Panasonic UK launched a new camera selector tool to help you to choose the right MFT stuff. You can test it out here: lumixgtheone.panasonic.co.uk. Brazilian star Neymar is the one guy hiding behind the GM1. Probably he is ashamed about the 1-7 loss against Germany 🙂
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“Probably he is ashamed about the 1-7 loss against Germany ”
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Hehe.
has this Lumix any kind of viewfinder?????
He is looking at the LCD screen. He is VERY myopic.
No viewfinder on the GM1, yet he still hides the majority of his face, obscuring his recognition factor, while misleading the feature set of the camera he is being paid to promote. Poor marketing decisions, Panny. Subtle, but poor.
Please explain to us how he’s misleading the feature set.. How?
Olympus Fanboy, much?
Mad at Panasonic for making cameras, much?
Forgot that there’s a large view screen behind that GM1, much?
I’m telling you and all y’all rabid Olympus fanboys, if Olympus “bellys up”, I’m gonna dance a jig, YouTube it, and link it here.
People have short term memory.. first M43 camera was a Lumix.
Stop hating on Panasonic because they had a string of recent hits. And I so hope Panasonic keeps the Organic sensor tech from Olympus, as well as everything else they develop. Make all the lenses with aperture rings, that don’t work on Olympus bodies.
Olympus fanboys can rot. One day, I hope y’all learn y’all lesson, that M43 was a partnership and not just Olympus. Looking forward to Olympus selling thier imaging division to someone and finally doing away with cameras with the name Olympus on them.
end of rant, everyone else have a good weekend.
Panasonic and Fuji are co-developing organic sensors.
There’s no word yet about their progress, or even any sense of when it will appear in any cameras, but hopefully it will be a game changer.
Don’t forget, Olympus and Sony are also together…..anyways Micro Four Third FTW
Yes. Let Olympus engineer and produce their own sensors.
The OP above questioned whether there was a viewfinder on the camera, probably in large part due to the way Neymar is posting with the camera. The fact that uncertainty like that exists can cause people to be led to inaccurate conclusions.
That second ear-piercing was sooo painful and infected that he is delirious and he thinks that camera in his hand is his new E-PL7 with VF-4!!! 🙂
Go away troll
The GX7 is still there. It’s not discontinued….
Either the camera selector algorithm is designed by a genius, or it is a sham pushing towards the cameras Panny has already decided to market heavily, or I am just too obvious in my preferences! The camera it suggested was the GM1.
… ahem. Actually it was as simple as it gets, but cleverly packaged. If you reply that photography is your passion then the algorithm will suggest the GH4 if you care about video and the GX7 if you don’t. If photography is your hobby (or you are a beginner) it will suggest the G6 if you care about video and the GM1 if you don’t.
The image selections also probably make a difference. I selected “Photography is my passion” twice, chose “People & Portraits” for A and then later “Nature & Landscapes” for B, want to “Make movies” in A and “Be creative” in B, made different selections for the photos (street in one set, and a bit of a mix in the other), and it recommended GH4 for the first and GX7 for the second. Quite accurate for each usage, I’d say. Not bad.
Yes finally some awesome marketing by Panasonic…..Neymar FTW!
Pana-Fanbois much????? LMAOROTF!
Anti-Pana-Fanbois much????? LMAOROTFLOL!!!
the selector chose the GHX7 for me…I do not think it is discontinued or it is just trying to get rid of old stock…I do think the GX7 is one fine camera…and as for Neymar…I look at the back of my camera the same way…up close and personal . This ad works in the UK…not in the US…as most merks do not follow football/soccer…I am rooting for Argentina though I think Germany is the better team .and as for the selector…I might just pick up a GX7 if the price continues to slide
Florence, I agree with you. I’m from the USA and the vast majority of the people I know would never recognize Neymar. Pany/Oly should pick an NBA star to do a similar marketing campaign. That may get the ball rolling here.
An American football star would be better. I don’t follow US football, but a quarterback would be a good spokesman, because they’re noted for at least being somewhat intelligent, unlike the freak-sized posturing egomaniacs from the NBA.
The words ‘American’ and ‘football’ together without a flame war haha….anyways the only American footballer who impressed everyone at World Cup was the super awesome Tim Howard, he’s a keeper btw
Be fair, don’t leave out Australian football!
😉
If y’all keep continuing I might as well say Cricket is huge in India haha 😛
FLorence Griffith and Otto Von, it’s not about World cup happening in Brazil that they are using him for promotion… It’s because Neymar IS their ambassador…. I had seen him on many previous Panasonic video cam ads , but this is where they need him, to promote MFT….as for him, he is a wonderful player (my fav is incredible Zlatan actually)… Also he is quite popular on social media also (check the no. of fans)…. That’s why they’re choosing him, so he’s a perfect choice IMHO….btw LeBron is already taken by Samsung :p
I got GX7 too, lol I think they’re pushing it
GH4. What else?
Losers go Pana?? 🙂
Neymar should have gone for the GH4; there is more to hide behind.
I think Neymar prefers to stand behind Adriana Lima, real men not dream about lifeless hardware.
Admin should keep moderators now……trolls are increasing by the day…..haters gonna hate
He didn’t play, so no reason to be ashamed;-), maybe sorry or angry
It propose GM1…mhhh just bought e-m10…but if I would won gm1 will take it with ten 😉
One of the poorest marketing decisions I have seen for a long time.
In the UK nobody would use the word ‘passion’ in this context apart from someone who works in Marketing, a middle-manager from a US corporation, or a pre-teen school girl.
Out of the 3 options given, someone from the UK who is serious about photography would chose ‘hobby’; and thereby rule themselves out from being shown the GX7 or GH4.
Idiots
relax man, its weekend
I meant to say “…Idiots. LoL”
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I chose ‘hobby’ and had the GH4 recommended to me, which is indeed the one I’m thinking about getting.
I honestly would have preferred a side-by-side comparison of their products, though, showing size differences, prices, and maybe with call-outs for features like which has a viewfinder or better video quality or whatnot.
Oh boy even in this ad he has to use ONE GX7… get it…1… 7 :v.
If Suarez endorses a competitor, won’t that take a bite out of Panasonic’s sales?
If anything, the app just reaffirms that Panasonic’s m43 product differentiation is quite clear. Just by looking at the models you can easily tell which is best for what usage, anyway, because their features match their form factors, but this is helpful for newcomers, sure.
Maybe Neymar is with the GM1 because it is a light camera and don’t break your back. 🙂
Is that the GM1? It doesn’t have an EVF, does it? So, what is he looking through? Perhaps he is extraordinarily short-sighted, like me.
You know, modern cameras have what we call a DID PLAY SCREEN, usually around 3″ wide… Maybe, just maybe, he’s looking through that…
“DISPLAY SCREEN”
Loser.
Yeah, but can you look at it 2 inches away from your eyes and with it centered on your nose?
I do it all the time, but I’m short sighted and too stubborn to use reading glasses.
You don’t get the ad. It’s supposed to “replace” their eyes so the camera has to cover both of them.
Oh! So, it’s like Google Glass! Better, because you can also wear earrings?
So some dumb person is actually incapable of understanding a metaphor? Sure, I also think it’s not that well executed, but it isn’t a bad idea. And it takes minimal brain cells to comprehend what they’re trying to accomplish.
Sorry; I didn’t realize you were serious. I guess I was making a “not that well executed” point.
If you consider the fact that one of the main (and unfair) critique of mirrorless cameras is viewfinder quality, having cover photos depicting something that can’t be done–depicting people who are obviously not using the camera to take a photo–is a marketing misstep, metaphor or not. These images reinforce the perception that these are “toys” or “accessories” not “real cameras”. If I, a µ43 fangirl, don’t get the metaphor, and am willing to make fun of it, wouldn’t you say there is a problem? Not a big misstep, not a big problem, not a serious mistake, but nonetheless an idea that could have used another revision or two.
FWIW, the tool itself seems to work well, judging by others’ comments. Guessed my preference correctly.
Yes sorry for the… insult, as well.
And you’re right. Maybe if it was a… glamour shot in the vein of a fashion shoot and not made to look like how one would use a camera, it would look better. And it doesn’t fit the purpose of the tool. They could have just held it at waist level, so we can see a 1:1 relation of a “type of person” to a “model of camera” much more clearly.
For the most part, I guess. I have a GX7 and I didn’t get the GX7 in the tool.
No prob. Obviously, like with most people, not all of my brain is on line when I’m online. 🙂
I like your ideas; some kind of a narrative with each photo would have helped, too, like the old Rebel ads with Andre Agassi.
Rude.
Neymar and the rest of Brazil with GX1 Germans with GX7
(Not trolling like others) Panasonic should make a better ad…..even I felt that holding a camera w/o EVF feels odd (GX7 atleast for Neymar)……But the direction their heading surely seems right……they still gotta catch up to the marketing of the (sad) duopoly Canon and Nikon…..Olympus also needs to help panasonic in this mutual process….anyways it looks like some really good days are ahead for MFT
You are a genious. Did your parents work for CIA? As guinea pigs?
“genious”? Really? At least he knows how to spell.
Hey don’t knock on geniouses like me, aite, I know I’m stupid that’s why I troll.
I think he meant to call me.
Thanks man, I always knew I’m a ‘genius’……btw my parents do work under the CIA as agents and they told me your parents clean the toilets there
Don’t answer, people will think you are sensitive to provocations! A towering intellect such as yours!
Naaaaah, they were guinea pigs and you are the result. Funny.
Nahhhhh you’re just a genious.
It’s har dwork choosing a camera – at least the tool breaks the back of the problem.
Who’s this yobbo? Cheap perfume ads?
He goes to the commercial center with me every Saturday afternoon, we buy mobile phone cases and eat dung. Problems?
It seems that this picture was taken with a Canon 1DX …
but I can’t see any Bokeh ! OMG
> You can test it out here: lumixgtheone.panasonic.co.uk.
Pana is short-selling themselves. Run through that selector twice, both times it has recommended the GM1 to me. And I have already chosen (as in bought) the GX7. But I have to admit for the images I’m picking in the selector, EVF is really optional.
I clicked all the same things twice except switching between hobby and passion and it came up G6 and GH4. 3 of the 4 photos I picked were fast action shots.
Played around with the options a bit. First time, I was recommended G6, then GH4. A couple other switches and I received GM1. Once the GF6 by selecting special occasions.
I would say this is somewhat accurate. I have been researching cameras for a little while (finally pulled the trigger on the Olympus E-pm2 Newegg Deal on Ebay). But when I was first looking, the G5 seemed really good to me (it was at a good price, but I waited too long and the price went back up}. When I went and held the cameras at B&H, I would say the GX7 felt the most natural (although could not get in the selection tool).
Um, why are ALL of the cameras held wrong? The GM1 and GF6 are held as if they have EVFs, which they don’t. The G6 and GH4 are held as if being used by a cyclops. The GX7 is in the right position for the EVF, but the head’s not turned.
Styled to cover the eyes