Comments on: Olympus E-P1 vs Panasonic GF1

By: Moondog

Moondog — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:06:52 +0000

The E-P2 will offer an external mic via an optional mic-jack that supposedly attaches via the flash mount (which doubles as an accessory mount). I don’t think the E-P1 can use this device unfortunately.

One major advantage of the E-P1’s in-body optical image stabilization vs. the Panasonic’s in-lens stabilization, is that when you use a vintage manual lenses (via a M4/3 adapter) and they too will have stabilization!

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By: Slaven

Slaven — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:26:19 +0000

Re AVCHD: GF1 offers _both_, AVCHD and motion JPEG (as an option in the menu) so if you’re scared of using one there’s always the option for the other.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:32:00 +0000

Jack, the E-P1 does not nave a mic in jack. If you want mic in jacks, and want to stick to a hybrid camera platform, you go for either a panasonic GH1 or a pentax k7.

avchd is only a “pain” to edit if your computer is ill-equipped to handle the compression, so how much of a pain it truly is is dependent on how modern your processor and vid processor is.

If you have much interest in maintaining characteristics of large apertures (shallow DoF, available-light photography) across your focal lengths (f/2.0 or brighter) Access to Oly’s legacy lenses is a pretty significant factor in favor of e-p1, since they have several pro-grade (and weather-sealed) lenses that get you f/2.0+ qualities from focal lengths between 14mm though 200mm. Those are significant assets available *today* whereas with panny you are currently significantly hamstrung.