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2008
LUMIX G1
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01.11.08
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LUMIX G The New-Generation Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera The LUMIX G Micro System will change the way you see – and enjoy – the digital interchangeable lens camera. It does so with a collection of features that put enormous photographic power in a palm-sized camera with interchangeable lens. The Micro Four Thirds System standard for high quality and wide compatibility. Full-time Live View for setting up the perfect shot. Actual Size The unique iA mode for capturing stunning photos w
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WHY SHOULD D-SLR CAMERAS BE COMPLICATED? Live View Finder makes shooting iA mode helps you get beautiful through the viewfi nder more comfortable. shots anytime, anyplace. Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting at high angles or low angles. Advanced AF helps make focusing quick, easy and precise. Full-Time Live View Lets You Take It Easy 01.11.08 4 5
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Full-time Live View lets you see exactly what the camera sees. Full-time Live View shows you - before you shoot - how the settings change the photo. Taking photos is a lot more fun when you don't have to struggle to get pressing the shutter button – how the exposure compensation and white perfect images. With the LUMIX G Micro System – and its Full-time Live balance adjustment will affect the photo. You can even see how adjusting View – using a digital interchangeable lens camera
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Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting at high angles or low angles. Bright and easy-to-see free-angle LCD The large 3.0-inch LCD rotates 180º horizontally and 270º vertically, making it easy for you to capture dynamic shots from extreme angles without getting into an awkward 270° position. And when the lighting around you changes, the LCD backlighting level automatically changes too, so you get comfortable, easy-on-the-eyes viewing at all times. 180° Shoot any way you want to s
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iA mode helps you get beautiful shots anytime, anyplace. iA mode can make all the right settings – automatically If you've resisted buying a digital SLR camera because you think they're hard six detection and compensation functions that work to use, your wait is over. Meet the LUMIX G Micro System, with iA (Intelligent automatically, leaving you free to just aim and shoot. Auto) mode. A big hit in LUMIX compact digital cameras, iA mode activates It's easier to get
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Live View Finder makes shooting through the viewfi nder more accurate and comfortable. Live View Finder - an electronic viewfinder complete Eye sensor: Live View Finder switches on when you look into it with Full-time Live View When you look into the viewfi nder, a sensor automatically You've never looked into a viewfinder like this one. Developed by Panasonic for the turns the Live View Finder on and the LCD off. You enjoy LUMIX G Micro System, this high-performance electron
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Advanced AF helps make focusing quick, easy and precise. Advanced contrast AF helps make Full-time Live View even Versatile 1-area auto focus for fi ner focusing precision more effective When using 1-area AF mode, you can move the auto- focusing area in the frame. You can also change the size To optimize the use of Full-time Live View, the LUMIX G Micro System uses contrast AF rather than the conventional phase difference AF. This makes it possible to offer functions like Fac
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WHY SHOULD D-SLR CAMERAS BE BULKY? Unique LUMIX technologies render exquisite images Micro Four Thirds – the extended digital interchangeable lens camera system standard Micro Four Thirds: Exquisite Beauty in a Smaller Package 01.11.08 16 17
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Micro Four Thirds – the extended digital Interchangeable lens camera system standard The open standard that led to the mirror-less body LUMIX G lenses: Superior portability, superior rendering The LUMIX G Micro System adopts the Micro Four Thirds System standard, developed These interchangeable lenses, designed exclusively for the Micro Four Thirds cameras, as an extended version of the Four Thirds System standard for digital camera systems. brings out the full potential
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Unique LUMIX technologies render exquisite images. Live MOS sensor - higher image quality, Venus Engine HD – next-generation lower power consumption digital signal processing The 4/3-type 12-megapixel Live MOS sensor featured in the LUMIX G Micro System Two CPUs give the Venus Engine HD exceptionally advanced processing capabilities. offers the best of both worlds – the superior image quality of a CCD sensor, and the This sophisticated LSI features effective noise reduction even
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WHY SHOULD ALL D-SLR CAMERAS BE BLACK? Your imagination is virtually unlimited. So is your choice of lenses. A camera body that lets you express yourself with colour. Functions that make it easier to create distinctive, artistic images. High Defi nition that Goes Beyond Beauty – All the Way to Emotion 01.11.08 22 23
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Functions that make it easy to create distinctive, artistic images. Get expressive. With high-resolution images, it's easy. The real joy of a digital SLR camera is that it gives you control over the aperture and shutter speed, so you have the power not just to capture an image likeness, but to create an image that you envision in your mind. The LUMIX G Micro System makes that creative process easier with A camera body that lets you its outstanding Full-ti
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The beauty of high-defi nition motion images. Capture HD (high-defi nition) motion images too HD output-ready for the HDTV age The LUMIX G Micro System is planning to break new ground soon. It not only lets you Just connect the LUMIX G Micro System to an HDTV and you're ready for high- shoot HD photos that literally fi ll a 16:9 HDTV screen, it also lets you shoot progressive defi nition viewing. If your TV is HDMI compatible, a single HDMI mini cable (optional) HD motion images*. Enjoy a level of
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Your imagination is unlimited. So is your choice of lenses. The Four Thirds System standard opens up a world of possibilities The LUMIX G Micro System is compatible with any interchangeable lens that complies with the Four Thirds System standard.* This gives you access to the entire range of Four Thirds lenses. And a stream of new Micro Four Thirds lenses will be announced in the future, giving you a large, diverse line of high-performance lenses to add to your photographic
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DMC-G1 Specifi cations LUMIX G Lens Specifications Type Digital interchangeable lens system camera Burst speed 3 frames/sec (High speed) or 2 frames/sec (Low speed) LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. Lens Construction 12 elements in 9 groups (1 Aspherical lens) 7 pictures (when there are RAW fi le with the particular Recording media SD memory card, SDHC memory card, Multimedia card BURST TYPE speed) Unlimited consecutive shooting (when there are no RAW Mount Micro Four Thirds
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