Comments on: Panasonic Lumix GF1 dSLR sends us wild with desire

By: DMCGF1

DMCGF1 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:49 +0000

Hello there, can someone help me to find pinhole and film grain mode in GF1? First of all do they exist in this model? I’m very curious to find these 2 modes. Thanks a lot !!!

By: R4卡

R4卡 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:07:34 +0000

Switched to the GF1 from a DSLR because I found I was not using the DSLR much due to its weight and size.

By: mike s

mike s — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:46:52 +0000

I agree, but I’m not really sure what you should call it!

It certainly *sounds* like an SLR camera.

By: Hocus Eye

Hocus Eye — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:43:43 +0000

Not wishing to appear picky, but this camera is not a dSLR. It is a compact with removable lenses. A reflex camera requires a mirror and pentaprism or pentamirror system to reflect the lens image through the viewfinder. This camera does not even have a viewfinder until you plug in the electronic one onto the flash bracket.

One reviewer has labelled it an SLD camera, meaning Single Lens Direct view, but this is not a standard nomenclature for cameras.

It is a compact camera, albeit a very good one which uses the same sensor as fitted to the range of dSLR cameras made by Olympus. In fact an Olympus E620 would be cheaper than the camera in the review and fitted with a pancake 25mm lens will fit in a jacket pocket.