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A New Direction in Compact Cameras? The Panasonic G1

The Panasonic G1 - Is this the beginning of a new direction in compact cameras? (source: Panasonic)

The Pana­sonic G1 — Is this the begin­ning of a new direc­tion in com­pact cameras?

Back when I was rab­bit­ing on about what cam­era to buy, I men­tioned that “The best cam­era is the one you have with you…” and that “any com­pact dig­i­tal cam­era with more mega pix­els than [8] is nearly always going to result in a poorer qual­ity pic­ture”. These two assump­tions were key to my choices for a pow­er­ful carry around cam­era, which is cur­rently a Canon G7. Today’s announce­ment of the Pana­sonic G1, the first cam­era based on the Micro Four Thirds stan­dard may be about to fun­da­men­tally alter these assump­tions..
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What Camera Should I Buy?

Or it could be “What do you think of this cam­era?” or “Is this a good deal?” or… or… or… Not to labour the point, but I get asked this a lot by my friends and fam­ily. I don’t mind, as I def­i­nitely suf­fer from an addic­tion to cam­era porn (i.e. research­ing, review­ing, buy­ing the lat­est and great­est cam­eras and acces­sories :-) ). In the cam­era buy­ing world, reli­gious wars are many, and opin­ions are strongly held. As a ser­vice to the world at large I will share my opin­ions with you…

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