Panasonic GH1 Joins in with Nikon and Canon - More Video DSLR's...

 

   

Well, I almost missed this one... Looks like Panasonic's marketing team are going for the low key, low budget stealth approach in the launch of their new vDSLR offering in the form of the Lumix GH1. Admittedly it isn't being launched until the end of May, so there may well be more glitz & hype to come. 

In the meantime, they are touting the following...

_HD footage with autofocus. 

_a "multi-aspect"sensor. Short version of explaining this is that you can change aspect ratio's (eg to 16x9) without losing resolution from the chip.

_an electronic viewfinder. That is, when you pop your eyeball up to the viewfinder, you see an electronic image, sorta like you're looking at the back of the camera.... Hmmmm. Not personally convinced by this one.

   

For a few more reviews, thoughts and opinions, check out Chase's blog, Pogue seemed to really like it - and again. Gizmodo have had a good hands on play, as have Engadget. And, finally, Philip Bloom has had a good look at what it is made of.

   

Personally, I'm still waiting for a more main stream medium format HD hybrid. Likely to be provided by Red - But time will tell....

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