The GH1 will remain a legend (along with the 5DMkII) long after Olympus and Panasonic move on. I doubt there will be a comparable milestone in the remaining years of the AVC videocam generation.
See this guy's photos by his GF1. link1link2link3. All MF. He hasn't seen true GF1 successor yet.
I know very good Canonikons. One with 40D. She had it for 4 years. Now she's just pondering about getting a new one... sometimes next year. The other with D40. Haha. Still using CS3.
Indeed GH1 is great...but...not to throw a cat among the pidgeons...this sony HX9 compact produces better HD video in good light....obviously not in bad light (with its small sensor limitation) Also as a stills cam...the GH aint too hot...Ironically RAW from GF1 is better ive found.
"The GH1 will remain a legend" I think it certainly is a camera that not only captured people's imaginations but also really created a new user base. Off to try out "max lat" as I have been away for six weeks. I have to say, though, the GH2 is very easy to use. Taking it on this long road trip and shooting a few thousand photos--it is a very good still cam. And in low light, not to bad! So Olympus, I like the 16 bit audio, now give me 24p, full manual and no jello!!!!!!!
E-P3 has fuking fast AF. Almost no hunting. I have GH2... and I see some hunting.
The last video uses Zuiko 12-60 that doesn't support CDAF. Before pressing the shutter, the touch screen shows "continuous" focusing. 43 lenses except 14-54 mk2 are still slow in AF.
Fast for photos but I think it still hunts and maybe slower in video mode from samples ive seen...either that or some of the sampleas are from ep1-2 lol
Interesting comments from the E-P3 manual about video recording:
Sensitivity can be set manually to values between ISO 400 and 1600; auto ISO sensitivity control is not available.
If [Image Stabilizer] is activated while recording a movie, the recorded image is enlarged slightly. Even if [Vertical IS] or [Horizontal IS] is selected, the setting for [Auto] is applied.
Stabilization is not possible when the camera shake is excessive.
With some art filters, [C-AF] operation is limited (implying that continuous auto-focus is normally available in movie mode).
When the inside of the camera becomes hot, shooting is automatically stopped to protect the camera.
Pretty much good old same sensor for 3rd gen PEN. Raw sensor score isn't everything, but we know that's the weakest link for m43. Little more DR and gradation please. Make our lives little easier.
Yeah, the E-P3 doesn't seem to deliver anything we haven't seen before. I recently tried out an Olympus E-620, which I returned as soon as the E-P3 was announced. The E-620 does low-light photos well, but is otherwise unremarkable and stodgy (e.g. no SD card slot). If the E-P3 had OIS in video mode it might've been a worthy replacement for the GF1 for ultra-compact nighttime shooting. Olympus seems intent on fading away quietly, if only Panasonic would buy them out and reissue Oly's fabulous Four Thirds lenses with M/43 mounts!