Philippe Grangier captured those picture of the new Panasonic GF2. As you see the slogan is “Ultra compact & Ultra simple”. Philippe sent us a high-resolution image you can see below (Click the image to enlarge):
We didn’t find any picture of the back.
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Thanks to a french 43rumors reader we can show you the very first picture of the Panasonic GF2!!! The picture shows the advertising at “Salon de la Photo” in Paris (the event starts tomorrow). The GF2 looks like the [shoplink 17288]Panasonic LX5[/shoplink]! And with the new [shoplink 16258]Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens[/shoplink] lens it is the smallest mirrorless kit on earth! It has 12 megapixel (The same [shoplink 14834]G2[/shoplink] sensor), records FullHD, a complete new imaging processor, touchscreen and announcement is expected at 6am London time (November 4th). Follow 43rumors! We will keep you updated with all news and previews!
We don’t know the price of the GF2 but we expect it to be close to the current Panasonic GF1 ([shoplink 14828]Click here to check the price[/shoplink]!)
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Let’s start with a bad news. Not only the Panasonic GH2 Body Only is impossible to find also the SIlver GH2 kit has been removed from many online stores. Neither AmazonUS
The popular Hong Kong forum OMuser (Click here) just posted the first image samples of the [shoplink 16254]Panasonic GH2[/shoplink] with firmware 1.0 (those are the very first image samples we found that are taken with the final firmware). They posted samples from ISO 200 until ISO 12.800. Images are pretty clean up to ISO 800!
A set of image samples taken with on the GF1 with the new [shoplink 16258]Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens[/shoplink] lens has been posted on Flickr.
Again on Flickr you can find image smaples of the new Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95 lens. There is also a first hour report on dpreview written by a new lens owner. [shoplink 15659]You can get the Voigtländer lens on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 preorders:
Amazon US
Finally we know the exact date and hour of the Panasonic GF2 announcement.
November the 4th (Thursday) at:
– 1am New York City time
– 6am London time
– 7am Berlin time
– 3pm Tokyo time
As usual I will not sleep the night before the announcement to keep you updated with all last minute leaks and first press releases and previews. I would be very happy if you could send me everything you can find about the GF2 to share it with all 43rumors readers. Thanks!
Spread the word! See you at 6am (London time) on 43rumors ;)
Ale
P.S.: Received many mails from people asking me if the GF2 has a Fuji X100
A fake GF2 image created by Blog.livedoor.jp.
Those who tested the camera said the GF2 is a very easy to use camera. The usability of the GF2 is much better than the current [shoplink 17230]Sony NEX[/shoplink] cameras (we compare the GF2 with the NEX because of the similar size). There are no big design changes (it’s thinner and less high and has a different button layout than the [shoplink 14828]GF1[/shoplink]). I guess Panasonic goal was to create a minimalistic, easy to use, tiny and cheap Micro Four Thirds camera to appeal beginners (maybe the GF2 is the reason behind the recent Panasonic LX5 price drops on Amazon
We have not many specs now. We know it has the same G2 sensor (12 Megapixel) and faster AF.
P.S.: Touchscreen (not confirmed yet but highly probable).
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We are all missing some nice fast lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system and that’s why we created the “Need for speed” article collection to see how well third party lenses do perform when used on our MFT cameras. A high-quality option could be the new [shoplink 17253]Voigtländer 75mm f/1.8 (Click here to check current eBay auctions and price)[/shoplink].
Soundimageplus posted a very detailed two part review (part1 – part2) of the Voigtländer 75mm f/1.8. He tested the lens on the Panasonic GH1 and after a very long analysis they concluded that: “The Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 Classic is a fine well-made lens that performs very well. There is some CA and fringing wide open and in keeping with many lenses of this type is sharpest in the mid-range, f/5.6 and f/8 being especially good. The results on my GH1 echo the results on my Leica M9, and its a very useful lens for both systems.”
P.S.: They also posted some image samples on Flickr.
eBay link: [shoplink 17253]Voigtländer 75mm f/1.8[/shoplink]
Read the most recent the need for speed articles:
– C-mount zooms test by Seb Farges
– Canon 25-100mm f/1.8 (a cheap zoom lens for the GH2 and AG-AF100)
– Taylor Hobson Vidital 30mm f/1.3 for M4/3
– Zoomatar 75mm, 180mm and 250mm….all f/1.3
– The Voigtländer 35mm and 40mm f/1.4 lenses
– Canon 50mm f/0.95 (Leica M-mount) and the Canon 50mm f/1.2 (Canon FD mount)
– The extremely rare Zeika Nominar C-mount M25 f/0.95
What a surprise! Panasonic had the great idea to launch a new camera after Photokina to get all the attention from the media! We heard from our sources that the new [shoplink 14828]Panasonic GF1[/shoplink] successor (the GF2) will be announced…. THIS WEEK!!! If you want proof that the GF2 really exists, take a look at the screenshot above. Panasonic registered the new camera at the Korean radio research agency. What will the GF2 look like? We have no picture yet but two of our sources have already seen the camera. The GF2 is incredibly tiny! De facto it will become the smallest mirrorless camera ever (bye bye [shoplink 17230]Sony NEX[/shoplink]!). And it will use the same [shoplink 14834]Panasonic G2[/shoplink] 12 Megapixel sensor
Stay tuned!
P.S: One source said it’s an incredibly sexy looking camera ;)
P.P.S.: Panasonic really did everything to keep that announcement secret. Only a very few people knew about that announcement!
P.P.P.S: A few days ago we told you that the camera will be available by early 2011. It looks like the announcement will be made this week but the camera will be available by early 2011.
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