The one thing you have to remember is that Canon could crap out a credit card sized turd and still sell a ton of them as “Enthusiast Pocket Cameras”. The Canon name alone is enough to make this a best seller.
I am glad that Panasonic spends more on development than they do on marketing. However, spending a little more on marketing probably would help their bottom line.
This looks like a fine camera. Really all of the cameras in this price range take good pictures. It is just a matter of which one suits your style better. In a lot of cases “your style” means which brand are you loyal to.
It is not about Panasonic.
All this designs (including GF3 and GF5) are inspired by NEX.
Something like: "Ouch, btw, we need to make camera for dumb guys, so controls won't scare them".
From the manual controls POV It's seems something in the GF range. A GX1 has a lot of f buttons and dials. I'm curios about their sensor
It is good that Canon is introducing mirrorless camera.
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