The video on top is Blunty’s full Panasonic Gm1 review. And also Cameras.reviewed (Click here) posted their final GM1 review:
“Considering how well it did in our lab tests, it’s light on price, too. For the same cost as an RX100 II, you get a bigger sensor, better image quality, and great lens compatibility. Either as a premium entry point or a companion camera, the GM1 delivers adorable good looks paired with admirable performance at a reasonable price.”
P.S.: Some new image samples at Fotopolis.
GM1 preorder list:
In US at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at Amazon Germany, Wex Germany, Amazon UK, Fotohanskeuzekamp, Cyberphoto Sweden and Wex UK.
33 Responses
Blunty drank too much coffeine. As always. Why can’t he stay a little bit more calm?!
I only know 2 camera reviewers and they both annoy me.
Kai and Blunty. Why do they have to try to be funny??
Kai is particularly immature, and his photography skills are wanting.
Well, the GM1 made blunt run out of words! I mean.. That’s a feat on its own I suppose. He’s ecstatic about that camera.
Nice camera, but what a pity you can’t buy it body only….
Yep, it looks like a fun little camera, but why NOT get the little 12-32mm zoom? The 12mm end is great, too bad both P&O lamed out at 14mm on the majority of their kit lenses.
It would be a fun lens to use on ANY M4/3 body!
I’m willing to buy that 12-32 kit lens from you. keep in touch
MUST RESIST BUYING GM!
THE TINIEST M$# CAMERA 🙂
I’d buy an orange one in a heart beat if I could find one. Will fit perfectly in my tux pocket.
Where are the kits with the 20mm and the grip? I’ve seen them announced but can’t find them!
I want to buy a point and shoot and at the moment I’m looking at the sony rx10 or this.
On one hand the rx10 is large and heavy by poiny and shoot standards but that f2.8 lens on the 1 inch type sensor opens up possibilities on small sensor compacts not experienced before and all it’s video capabilites are tempting.
On the other hand I was thinking recently my em1 (I haven’t received yet) when eventually hooked up to my 43 leica 14-150 will be very convenient with amazing results but a little on the heavy side although still comparable to the rx10.
The em1 + leica 14-150 will essentually be an ultimate one lens combo when the family frowns at the lens changing exercise on some outings but it’s far from small and light as a point & shoot is.
This is were the GM1 may come in. It is ridiculously small and light for what it offers with an amazing sensor, good video, surprisingly good kit lens and works with my lens collection.
The negative is it does not have IBIS and all my m43 are not stabilised, no ca and distortion correction for my Oly lenses and due to it’s diminutive size is only really suited to the small and tiny primes and pancakes and that’s great but as a point and shoot it then lacks the versatility or convenience of that 24-200 equiv rx10 lens or the em1 + 14-150 setup. Any opinions?
I’d go for the GM1.
You said all the positive besides that having two cameras on the same system makes things easier, i.e. you can share lenses and things.
On the cons:
– I’m sure distortion will be corrected, and maybe even ca (not sure about the latter)
– The kit 12-32 is as tiny as the 20mm pancake: http://j.mp/1h1nFew
– Sure it does not reach 200mm-eq, but you can buy the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 and being just a 2x crop short of the 200mm-eq. Given the larger m43 sensor, I’ll bet the quality of 45mm cropped won’t be that different from 200mm on 1″. I’ll leave convenience of not swapping lens to you, but for me that’s a non issue.
– IBIS: I don’t know the IBIS performance of the RX10, but as much as I’d have loved for the GM1 to have a 4x IBIS like the OM-D, most of the lenses I’ll put on it are fast enough that it does not matter (e.g. 20mm f/1.7, 45mm f/1.8, 75mm f/1.7), and the kit lens is stabilized.
In conclusion, for me it’s win by the GM1, hands down!
For you, unless you really need that 24-200mm without swapping lenses (and I guess not, otherwise you would not be asking here), it should be a win by the GM1 (not sure if hands down or not)
@ Dav
Firstly thanks dav for taking the time to answer. I actually love shooting with primes dav. On the m43 system I own the 7.5 samyang, Olympus 12, 45, 60, 75 and after checking out many samples, on line reviews and reading user comments from 43rumor posters Jeff harris and Marco Sartori I took the plunge and bought the voigtlander 17.5 and I absolutely love it. I also own plenty of m43 and classic 43 zooms.
I’ll clarify what I meant earlier.
During many outings with some family members and certain friends changing lenses is a bit of a no no. Some neither have the time or patience it seems and if the photography aspect isn’t swift and convenient for them I can tell they’re not too keen and it feels a little awkward when I see someone is just trying to be polite.
Not all people share our passion for photography and I’m fortunate that when I travel on long distance trips I do travel with people who either don’t mind or enjoy what I do and even enjoy me giving them pointers and tips when they shoot with their bridge cameras while I’m carrying a 12-60 zoom and a few primes that have their specific uses and so changing lenses is absolutely no issue for me at all.
I thought of a point and shoot for the convenience factor during those times I mentioned. I also mentioned dav that I own the 28-300 equivalent leica 43 lens which for a super zoom is simply stunning but a point and shoot would still be considerably lighter and smaller.
The em1 will replace my ep3 soon when I recieve it having already paid for it and the 12-40 but the appeal of the GM1 is that it seems almost impossibly small and light that I thought this could be a better path to take instead of a point and shoot albeit without the range of the rx10 which may be bulky but the lens is useful for those outings I mentioned.
Believe me dav, I would personally much rather shoot the em1 and a Pro grade short range zoom or a beautiful prime any day.
I previously owned an xz1 and it was good for what it is but I always felt I wish I had the pen or e3 or e5 with a top lens because the iq was lacking from a 1/1.7 sensor. I believe a 1 inch is vastky superior but than again you raised a good point about the GM1 with my 45 f1.8 or even 75 f1.8.
I’ll think about it and when they tell me my em1 plus 12-40 is in store ready to pick up maybe they’ll have a GM1 in store for me to try.
Thanks
Perhaps you may want to consider the Olympus Stylus 1? 28-300mm (equiv), F2.8 constant lens…..About the size of the XZ-2, with the same EVF from the E-M5….
Wait for more reviews on this little guy, to see if it is any good. 🙂
Okay, I can’t possibly take Blunty’s opinions serious anymore… As much as I want a GM1, and I DO want one badly, there is NO. WAY. I would chose the GM1 over a GX7!!! No Way!!
Is he serious?? The GX7 is a Rangefinder shaped body that most MFT users have been asking for, with Built in Stabilization built in Viewfinder and multiple dials!! Is he smoking??
So that means people will chose the GM1 over the E-M5, E-P5, G6 and GF6 as well??
He’s delusional!
I won’t argue against the viewfinder, however:
– IBIS in the GX7 is not that good (have you seen the reviews?) and
– the GM1 is way cheaper than GX7 which is not the case for the G6 vs GF6
– despite the cheaper price the GM1 comes with a much better lens both in quality and in size compared to what you can get for the GX7 which is not the case for the G6 vs GF6
I can tell that I am EXTREMELY interested in the GM1 even though its price is a little more what I can afford. I was not interested in the GX7 at all for a variety of reasons, so I can’t judge if people can “switch” in the way he argues.
What reviews have you been reading? MOST of them show the GX7 IBIS to be within about 1 stop of Oly’s 5-way IBIS.
The review I had in mind is this: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_GX7/ – I remember another one, but can’t find it right now. Maybe you can post links to more favorable reviews?
But as I admitted, it is not a camera I’m interested in buying, so it should be clear that I did not dig deeper and you should do your homework, not take what I say as gold.
Supposedly the GX7’s IBIS is fairly close to the Oly 5-axis IBIS…
Oh, but it’s a Panasonic, so it must suck… right? I mean Panasonic couldn’t possibly do THAT right… RIGHT?
One strange thing I noticed with my GX7 is the camera’s IBIS setup thingie seems to remember lenses, even full-bore manual lenses like my M4/3 Voigtländers. I was using my Voigtländer 75mm f2.5, than swapped it for the Voigtländer 42.5mm and it asked if I wanted to use 45mm… the closest thing to 42.5mm. I was a bit stunned, but it did the same thing when I swapped to my 17.5mm. Weird… but, I’ll take it. 😉
The review I had in mind is this: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_GX7/ – I remember another one, but can’t find it right now.
But as I admitted, it is not a camera I’m interested in buying, so it should be clear that I did not dig deeper and you should do your homework, not take what I say as gold.
If anything I am a big Panasonic fanboy. I bought the G1 as soon as it came out, and then several others. I’m looking forward to the GM1 even if I can’t afford it, as I wrote. We have had many exchanges on this site where I demonstrated this. But then, I don’t use an avatar and my name is pretty common, so you are excused for taking me for one of the trolls who populate this site. However re-reading what I wrote and asking myself: was I truly trollish? I cannot answer yes. Sloppy, maybe, but not trollish,
I know you are a still’s guy in the 1st place, and I agree there should be little difference in the IBIS for stills(even when we hear there is), but like Olympus ignorant attitude in certain video aspects, Panasonic was just as vague why the IBIS is not working in video; it could have been the death sentence for the OMD, same like an improved codec/bitrate and fps options for the OMD’s would have killed the the GH3.
IBIS for video is important, if you work handheld and dont have a small fortune for a steady kit.
+1 ridiculous comparison.
My favorite part of the video was Blunty making kiddie fart noises. Truly.
mmmm….so I wonder how he got the name, Blunty…..? LOL!
He’s probably biased in a sense that he already has a main camera.
He says “supplementary camera” to your GH3.
I am pretty sure he was talking about a ‘Second camera’ buy with the gx7 vs the G ‘mini me’ M1, specifically for video…specifically for someone trying to integrate a smaller camera into his or her GH3 work flow, in that scenario it makes sense to go with the GM1 over the GX7, yes you loose some video options but you already have your primary video in the GH3 and the GX7 is a little much both size wise and price wise for a second video camera, especially since as of today it would cost more than the GH3…honestly with that current sale I think a Gh3 would be the best supplementary camera to another GH3 unless you need something smaller.
He specifically said he was talking about a secondary video camera, if you are just shooting stills and you are only getting one camera I think for most people the GX7 is a no brainer better option…unless they really want the size of this one.
Looks cheap. Needs an improved grip at the front and also at the back, even if it means a smaller LCD or preferrably a slightly bigger body.
Panasonic makes OTHER cameras if you want a grip and a bigger body. That’s not the point of this camera.
You can add a nice milled stainless steel grip for the GM1 for $100!
$100… or is it $200… cheaper than the EM5 grip!
The E-M5 grip is more then just a piece of metal.
“For the same cost as an RX100 II, you get a bigger sensor, better image quality, ”
Except for the same price, with the lens included for the price, you don’t get better image quality at all, and don’t even get the same image quality or the range or pocketability. You CAN get better image quality – but with very different lenses for very different money (and size).
Really, so you have done a side by side comparison of these two lenses on these cameras? Please show us the results otherwise STFU.
i’ve come close a few times on m43 cameras before, but I’ve preordered the GM1. I think finally the size to IQ to price ratio works for me.