Comments on: Panasonic announces LUMIX DMC-GH1 pricing http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090507/panasonic-announces-lumix-dmcgh1-pricing/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: J Adams http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090507/panasonic-announces-lumix-dmcgh1-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-369822 J Adams Fri, 08 May 2009 16:34:55 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=24925#comment-369822 This camera (like its little brother the G1) will accept adapters that allow you to use Leica rangefinder lenses manually or Canon FD lenses, also manually. The camera has a function that allows the viewfinder to stay bright even though you are stopped down to small openings. Check out a website called Camera Quest for the adapters. They cost about $175 but let you use some great film lenses on a digital camera..sort of a poor man's Leica M8! This camera (like its little brother the G1) will accept adapters that allow you to use Leica rangefinder lenses manually or Canon FD lenses, also manually. The camera has a function that allows the viewfinder to stay bright even though you are stopped down to small openings. Check out a website called Camera Quest for the adapters. They cost about $175 but let you use some great film lenses on a digital camera..sort of a poor man’s Leica M8!

]]> By: yo http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090507/panasonic-announces-lumix-dmcgh1-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-369812 yo Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:32 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=24925#comment-369812 Correction : This is a micro four third and NOT sa DSLR. "DSLR : A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera." (wikipedia) It's not strictly a DSLR because it lacks the reflex mirror, pentaprism and shutter curtain. This could mean that it puts the GH1 slightly outside the DSLR with video ranks and, indeed, Panasonic are careful not to list the G series as a DSLR. Correction : This is a micro four third and NOT sa DSLR.

“DSLR : A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera.” (wikipedia)

It’s not strictly a DSLR because it lacks the reflex mirror, pentaprism and shutter curtain. This could mean that it puts the GH1 slightly outside the DSLR with video ranks and, indeed, Panasonic are careful not to list the G series as a DSLR.

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