Panasonic Lumix GF1 banner ad hits the web, still not official

So much for subtle, ambiguous leaks. As a great follow-up to the first blurry pics we saw of Panasonic's Lumix GF1, someone over at dpreview apparently pulled the trigger a little early and posted a vertical banner ad for the micro four thirds camera, with the tag line "DSLR photo quality in ultra compact flat design." 4/3rumors has some of the other ad variants if you're curious -- so now that its ad campaign is primed for launch, anyone care to take a guess how much longer we'll be waiting for its full debut?

[Via Photo Rumors; thanks, Ren K]

[basroil Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:37PM]

I'm sure that nobody on the dpreview forums even noticed..

[MONKEY Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:09PM]

Funny, Panasonic seems to follow the same naming conventions as I do when naming my mistresses.

[tuna Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:38PM]

I don't think it's dpreview's fault. They don't serve online banner ads. Does engadget serve ads that appear on its pages? I didn't think so.

[xValentine Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:50PM]

The red one looks hot.

[abusethedog Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:51PM]

Speaking of cameras... does anyone have a target release date for the Canon 7D? I'm foaming at the mouth for this thing... it's like the perfect middle-ground between the 50D and the 5D Mark II.

[DustinM Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:09PM]

Delivered to dealers at the end of September. As per Canon's press release and most photography sties on the internet. And now in this comments section.

http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20090901_eos7d.html

Being on topic, I'm wondering what, if any, advancements over the Digital Pen Panny has in store for us.

[risk Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:54PM]

Easy there little grasshopper.

[Elite Cataphract Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:57PM]

This new trend of DSLR quality photos in a compact camera design is great!
Wouldn't want to carry those large cameras around...

[keithwwalker Posted Sep 1st 2009 7:59PM]

There have been photo leaks before of this camera, the big news will be whether Leica releases their own version of the GH1 on 9-9-09....hopefully the answer isn't nein, nein, nein!
Get it?

[weylynwolf Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:04PM]

Excellent work there.

[LondonConsultant Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:04PM]

That's an unofficially sexy camera.

[MONKEY Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:04PM]

1 Google + 2 Ebays = 3.6 internets

[jkenny23 Posted Sep 1st 2009 8:35PM]

Did anyone click the "See more information" link?

[Rattlesnake Posted Sep 1st 2009 10:09PM]

I saw today on a japanese website a press release card that said it would be made official Sept 1/Sept 2. Never heard of two dates before, but... bring it on!

[mr yuk Posted Sep 1st 2009 9:40PM]

I wonder how much Tamron will want for that 17-50 mm 2.8. Interesting for anyone with a low end Nikon DSLR.

[DTJ Posted Sep 1st 2009 10:13PM]

How is this supposed to compare to the GH1, spec-wise? Because that's my lust camera at the moment.

[Badison Posted Sep 2nd 2009 2:21AM]

Nice catch!

(btw the Tamron 2.8/f lens in your screenshot of dpreview sounds awesome)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 5:08PM]

Where can I buy a GF 1 now for $899.00 with the 1.7 pancake lens I want one bad.