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Summary
Review summaries for Panasonic DMC-GH1 from expert digital camera reviewers.
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The Contrast AF system adopted by the LUMIX GH1 is accurate, easy-to-use and fast."
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High-ISO performance very competitive with SLRs, with excellent detail preservation up to ISO 1,600
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consistently outstanding photos"
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Not only does the Panasonic GH1 offer high-definition video capability, but it does so with an extraordinarily robust feature set that includes continuous autofocusing capability while videos are being recorded. "
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sophisticated HD movie capability"
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720p HD video is quite good, even in AVCHD
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Resolution and detail were excellent, albeit with a little softening in the corners from the lens."
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The Panasonic GH1's electronic viewfinder is particularly impressive, easily the clearest EVF we've seen."
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excellent optics"
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Small and light: Compact, but comfortable for even larger hands to hold
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The Panasonic GH1 has a soft, almost organic feeling, thanks to the rubber coating on most of the body.
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Most of the Panasonic GH1's controls are very nice."
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Good battery life compared to digicams
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High-ISO performance very competitive with SLRs, with excellent detail preservation up to ISO 1,600
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crisp photos รข?? even those taken at high ISO levels. "
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Image quality is dependably very good to excellent (outdoors in good light) and images are sharp. "
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it consistently delivered excellent images in both Point and Shoot mode or DSLR mode."
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The GH1's auto white balance mode, intelligent multiple metering, and iA auto exposure system work nicely together to produce consistently very good to excellent photos even for beginning photographers. "
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Exceptional video capability is the primary reason for choosing the GH1 over its competition - and in the video arena the GH1 is the top dog."
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Best video of any currently available dSLR
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The GH1 is quick enough to capture most action and (in good light) quick enough to capture extreme sports"
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The GH1's auto exposure system is noticeably better than average
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I used the GH1 primarily in Program AE mode and in general the camera does an exceptional job in the auto exposure department. "
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The GH1 provides users with an impressive selection of white balance options"
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The GH1's LCD is bright, sharp, and can (unlike many dSLRs) be used as a viewfinder - to frame and compose images, just like with fixed lens point and shoot LCD screens."
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Fully articulated live view LCD
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amazing ease of use"
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Image noise levels are above average at all ISO settings
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At the ISO 200 setting noise levels begin to rise a bit, but image quality is still very good.
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ISO 400 images are noticeably noisy and some detail is lost, but they are still usable.
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In the PC World Test Center's jury-based imaging evaluations, the GH1 produced sharp but dark images. "
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lack of a body-based image stabilization system."
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In my hands-on tests, 1080p video recorded in AVCHD was stunning: It looked smooth and sharp, with bright colors. "
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Both its ability to let you swap lenses and its support for 1080p video at 24 frames per second (as well as 720p video at 60 fps) make this camera compelling to high-definition videographers. "
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The GH1's design plays into its video-friendliness, too, thanks to a dedicated video button. "
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The autofocus stayed sharp when I zoomed into the frame with the 14-140mm kit lens; however, the autofocus struggled a bit when cars zipped by in the foreground of the shot. "
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The pop-up flash on the Lumix DMC-GH1 is serviceable, but sometimes led to uneven exposures; it caused some vignetting and spotlight effects in my test shots."
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The pop-up flash on the Lumix DMC-GH1 is serviceable, but sometimes led to uneven exposures; it caused some vignetting and spotlight effects in my test shots. "
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The intuitive menu system and on-screen instructions provide excellent training wheels for beginners "
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I did find the flip-out, articulating LCD handy for overhead and low-angle shots. "
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friendly menus"
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Image quality is excellent up to ISO 400, with low noise and detail preserved."
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The GH1 is compact, elegant, well-built and captures great images."
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entry-level DSLR image quality and performance"
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While other DSLRs may also feature HD movie, the GH1 trumps them all with the one movie capability missing in all those DSLRs: continuous focusing."
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 adds the one missing ingredient to the award-winning G1 : HD movie."
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The GH1 has no practical shutter lag and performance rivals that of an entry-level DSLR. "
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Its Contrast-Detect AF is fast and precise even in low light situations."
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The Panasonic GH1 features a high resolution Live View Finder (LVF) that rivals the traditional optical viewfinder on a DSLR. "
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The LCD is sharp enough to allow accurate manual focus."
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The video capabilities of the GH1 may over-shadow the stills, but theyre certainly very respectable.
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Still images could do with a boost in sharpening, but thereรข??s plenty of detail and similar noise levels to industry leaders up to 1600 ISO. "
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The GH1s default processing on still photos can also look a little restrained compared to rival models
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If shooting video is equally important as stills, the Lumix GH1 is simply one of the best options so far."
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It all adds-up to the most complete video experience of any hybrid camera to date, and the effort bears-out in practice. "
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thereรข??s the movie mode which unlike most rivals, offers continuous autofocus, manual exposure control and the choice of HD quality and encoding formats. "
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vastly superior electronic viewfinder"
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the GH1 can continuously autofocus while filming
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vastly superior electronic viewfinder"
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Compact but comfortable body."
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intuitive user interface"
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excellent photos"
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Colours looked good for the most part and weren't overdone; you can quickly change the contrast and saturation of the colours to suit your taste."
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Noise was not a problem in dim lighting up to ISO 800
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the camera is capable of capturing very crisp and vibrant video."
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The footage it captures won't be ultra-smooth if you take a lot of action and fast-panning shots."
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The lens has optical image stabilisation (image stabilisation is not built into the camera's body) and it does a great job of capturing wide and zoomed-in images with plenty of clarity and smoothness. "
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is easy to use, and you get the hang of it quickly.
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Noise was not a problem in dim lighting up to ISO 800
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even at high sensitivities like ISO 1600 and 3200, the GH1 coped very well with only limited coloured noise across the image.
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Image quality not as good as G1
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brilliant HD video quality and great still images.
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Video quality is incredibly good, particularly with the supplied 14-140mm lens that can resolve so much detail and has a smooth autofocus motion."
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Great quality HD recording
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The 14-140mm lens is great."
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The GH1 is slower overall than the G1 and similar digital SLRs, but still faster than most compact cameras.
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shutter speed was fast enough to eliminate most of the potential hand shake, and the image stabilisation on the lens was also activated.
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Relatively poor battery life when using video
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even at high sensitivities like ISO 1600 and 3200, the GH1 coped very well with only limited coloured noise across the image.
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DMC-GH1 lets you snap off unlimited consecutive shots at approx. 3 frames
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The GH1 reigned supreme in our low light noise test, besting each of the comparison models we used in our review."
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The Panasonic GH1 rendered accurate colors in our bright light testing, but the camera didn't blow us away with its results. "
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It also had a slightly darker-than-average image in bright light, but this gave its colors more contrast and pop. "
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This excellent low light noise score rounded out a fairly good video performance overall for the GH1. "
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GH1 was ultimately selected as our 2009 Video DSLR of the Year
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the electronic viewfinder is a great asset for shooting video in high-glare situations.
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Of the DSLR cameras we've tested, the GH1 had the best overall motion performance. "
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We were pleasantly surprised with the GH1's autofocus system as well.
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The rotatable LCD is as good as any featured on a regular camcorder
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