The GF1 is out of stock/backordered in most reputable US online retailers. Was considering to get one since the EP-2 is nothing spectacular.

i read many reviews mostly saying that E-P1 produce more detail photos compare with GF1. this is one of the review from dpreview: The E-P1 is not only capturing fractionally more detail, but its output is cleaner (without the GF1's moiré and artefacts) and is less 'digital' looking, certainly when viewed this close.

the only downside is no flash!.some may feel tat external flash is better but when u wan portable and fast shoot at dark, built in flash is important too..another one is slow focus..

Low resolution screen that's hard to see in bright light at least still can take it.. why new e-p2 still not improve on it..but improve a lot on price
but if the price is within rm3500 or less, i will still consider E-P2..

Here are some other comparisons:

* The E-P1 produces better JPEGs with brighter (yet more realistic) colors, punchier contrast and cleaner pixel-level detail.
* Although the E-P1 has marginally more highlight dynamic range (at ISO 200) than the GF1, its metering tends to skate dangerously close to over exposure, so - without manual intervention - you get more blown highlights with the Olympus. The GF1's metering is definitely more reliable.
* The GF1's focus is faster and a touch more reliable than the E-P1 (which occasionally gets it completely wrong).
* Despite being nominally longer (45mm vs 42mm), at short focus distances the Panasonic kit zoom is visibly wider at the tele end than the Olympus.
* Likewise, at the wide end the Olympus is slightly wider (we suspect this is down to Panasonic's stronger distortion correction, at least in part).
* In our lens tests both Panasonic kit lenses is measurably better than the Olympus equivalents, and the in-camera removal of CA is a bonus. How much of this you seen in most shots is debatable.
* Although covered elsewhere it's worth repeating here that the E-P1 does slightly better at very high ISO settings (1600+) than the GF1.

Retrieved from: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicGF1/page32.asp

Since you coming from dSLR background, I think you'll find yourself more at home with GF1 AF. Hope to see you post some pics after you
got it.

how much is GF-1 selling in malaysia?

it's RM4360 in australia and RM3300 in hongkong..

crazy price difference....

2.9K in Msia. Check out shashinki & Yamiya.

oh! that's even cheaper!!

Woow .. I just got my GF1 from Panasonic, kudos to their fast service !! GF1 is smaller than I think . But it doesn't come with memory card and camera bag Gotta do some shopping for the accessories liao.

GF1 come with 14-45 ? or 20/f1.7 ?

Both sets price got different~

I believe ceriss and iamsobloodysick are selling them about 2.7~2.8k ++ you can refer to them and see.

Or just do a search at : http://forum.lowyat.net/NotebooksPDAs&Cameras and see who is selling lo

This post has been edited by Wuahaha: Nov 6 2009, 12:11 PM

wow, u're the first owner in this thread... mine to post some pics!! We want to drool on it...

There you go .... took the pic using my N82 ... sorry 4 da noob skillz ...




TS, can add me to GF1 member list !! Thanks

This post has been edited by Wuahaha: Nov 6 2009, 03:15 PM

Wah.. so nice.. a lot of people envy u liao....

How about posting the pic taken by the camera??? Would like to see....

Added u as member list liao.. welcome to the Micro Four Third club...

Thanks thanks ... just took some pics with colleagues during lunch time, but not nice to share out here la.

Now charging battery, some more office hour, not ready to shoot la But will definitely post some later tonite

can't wait for ur pic!!!

2 of my coll grab the gf1 already..so damn fast..

Thanks for the info bro!

same price ... either 45mm or 20mm..
how much in msia thou?

Add me to the list as well, thanks!

i received email from olympus asistant product manager as below:

The E-P2 will be available in December 2009. E-P2 body + EVF SRP 3799. E-P2w17mm Kit +EVF @ 3999. E-P2w14-42mm Kit @ 3999.


really expensive not a bit but a lot!!

This post has been edited by Hico: Nov 6 2009, 07:00 PM