The giant GH2 advertising at Photokina. The text says “Foto, Video. No compromise“. Click on picture to enlarge.
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We just learned that the new Panasonic GH2 will be available starting by late October. We also know the EVF and LCD will both have a higher resolution than the current [shoplink 14826]Panasonic GH1[/shoplink] but we are not sure about the exact specs. Feel free to contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com if you want to tell me more about it! Thanks!
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Source: System-camera-forum
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GH2 + 14-42!! kit 🙂
😉
Yep, exactly what I was thinking!
Maybe it will not be that expensive. I hope we’ll see it at 700$ body only!
so there will be no new kid lens 🙁
video mode RAW ?!!
I guess it will go with the 14-42mm lens for about 1100.- EUR (maybe 999.-).
No compromise? HDMI out while recording and manual audio gain control? Improved codec and sensor seem to be a given.
hope so
With a 14-42 kit lens, expect this to retail at £699. Directly in competition with Sony a55.
14-42? dosn’t make any sens, why would panasonic continue to produce 14-42+14-45 lens at the same time?
14-42 ist the new lens bundled with G2, 14-45 was the old (but much better, according to dpreview) lens sold with G1 and GF1.
I think the 14-45mm is older, I believe its meant to be replaced buy the 14-42, which really is not better then the 14-45mm
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicDMCG2/page13.asp
the 14-42 is the new version of the 14-45. i don’t think they will continue to produce the 14-45.
That is very weird that they’d bundle their “high end” camera with a lens with a plastic lens mount. They should at least offer it with the 14-45mm. I just can’t bring myself to buy a lens with a plastic mount. My cheapness only goes so far.
My mistake, for some reason i got them confused, thanx for correcting me
Think of the GH2 + 14-42mm as a GH2 with a free lens. This is there way of giving us the GH2 body only without doing a body only version.
now it is exactly what I am thinking, GH2 aiming at the average Joe. Using the same bloody poster for the G2 and putting cheap kit lens on it. This is ridiculous!
Minh, i belive, while being multi-functional, gh1 was always aiming at the average joe and joe’s soccer wife
Since I own the old 14-45 Panasonic lens, I would prefer the GH2 kit with the 14-140mm (which I do not own yet) or body only. It would be nice if we had the choice. Well, we will see (hopefully soon!).
Since I don’t own the GH1 I want the GH2 with the 14-140mm. I wouldn’t do anything with a crappy 14-42mm.
The 14-42 looks better than 14-45:
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/widget/Fullscreen.ashx?reviews=61,90&fullscreen=true&av=5,4.333&fl=25,25&vis=VisualiserSharpnessMTF,VisualiserSharpnessMTF&stack=horizontal&&config=LensReviewConfiguration.xml%3F2
For the same focal length, you have one half-stop more.
(for instance, 14-42 @ 25mm is f4.5, while 14-45 @ 25mm iq f5).
Yea but they are both F3.5 at 14mm which is too small of an aperture for close up indoor low light shots. We need some F2.0 zooms like the Oly 4/3s lenses.
No,
DPreview said themselve the 14-45 is better than 14-42. 14-42 has terrible sharpness for been short range zoom lens.
Key to make Gh2 success
Option to sell body only.
Improve High ISO Performance.
Improve LCD resolution to a least 920k.
Hopefully is really 5fps.
No more than $800(Body)