New York Times tech columnist David Pogue recently reviewed the new Panasonic DMC GH1 and wrote that it would be hard to criticise the camera on any feature-checklist issue.
The GH1 has been on my radar for sometime now; so are the Canon EOS 500D and Nikon 5000D, as I’ve been wanting to upgrade from a point-and-shoot user to a DSLR camera user.
It seems I could just close my eyes and pick any of these three and never be wrong about it.
But looking at the salient points of the three, it seems that the GH1 will be the ideal choice if I want a DSLR with true HD movie capability.
Pogue’s review indicates that unlike the movie capability offered in other DSLR cameras, the one offered by the GH1 autofocuses when shooting video.
He made a special mention of the GH1′s autofocus capabilities in the footnotes to the review and emphasises how important it is for a DSLR camera to autofocus when shooting movie.
Based on Pogue’s review — “An S.L.R Tailored For Video” — the GH1 seems to be inferior to Canon EOS 500D and Nikon 5000D in terms of burst speed.
He writes that the GH1 shoots only a couple of frames per second. I really hope that this is not the case because according to the Panasonic website, the GH1 is capable of shooting 3fps in high speed and 2fps on low speed — limited to 7 pics for if there are RAW files and unlimited when there are no RAW files.
Frankly, I don’t mind the 3fps if the GH1 is really as good in shooting videos and stills as what the review says. Of course, 2fps is quite pointless for a DSLR unless one is also able to freeze the HD video and take frames out of it to make still photos.
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my gh1 is nice camera