43rumors reader MIke just sent me an email with a link to a couple of brand new Panasonic GF1 cameras sold at Amazon US (Click here). Damn, didn’t know there were still some brand new of them for sale! And the price is higher than what you pay for a GH3 or Gm1 in these days š
Wondering who could buy them still today…
Thanks Mike!
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I would not buy it today, but… what a beautiful camera! And a nice lens too, even today.
That camera is what started it all for me!….my how the system has grown.
Same story for me. I don’t think I’ll ever sell mine. They are only worth about $100 bucks used on ebay. Not worth selling, much more useful as a B-Cam. It still takes great pictures if you know its limitations (mainly high ISO).
I sold my (white) GF1 way back…to buy a GX1…but have defected to Olympus since then! š
I think that Panasonic should revive the body, update the sensor and other internals, and replace the label with GF7.
> Wondering who [would] buy them still todayā¦
Collectors? At $1100 asking price that’s the only possible answer. š
Agreed on collectors. That was the first thing I thought of
They had a couple of GF2s selling for dirt cheap just the other day with the 14mm for $250 brand new Amazon Prime.
I started with a GF2, bought dirt cheap with the 14 mm. Still my best combo for travel. I even bought a GF2 when for little more price could have bought a GF6 with a kit zoom. I am happy with the older version with hot shoe and the prime, far better combo.
Panasonic liked this camera so much that they kept re-releasing it in newer and uglier models up until recently, since 2009.
I’d still take this one over the gf6.
The joke is on this appalling camera brand. Why would anyone go near any camera equipment made by a company specializes in washing machines? Get out the camera business and stick to making Vacuums and toasters!
I think you need to stop smoking whatever it is that makes you spout nonsense and get back to learning your ABC or whatever grade level you are at (certainly not an adult….)
Hahah while I find your reasoning ridiculous, I do believe Panasonic has a perception problem for this exact reason. They would be better off taking the Panasonic name off of the cameras. That being said, I do like what Olympus is doing more, and they do know photography better than most.
I have often thought Sony would get more respect if they simply used the Minolta name…
I wonder what a brand new respectable Panasonic brand LC1 would cost these days.
Funny, I didnt even know that panasonic produces Washingmachines or Toasters… At least in Germany the name is more famous for electronics like TV, Speakers, and CD Players and for storage media like tape, CDs, or Batteries.
So the Camerabusiness fits in quite well into the line up. š
But if Miele or AEG all of a sudden would start to sell Cameras, i probably would be surprised as well š
oh and just to mention it-your statement still reads like you are a kid, drunk or stupid. š
IĀ“m not surprised – IĀ“ve seen some new Olympus E330 kits for sale by a local store here last year (together with stuff like the OM-D), and a small shop in Prague was selling E420 DSLRĀ“s for “some bucks” in late 2012. From time to time someone opens a forgotten room and finds a treasure š
The rock star is back. i have three GF1.
$1,099.99 + Free Shipping sounds tempting… lol
by the way, I have a olympus ep1 for sale with just 899 if anyone is looking for something cheaper..
Nice looking camera. I was expecting a slightly different price tag, having just seen the Olympus EPL3 with kit lens sell for $199 and the G5 body for $299. I think I’ll wait to see what the new GF looks like.
Does Panasonic normally release new GFs at CES?
I still use mine EVERY day
Still using mine, carrying it around on daily basis. As long as you avoid ISO higher than ISO800 and shoot in RAW, it’s absolutely fine. Discrete, pocketable and easy to control, find the UI way more intuitive than Olympus’.
I Wonder who on earth will by such an old camera?
I bought a second hand GF3 with the 14 mm F.2.5, and I never learned to love this camera.
The Lens however is one of my favorites.
After I bought the Olympus EPM2 as my walk around and travel camera (an awesome Little camera) I very seldom use the GF3.
Actually I consider it as expendable (takes it to parties with an oly kit-lens) and is seriously considering to give it away to my borthers daughter.
Today I own the Oly EM-1 (primary camera), the EPM2 (as travel and walk around camera), EP3 (back-up/video camera).
but I am not a Fanboy just happens to won Oly 43 glass (HG and one SHG) and Oly Flashes, and if I ever get into video I will surely turn to Panasonic
I’ve got a never used in box genuine Panny case for this camera-maybe I’ll finally get to use if if these are still out there
Thereās been a GF1 + 20mm in the display case at my local Panasonic franchise shop for years, it never sold!
Though I have gradually moved on to the heady heights of the E-M1 and my video star the GH3. I have to confess that the GF1 with 20mm lens is the only camera I have ever had a soft spot for.I bought it shortly after it came out and it has been my carry about camera ever since.
Though the big guns like the E-M1/E-M5/GH2/GH3 have done their part to draw new users into the system.I think that the diminutive size and quality of the GF1 + 20mm combo was what drew many DSLR users to mFT.I was a Canon DSLR user at the time and quickly became more an more interested in mFT the release of the GH2 the following year ended my Canon use and started me down the video road.Its a pity that the GF models that followed did not carry on in the same vein and for me the GX1 was the spiritual follow on to the GF1.
Best looking Āµ4/3. It’s that simple.
It’s a collectible now. That distinction makes it worth the extra $$$. At least to some.