That's what I am thinking of...protect your investment

but cant use tripod rite..?

Not a problem bro...it doesn't cover the bottom part

Just a curious question to ease my own self-poisoning.. what made you guys go with a micro four third vs dslr vs even a premium compact?

Great picture quality with a compact camera, and the pics in high ISO rock! I've owned a dslr before, and the size does matter

BTW, I've just paid the leather cover from aki-asahi..will wait for the item to arrive

This post has been edited by walikard: Apr 20 2010, 03:29 PM

1. the size
2. ease of use ( a lot of auto , scene, e-potrait, art filter)
3. no need photoshop
4. looks good with it..(only applicable to ep1 and ep2)
5. better than SLR in term of jpeg output
6. lens also small
7. carry SLR look to silly especially when u wanna go out for an outing which u dont know whether u are going to use the camera or not but still wanna bring a camera just in case something nice/interesting pop up that you might wanna shoot.

Totally agree with walikard and hellfire.

My main concern is the size and ease of use. Other than that I want to get out of the DSLR bandwagon haha.

Anyways, not to mention that MFT cameras are better looking that other types of camera.

A person asked me on the first day I held my E-PL1. "Sir, are you a photographer?"

I've never been asked the question before when I was using DSLR for 2 years.

And not to mention that my E-PL1's output looks much better than D5000. My sister used it and it totally pwned the D5000(which was equipped with flash and everything we can attach to it) haha.

This post has been edited by faidz85: Apr 20 2010, 04:50 PM

Great!! Never regret buying my PEN, though sometimes Samsung NX10 steal my attention a bit However, considering the jpeg output, PEN's output is my liking...and again, the size does matter as NX10 still bigger

i sold my canon 40D with kit lens and bought panasonic GF1 with 20mm...they both have the same price

The thing's like this.. I'm not really into photography but have been taking quite a bit of photos since I got my S90... I love the portability but there's some stuff that I'm gatal'ing for more.....

Like a narrower DoF.. faster performance...

Then it became gatal micro four thirds .... more specifically the GF1+20mm f1.7.

I'm concerned about the practicality of only using 20mm pancake... have to get reaaaaaaal close to get bokeh right?

Any bigger lense means it loses the size advantage.

Using any bigger lense pulak... u43 loses

Actually m43 format will have longer deeper DoF thanks to the 2x crop factor.

You dun need to get reaaaaal close for a nice bokeh on the 20mm F1.7.

Most of the m43 or 43 lens are a lot smaller compared to the Nikon/Canon lens with equivalent focus length.

This post has been edited by Wuahaha: Apr 20 2010, 06:39 PM

Mind spamming some pics with the pancake?

I got poisoned kau kau by this http://craigmod.com/journal/gf1-fieldtest/ but also wanna see some less exotic examples (unless u have shots in the himalayas lar)

That's a very powerful poison!

GF1 + 20mm

my first test taken on my white e-pl1 with kite lens. BTW, what is the accessories that we need. i'm scared my white body got scrath and is it easy to find UV or CPL filter for 40.5mm lens here in KL.





This post has been edited by bllizard19: Apr 20 2010, 10:11 PM

Ahaha...most people would recommend the asahi leathrette. But it's not suitable with our white body. Anyways I just keep it inside my bag when not in use.

I'd recommend the Panasonic 20mm f1.7 pancake lens. It's like the default lens on my E-PL1 right now.

As for accessories, I think I'll get these:

http://www.ecam.com.my/shop/product_info.php?products_id=818

and

http://shashinki.com/shop/domke-gripper-ca...ase-p-5556.html or http://www.ecam.com.my/shop/product_info.php?products_id=605

I'm greedy enough to get both but I'm not sure if they can be used together.

This post has been edited by faidz85: Apr 20 2010, 10:09 PM

what kind of filter u guys use?

Just Kenko UV filter.


Anyways just found out about these:

http://www.ecam.com.my/shop/product_info.php?products_id=811

http://www.ecam.com.my/shop/product_info.php?products_id=810

This post has been edited by faidz85: Apr 20 2010, 10:35 PM

i use b+w 46mm...myb going to sell it off next month

Panasonic updates firmwares for DMC-GF1/GH1/G1 will be available worldwide the 10th of May
from 43rumors.com

Firmware ver.1.2 for DMC-GF1

* Improved operation menu for image stabilizer ([OFF] will be added under [STABILIZER] only when LUMIX G VARIO 14-42 mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (H-FS014042) is attached)
* Improved AF performance with lenses of other manufacturer

Firmware ver.1.3 for DMC-GH1

* Improved operation menu for image stabilizer ([OFF] will be added under [STABILIZER] only when LUMIX G VARIO 14-42 mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (H-FS014042) is attached)
* Availability of AF performance in FHD (full HD) movie recording mode with Four Thirds lenses that are compatible with contrast AF
* Improved AF performance in movie recording with LEICA DG MACRO-ELMARIT 45mm / F2.8 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (H-ES045)
* Improved modulation accuracy of flash
* Improved AF performance with lenses of other manufacturer

Firmware ver.1.5 for DMC-G1

* Improved operation menu for image stabilizer ([OFF] will be added under [STABILIZER] only when LUMIX G VARIO 14-42 mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (H-FS014042) is attached)
* Improved modulation accuracy of flash
* Improved AF performance with lenses of other manufacturer

The new firmware will be available worldwide at GMT: 8:00 the 10th of May, 2010 at
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/.