ATIBA & EVANS [shoplink 16254]Panasonic GH2[/shoplink] Skate
[shoplink 17163]Olympus E-5[/shoplink] test at Photoreview Australia.
[shoplink 17361]Panasonic GF2[/shoplink] test at Ganref.jp.
Panasonic marketing man: “GH2 is a niche” (EosHD)
Living in the 3rd Dimension (3Dkraft)
Panasonic 12.5mm 3D lens test at Fotopolis.
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> Panasonic marketing man: “GH2 is a niche” (EosHD)
I think that Pannay simply plans to keep GHn line as a higher-end line of their m43 offering. In other words: expensive. That’s only what niche about. But to manufacturers it is an important distinction: niche products require more attention as they are often bought (and targeted at) vocal minorities, who influence the buying decisions of the others.
m43/mirrorless is still in its infancy: expensive cameras outsell the cheap cameras. Just let the fact sink in your brain. (It’s like Swakowski having higher turnovers than Walmart.)
> Do Canon see their 5D Mark II or 1DS series as a ‘niche’ as well?
Yes. And 60D too. 1000D by many reports is the best seller camera ever. 1D/5D/60D series are not even close.
damn, ty and atiba busting out the GH2. Nice
wow UWA looks AWFUL for skating. thank god for fisheye lenses. great video! koston reynolds and prod in the same clip damn.
Wonderful shooting. And that Cam Caddie is pretty great too, and a surprising $65! Was expecting it to be hundreds.
The skate video is great, it just sold me on the cam caddie and the benefits of a fisheye lens for video. The GH2 is an outstanding video camera, but there are situations that a camcorder set-up would be better for. I do hope that Panasonic makes a more consumer oriented version of the AG-AF100 that takes m43 lenses to compete with Sony’s NEX-VG100. It would make an ideal second body when I am shooting live events, even if its just my family vacation.