Comments on: (FT2) Panasonic GX2 specs.

By: wreck

wreck — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:49:56 +0000

+1. So very +1….

Thanks QBNY, I couldn’t have said better (or more civilly) myself.

By: Adam Maas

Adam Maas — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:23:02 +0000

With no weather-sealed compact mirrorless bodies the GX2 release is a great time for Panasonic to grab some real product differentiation and offer a weather-sealed compact-style body to go alongside the weather-sealed SLR-style GH3, straddling the OM-D in the market.

By: Adam Maas

Adam Maas — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:19:43 +0000

A99, A77, E-3, E-30, E-5, GH3 and OM-D E-M5 all offer articulated screens in the pro and semi-pro category.

Nikon and Canon persist in artificially limiting their designs in this space to classic AF SLR layouts.

By: Adam Maas

Adam Maas — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:17:50 +0000

Because articulated screens are (incorrectly) considered potential failure sources on higher-end DSLR’s. They are increasingly common on DSLR’s, with only Pentax lacking them (Canon offers them on the 60D, Nikon on the D5x00 series and of course every SLT from Sony has them aside from the A35/A37 base models but including the top-end A99).

As to usage, they are significantly useful for working on a tripod or working with awkward angles handheld and also allow usage as defacto waistlevel finders, allowing the sort of shooting techniques which has previously required using a Medium Format camera or use of one of the very few 35mm SLR’s with interchangeable finders.

By: FTT

FTT — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:56:10 +0000

The mockup is sweet! Just wish Panasonic had Oly’s JPG engine…