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I just bought a T2i two days ago as well... and it's effing awesome. Got a sweet deal on it too! ]]>Jul 9th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/At a, likely, $700 premium over the G2 as a kit with lens.
Not that it won't be a great camera. I have a GH1 and am curious about what the improvements will be.]]>Jul 9th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Ahh, you wrote GF2 and my mind saw GH2]]>Jul 9th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
Extract:
"It has a large 1.4x (0.7x on 35mm equiv.) magnification, 100% field of view, and a 1,440,000 dot equivalent resolution, resulting in a very usable display that won't leave you cursing."

Actually resolution is 480,000 pixels x 3 colours.

Really interesting:

"The main downside of the G2's EVF system occurs indoors in low light, as it has to "gain-up" to produce a usable picture, resulting in a noticeably grainier picture. In all other situations, however, the electronic viewfinder on the G2 is the equal of and in many areas better than a DSLR's optical viewfinder, particularly those found on entry-level models which are typically dim and offer limited scene coverage."
]]>Jul 9th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/I don't know where you get the specs, but the G1 has exactly same, high-rez viewfinder...]]>Jul 9th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
I own both the G1 and the G2, and they're EVFs are identical. ]]>Jul 9th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
Buy a Zacuto Z-Finder and be happy.]]>Jul 9th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
And now the lens, their lineup had a 14-45mm lens, now they introduce a 14-42mm lens... Why another very-slightly-different lens? Why didn't they instead introduce another lens? A portrait prime (100mm-equiv prime)? A true telephoto (>500mm-equiv )... Weird...

]]>Jul 9th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Jul 9th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/Some manufacturers do stabilization in the body, some do it in the lenses...

When it's in the body, it's more universal... When it's in the lenses, it's simply BETTER stabilization.

None of this applies to "catering to the point-and-shoot crowd"... so it seems you don't have a point.]]>Jul 9th 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
There is nothing BETTER about making the mechanics of a lens even more complex. Panasonic does this to make a more compact body.

Photography enthusiast go for this camera in part for its size. Panasonic already makes an excellent small pancake 20mm (x2 = 40mm) prime, but it lack image stabilization. In-body-image-stabilization is a very desired feature. Here is hoping that Panasonic will include in-body image stabilization in their next GH2/GF2 cameras.]]>Jul 9th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/
By The Way, My point about catering to the point-and-shoot crowd has nothing to do with remarks about image stabilization and everything to do with the featured they DID add, such as: touch screen, tap to focus and articulated live view lcd.]]>Jul 9th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/I doubt they'll adopt the in-body... Panasonic has always done the in-lens stabilization.

I played with the g2, and I agree that the touchscreen is gimicky. Yes, you can focus by touching (panasonic has done this in the past on their smaller cameras too), but I saw it as distraction. There are much better/faster ways of getting the camera to focus where you want, than to smudge your finger around the screen...

I fully support articulated live view... ALL CAMERAS should have them, it is ABSOLUTELY a necessity for awkward position shots (over the head, from the ground, etc.)

I have the 20mm lens, the lens is so fast it almost doesn't need image stabilization. Usually I notice the lack of IS right away, but with f/1.7 it really is not a necessity.]]>Jul 9th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g2-reviewed-premium-features-warrant-its-pr/I doubt they'll adopt the in-body... Panasonic has always done the in-lens stabilization.

I played with the g2, and I agree that the touchscreen is gimicky. Yes, you can focus by touching (panasonic has done this in the past on their smaller cameras too), but I saw it as distraction. There are much better/faster ways of getting the camera to focus where you want, than to smudge your finger around the screen...

I fully support articulated live view... ALL CAMERAS should have them, it is ABSOLUTELY a necessity for awkward position shots (over the head, from the ground, etc.)

I have the 20mm lens, the lens is so fast it almost doesn't need image stabilization. Usually I notice the lack of IS right away, but with f/1.7 it really is not a necessity.]]>Jul 9th 2010 7:35PM