligent Auto) mode, a feature that took the world by storm in Lumix digital compact cameras. iA mode brings together a full range of functions - led by AF Tracking , Face Detection, Intelligent ISO Control and Intelligent Exposure - that together let users take strikingly beautiful photos with maximum ease every time they shoot. The G1 breaks new ground in styling too, overturning SLR camera conventions by giving users a variety of body colors to choose from. For people who have been hesitant about moving up to an SLR camera, the G1 is a perfect fit. It is a small, sophisticated, easy-to-use camera that will greatly expand any user's photographic capabilities.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great compact interchangeable lens camera January 8, 2009
This camera has been great thus far. I have a Nikon D200 and D300. Three Elph Powershots, an Olympus 1050 and others. The fact that this camera is so compact and so sharp with excellent versatility and features makes it a unique and balanced addition to the others. It is so tight and compact and it has done an excellent job under a variety of conditions.
The camera records very detailed images and is able to maintain that detail at lower shutter speeds in despite of the O.I.S. The white balance appears excellent on the LCD but has not been great under certain conditions which have been easily corrected.
Focus is quick, battery life is good, color rendition is quite good and there is not much more to ask for when looking to complement a pro SLR. This camera can go where you want without the liability or the excess weight and it takes superb images. The tests will prove it.
Printed images should be good. It has been skiing in the Alps and the images have needed almost nothing. White balance is good when you don't have to think to hard about it or when a camera is consistent. The color rendition of skin tones under a variety of conditions is excellent and that includes the flash. The contrast detect AF is great but has not been tested with bursts or ultra low light. Nonetheless, this camera is a winner in my book and will most likely become a cult camera if it does not get adopted widely. It has worked very, very well thus far.
 G-1 is a Winner! December 2, 2008
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Received my G-1 the day before the start of a trip to Egypt and Jordan. Very impressed with the ease of use & image quality. Very true color reproduction. Good low light performance. Some great shots of the temples in Luxor at night. The EVF works quite well and auto focus performance is quick and accurate.
Very capable camera, quick, compact, loads of controls November 23, 2008
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
The Lumix G1 is a pleasure to use. It's very quick and responsive. Lots of manual controls and it has some nice customization features. Most of the common functions have physical buttons, which means that they are quick to find and use. The electronic view finder is ok, but not anywhere as good as a real SLR view finder, but for me I don't expect to use it much. The screen on the back is excellent, bright and clear. The menus are not very well organized, but no worse than most camera menus. The images that I have taken so far are very good, but maybe a touch underexposed, thats easily corrected with the exposure adjustment.
I wish that there were more lenses available for the micro 4/3rds, but I guess thats just a waiting game. The included lens' aperture isn't very wide. I would love to have a wide angle fixed focal length with an nice big aperture like say F1.2 :)
The g1 is small for an SLR like camera, but it's still too big to cary all the time like a pocket camera.
One last thing, the lack of a video mode is quite disappointing, but it is an excellent still camera.
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