Lumix DMC-GH1
The Lumix DMC-GH1 is Panasonic’s second Micro Four Thirds camera, and the first to support HD movie recording, with its new 14 - 140 mm kit lens allowing for continuous autofocus. It has a 12.1 effective Megapixel Live MOS sensors, and supports shooting in multiple aspect ratios without affecting the angle-of-view.
Since it doesn’t have a mirror, the GH1 is live view only — You can compose your photos on a flip-out, rotating, high resolution LCD, or a very nice electronic viewfinder. The GH1 also has full manual controls, and it has a surprising amount of point-and-shoot features, as well. It records movies in full HD (with stereo sound) using the AVCHD codec. You can zoom in and out to your heart’s content, and the camera will refocus appropriately.
The GH1 is also compatible with the three other Micro Four Thirds lenses currently on the market: the F3.5-5.6, 14 - 45 IS, F4.0-5.6, 45 - 200 IS, and the new F4.0 7 - 14 mm.
Panasonic includes a pair of software products with the Lumix DMC-GH1. First up is PhotoFunStudio 3.1 HD, which is for Windows only and SilkyPix Developer Studio 3.0 SE.
After you’ve imported photos from the camera or a memory card, you can view a slideshow, e-mail or print a photo, and upload videos to YouTube. A new “face recognition” feature lets you identify people in your photos, which allows for easy searches later on. You can search through photos by all kinds of things, whether it’s by camera model, scene mode, baby name, date, and more. The included PhotoFunStudio HD software can view these movies, trim unwanted footage from them, and burn the result to a DVD, Blu-ray disc, or memory card.
SilkyPix is a powerful RAW image editor, allowing you to adjust everything from exposure to white balance (with fine-tuning) to the tone curve. You can also adjust noise reduction, lens distortion, chromatic aberration, and much, much more.
The camera retails for $1499 and is the newest addition to the Lumix line.
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