GH1 First impressions and footage

PappasArts said:
Interesting how good that stock lens optically looks considering those Zeiss ULTRA Prime lenses cost over ten times as much. Of course just speaking about the glass, not the chassis or mechanics of either lens...
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The stock lens is pretty damn good. Just a shame it isn't faster...
 
philip bloom said:
The stock lens is pretty damn good. Just a shame it isn't faster...
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The footage with stock lens that I've seen so far is too sharp and is more 'video-like' for me. I prefer warm and soft look of Zeiss lenses in Kholi's footage.

But looking at Phlip's latest screen grabs I start thinking that I won't sell kit lens right after I purchase the GH1. Looking forward to may 21st to see the footage anyway.

Thanks, Philip! Good luck in you 'Reverie' for Panasonic :beer:
 
ragamuffin said:
The footage with stock lens that I've seen so far is too sharp and is more 'video-like' for me. I prefer warm and soft look of Zeiss lenses in Kholi's footage.

But looking at Phlip's latest screen grabs I start thinking that I won't sell kit lens right after I purchase the GH1. Looking forward to may 21st to see the footage anyway.

Thanks, Philip! Good luck in you 'Reverie' for Panasonic :beer:
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That stock lens is very good, especially for run and gun, I wouldn't discount it. After all you can soften the image in camera. The auto focus features are astonishingly good. Also not quite sure who would buy the lens...G1 owners?
 
philip bloom said:
Also not quite sure who would buy the lens...G1 owners?
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Yes and I thought about Olympus camera owners too. Well, maybe I was too optimistic thinking that someone would want to by the GH1 kit lens. So it's a good thing I changed my mind even before having the camera :)
 
I have a feeling a lot G1 owners are going to be selling G1's to get GH1s... which would net the lens too, but surely some would love to just get the GH1 kit lens if they have no interest in shooting HD.
 
ragamuffin said:
Yes and I thought about Olympus camera owners too. Well, maybe I was too optimistic thinking that someone would want to by the GH1 kit lens. So it's a good thing I changed my mind even before having the camera :)
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Olympus (regular 4/3") cameras cannot use a micro 4/3" lens, not even with an adapter since the flange back is too short (it works the other way around though, luckily). So if you do decide to sell the 14-140 I would suggest spilling the beans discretely in some Panasonic G1 forums. There are quite a few G1 owners interested in the 14-140, but find the list price quite steep. Oly will also release a few m43 cams sooner or later, but these will probably be too small to accommodate the 14-140 comfortably.

Btw, there's a guy in the DPreview forum who claims to have some quasi-insider info concerning the GH1 pricing. According to him, the GH1 will be available with the usual double kit (14-45 f3.5-5.6 & 45-200 f3.5-5.6) for roughly the same price the G1 is running for today, as soon as the G1 stock has cleared in Aug-Oct. Take it for what it's worth.
 
I thought about tossing the kit lens but seeing as you can't monitor in a run and gun the AF may be necessary.
 
Considering this was all straight from the camera and ungraded 1080, it looks great. The primes did look very nice indeed, especially liked some of the low light shots towards the end, though the kit lens held up well. Nice one.

Now I've just got to wait for it!
 
Looks nice. Just curious as to why there are only two small short slow pans and the majority locked off shots. Artistic reasons or fear of creating codec issues.
 
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