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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1

Based on 36 reviews

Excellent:

16
Good:

18
Average:

2
Bad:

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Pros

Return to GF1 design is more appealing, Larger grip is better for medium-size hands, Built-in pop-up flash, Flash hotshoe, Video record button on the top deck for more natural access, GX1 uses wide metal lugs for straps, which are quieter for video, Re...
Compact size, Fast continuous shooting, Hot shoe and accessory port, Built-in flash.
Compact and easy to handle, Most settings quickly accessible, some customizable, Quick autofocus, good image quality up until ISO 6400.
Compact but solid build with lots of manual controls, Comparable quality to DSLR, but may need to tweak defaults, Snappy and responsive AF, and touch-AF for stills and movies, Continuous movie AF and long recording times outside Europe.
Nice build quality; more physical control buttons; power-zoom lens is great for videos; fast autofocus speeds.
Great build quality, intuitive layout, superfast autofocus, hotshoe, good balance of system size to image quality
Fast and accurate autofocus, Great ISO performance, Manual controls at fingertips, Plenty of customizable commands, Very easy to use camera
Fast performance and excellent raw photo quality, combined with Panasonic's veteran touch-screen/direct-control hybrid interface, make the Lumix DMC-GX1 a strong ILC choice.
Highest resolution Micro Four Thirds sensor, Very good quality JPEG high ISO images, Improved white balance and skin tone rendering (compared to GF1), Fast AF acquisition (particularly impressive in low light), Shooting is possible while the buffer's

Cons

Would be nice to have two dials, one for aperture, one for shutter, Rear buttons might be small for some users, LCD doesn't tilt, Blur issue with X lens at telephoto and certain shutter speeds, Mediocre macro performance, Below average hue accuracy, O
Large, soft kit lens, Fixed rear LCD, Poor high ISO performance, Pricey.
Manual focus not much fun, Touchscreen seems slightly vestigial, Thumb dial could be a lot meatier
Live view and AF not available in bursts above 3fps, No 1080p AVCHD, no manual movie exposures and no mic input, Easy to accidentally set a manual AF area with touch-screen, No articulated screen or built-in IS.
Difficult to manually focus with powerzoom lens; JPEG images are soft.
Expensive, power zoom lens zooms too slowly, movie mode outclassed by competition, battery life could be better
Awkward forced grip
The new X-series PZ kit lens could use some design tweaks, and Panasonic's JPEG processing, though much better than before, could still use a little work.
Conservative metering tends towards underexposure, Fastest continuous shooting modes come at the expense of live view, 20fps SH mode yields poor image quality, Limited manual exposure controls for video recording, Continuous tracking performance suffers i

By Photography Bay on May 06, 2012

The Panasonic Lumix GX1 is a compact Micro Four Thirds camera that features a 16MP image sensor, a 3-inch touchscreen LCD and captures 1080/60i AVCHD video.The GX1 is one of the mirrorless cameras that really pushes the compact nature of the...

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By Good Gear Guide on April 23, 2012

The LUMIX GX1 incorporates manual features, a touchscreen and a high level of performance in a camera body that is compact and comfortable to hold. It produced excellent results in our tests, in the ISO testing in particular, and it's a good...

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By The Imaging Resource on April 10, 2012

With the Lumix GX1, Panasonic addresses several crucial complaints from enthusiasts about their Micro Four Thirds cameras, particularly the rangefinder-style class once represented by the GF series. They've returned to a larger size that's a...

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By Computeractive on March 29, 2012

A compact camera that rivals digital SLRs for quality, performance and ergonomics – expensive, but worth it...

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By Photo Answers on March 01, 2012

With a classic design and bags of creative features, this new CSC the Panasonic LUMIX GX1 might leave you wonder if you really need your...

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By T3 Magazine on March 01, 2012

If you want the twin benefits of a compact camera body plus the ability to swap lenses and drill down into manual features to achieve more professional looking pictures, the Panasonic GX1 is currently the brand’s best option. While not cheap if...

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By Digital Photography School on March 01, 2012

This is how I see the game these days:Compact digicams are the family/personal cameras used by almost everyone.Mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras like Sony’s NEX and Olympus/Panasonic’s Micro and Macro Four Thirds models are shooting...

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By PC Mag on February 17, 2012

At 16 megapixels, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 features the highest resolution of any Micro Four Thirds camera. It has some nice features that should appeal to enthusiasts, but it doesn't do well at the higher ISO settings and is bundled with a lens...

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By AsiaOne on February 06, 2012

NEARLY two years after Panasonic introduced its retro-inspired GF1 Micro Four Thirds camera, the camera maker has finally unveiled its spiritual successor - the GX1.While Panasonic's GF1 started off on a great note, both the GF2 and GF3 dropped many...

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By Stuff.tv on February 01, 2012

This amazingly quick compact delivers in almost every aspect...

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