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\nThe Panasonic GF1? Click the picture for more.<\/i>
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Imagine the capabilities of the excellent G1 packaged into a miniscule body with an electronic viewfinder and interchangeable lenses. With a decent ultrawide – say a 10mm f\/2.8 (=20mm full frame equivalent) and the outstanding 14-45mm kit lens, you would have a pocket sized camera (OK, a big pocket is needed) which would suffice for almost all your travel needs.<\/p>\n
It seems the EVF is a clip on accessory, and not built into the body, which is a shame as it will add to the bulk and make the shape more ungainly. Still, any finder is better than an LCD screen.<\/p>\n
Panasonic has already clearly stated that they could have made the G1 much smaller and that they left the faux<\/i> prism hump in the design to make the camera look like a viable competitor to the raft of modestly priced DSLRs on the market. But surely there is enormous unsatisfied demand for a small camera like this and not only from disaffected former Leica fans like me? So while the picture may be a fake, something like this is only a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’. But Panny, please integrate the EVF into the body – isn’t that just obvious, for goodness’ sake?<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the G1\/GH1 are more than up to the task of acting the modern Leica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The rumor every Leica user wants to be true. The Panasonic GF1? Click the picture for more. Imagine the capabilities of the excellent G1 packaged into a miniscule body with an electronic viewfinder and interchangeable lenses. With a decent ultrawide – say a 10mm f\/2.8 (=20mm full frame equivalent) and the outstanding 14-45mm kit lens, … Continue reading Panasonic GF1<\/span>