8.1 out of 10

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1

 

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  • User Score (142)
    8.6 8.6 from 142 reviewers
  • Expert Score (36)
    8.1 8.1 from 36 reviewers
  • Design (6)
    8.6 8.6 from 6 reviewers
  • Value for money (11)
    5.5 5.5 from 11 reviewers
  • Features (11)
    8.6 8.6 from 11 reviewers
  • Ease of use (7)
    9.6 9.6 from 7 reviewers
  • Performance (11)
    6.5 6.5 from 11 reviewers
  • Picture quality (17)
    8.1 8.1 from 17 reviewers
  • Overall quality (2)
    8.3 8.3 from 2 reviewers
  • Display (7)
    9.1 9.1 from 7 reviewers
  • Ergonomics (7)
    8.3 8.3 from 7 reviewers
  • Build quality (2)
    6.9 6.9 from 2 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. goodgearguide.com.au

    review.goodgearguide.com.au
    18 August 2009

    Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GH1 is a Micro Four Thirds–based advanced digital camera that accepts interchangeable lenses (much like a digital SLR camera). It has an absolute glut of manual and automatic features. The Lumix DMC-GH1 is not as big as a traditional digital SLR camera, nor does it have a traditional optical viewfinder. Instead, it relies on an electronic viewfinder (called a LiveViewFinder or LVF). Read more

    • Shoots high-definition video, shoots very crisp images, auto ISO limiting, electronic viewfinder, built-in flash
    • Feels too bulky for a Micro Four Thirds camera, image stabilisation not built in to camera body

  2. AVHub

    8 August 2009

    Panasonic’s second Micro Four Thirds camera gets HD video recording some extra features a big zoom and a very big price tag. Report by Paul Burrows. Ok, are you sitting down? If you like the idea of owning the Lumix GH1 – and there are lots of good reasons why you should – you’re currently looking at an outlay of $3299! Read more

  3. PhotoReview

    8.0/10
    6 August 2009

    Like some of the most recent DSLRs, Panasonic's new DMC-GH1 offers the added benefit of high-definition video capture - but also provides stereo sound recording. First shown at Photokina 2008, the GH1 is based on Panasonic's first Micro Four Thirds System (MFT) camera, the DMC-G1, and offers most of the same features for still capture. Unlike the G1, which came in black, red and blue, the GH1 will only be sold locally with a black body. Read more

  4. PC Authority

    6.1/10
    23 April 2010

    An interesting camera with a flexible lens, but it can’t compete with a traditional DSLR on image or value Read more

  5. Gizmodo

    Gizmodo
    1 August 2009

    The micro-four-thirds standard created by Panasonic, Olympus and Leica has intrigued us but its mightiest product to date, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1, leaves us scratching our heads. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1

    CNET
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: gonno, CNET
    19 August 2009

    i think its getting ridiculous the way companies bring out new models so soon after the previous model.they often add something new to it or just change the way it looks.its that age old question again; when to buy? i seriously dont know the answer to that anymore.i mean,for example,you buy something which you probably spent a lot of money on and then straight away something comes along better and you wish then you hadnt bought it.with the way the economy is now,i think... Read more

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A new, higher level of creative image expression. The advanced technology of the Lumix G Micro System Digital Camera GH1 - gives you the photo quality of DSLR plus Full-HD movie. Advanced technologies deliver unprecedented quality stills and movies The DMC-GH1 is not just a high performance stills camera; it  can also record Full-HD movies at 1080/25p or smooth HD movies at 720/50p in AVCHD with a continuous AF function. It offers a stereo microphone with Dolby Digita…

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