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IS THAT THE PANSONIC GF2 (or GF3)???
We found a very interesting new Panasonic patent which displays a Panasonic GF1
If something is patented it doesn’t mean that it will certainly become real. Anyway in that case we also have our sources confirming that Panasonic is working on a Panasonic GF1
Main features:
Built-In EVF
Titlable EVF
The EVF is able to selectively display both moving pictures and still pictures.
The EVF “could” be OLED
Built-in Flash
CMOS sensor
Here some interesting parts of the patent:
– “There has always been a great need for interchangeable lens digital cameras to be made more compact.”
– “However, if an electronic viewfinder is disposed where a conventional optical viewfinder
The technology disclosed here is intended to reduce the size of a camera body.”
– “With this camera body, the electronic viewfinder is disposed beside the body mount. That is, the electronic viewfinder
– “The EVF 180 is able to selectively display both moving pictures and still pictures.”
– “The viewfinder image display unit is a device that displays images, and in addition to a liquid crystal monitor, it can be an organic electroluminescence device, an inorganic electroluminescence device, a plasma display panel, or another such device.”
– “The EVF 180 is connected by a rotary shaft 184 so as to be rotatable with respect to the camera body 1. By rotating around the rotary shaft 184, the EVF 180 can assume a state other than the eye level position (first disposition). ”
source: United States Patent Application 20100060771
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