Click on picture to enlarge

I received following picture and infos from “Reality Scanner”. He writes:

“have a look a my little experiment:
Lumix GF1 with Leica Visoflex and Elmar 3.5/65 mm Macro
http://www.flickr.com/photos/realityscans/sets/72157622265111636/

P.S.: I attached the Visoflex with the Lumix micro-FourThirds-Leica-M-Adapter.
Regretably the release-lever of the Visoflex does not meet the GF1 release button. for taking photos you have to arrest the mirror flipped up.”

In this post we will continuely post all interesting news about the GF1!

All what you need to know is available here:

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/gf1/index.html

.

PREORDER NOW (AVAILABILITY IN OCTOBER!):
Both configuration are available for preorder at amazon US
Panasonic DMC-GF1K-K 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-45mm Lens
and

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens

The Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras and Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 Aspherical MEGA OIS Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras

are also available for preorder!

.

BHphoto: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

.

.

PREVIEW:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/PanasonicGF1/

German forum four thirds: http://www.forum-fourthirds.de/lumix-gf1.html

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_gf1-review

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/23071/panasonic-dmc-gf1-review/

http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gf1,1_5588 (spanish only)

http://www.dslrmagazine.com/digital/camaras-evf/panasonic-gf1-toma-de-contacto.html (spanish only)

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_details.php?id=18802(Recently added to the list)

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_gf1-review(Recently added to the list)

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_GF1/verdict.shtml(Recently added to the list)

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gf1-hands-on/(Recently added to the list)

.

IMAGE SAMPLES:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/PanasonicGF1/page14.asp

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/23069/panasonic-gf1-test/

RAW files-  http://www.photographyblog.com/articles/panasonic_gf1_photos/

.

GF1 SLIDESHOW:

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=243676&a=243657&po=1,00.asp?p=y

.

GF1 Video:

http://www.ephoto.sk/foto-technika/novinky/panasonic-lumix-gf1/

.

Videos made with the GF1:

http://www.panasonic.de/html/de_DE/Produkte/Lumix+Digitalkameras/%C3%9Cbersicht+Lumix+GH1+Videos/2385076/index.html

http://www.photographyblog.com/articles/panasonic_gf1_videos/(Recently added to the list)

.

GF1 versus E-P1 discussions:

http://m43forum.com/index.php?topic=624.0

.

PRESS RELEASE:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Panasonic-Lumix-DMCGF1-12106

.

OFFICIAL PANASONIC LINKS:

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/pressrelease/index.html

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/index.html

The optional external LiveViewFinder looks damn cool!

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/gf1/functions.html#versatile_accessories

Both configuration are available for preorder at amazon US
Panasonic DMC-GF1K-K 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-45mm Lens
and

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens

UPDATE: Availability in October!

The GF1 has been released:
Both configuration are available for preorder at amazon US:
Panasonic DMC-GF1K-K 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-45mm Lens
and

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens

The Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras is also available for preorder!
Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 Aspherical MEGA OIS Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras

.

.

UPDATE: The GF1 advertising on dpreview is back! Take a look here: http://www.dpreview.com/

If you click on the teasers you will NOT find the GF1 on the Panasonic website...for now!

UPDATE2: They removed the teaser again…

…it seem that dpreview wrongly posted their GF1 advertising for a very short time. They shortly removed the GF1 banner.
The GF1 should come in black, silver, red, white.
Source: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=32881840

Thanks Michael S. and “Ren Kockwell” ;) for sending the screenshot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting, wasn’t dpreview that accused other websites for leaking images just to drive traffic? :) Just a joke, we know this has been only a mistake made by the webmaster!

It’s 6 o clock in the morning and I still havn’t got any sleep. :(

Source: liveblog.jp
Probably photoshopped pictures that are maybe close to the real camera?
They also claim to know the prices of the GF1, external EVF and lenses:

Kit pancakes / 99,800 yen -1,060.00 USD (EVF Set / 118,000 yen -1,254.00 USD)
Macro Kit / 109,800 yen -1,166.00 USD (EVF Set / 128,000 yen -1,359.00 USD)
Single body / 79,800 yen -847.834 USD
55,000 yen -584.347 USD EVF single / 29,800 yen -316.000USD pancake lens / macro lens only 45,000 yen -640 USD

The big surprise is that there will probably be a external EVF (not shown in any picture).

A lot of not-so-new digital cameras are becoming cheaper and cheaper. A good time to buy a Panasonic or Olympus camera!

1) Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 with Lumix G Vario 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS Lens (Blue)

2) Olympus E620 12.3MP Live MOS Digital SLR Camera with Image Stabilization and 2.7 inch Swivel LCD

3) Olympus E520 10MP Digital SLR Camera with Image Stabilization (Body Only)

4) Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Black)

All this items are discounted. You see the price once you add it to your Shopping Cart.