Panasonic G1 pricing announced

[andylawcc]

http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=506

Hope Olympus can do better....

 

[randomlinh]

anyone else find that a bit too high in pricing?

 

[996GT2]

It's new technology; the price is going to be high for a while. Hopefully the price will come down quickly though. I don't see a huge market for the G1 when a consumer has the choice of a D60 with the 18-55 VR and 55-200 VR or a D80 with 18-135mm for around the same price.

 

[ElFenix]

D60 doesn't do live view and the D80 is quickly coming off store shelves. for the people in best buy who are buying this camera, those two factors are important.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: 996GT2
It's new technology; the price is going to be high for a while. Hopefully the price will come down quickly though. I don't see a huge market for the G1 when a consumer has the choice of a D60 with the 18-55 VR and 55-200 VR or a D80 with 18-135mm for around the same price.

Panasonic's argument would be mobility. Kinda like for $500 you get a laptop with 10 inch screen, 1.6 gig processor, a small 8gb SSD and no DVD drive that can do nothing except surfing the web from Asus EEE lineup; whereas the same amount of money can fetch you a fully functional 15.4" screen, 100 plus gig harddrive, and a DVD+/-RW.

in mean time, I do agree Panasonic tends to price their DSLR to non-competitive level. The L-10 is like ungodly expensive. I believe the actual retail price for the G1 will be lower if Panasonic wants it to gain mass appeal.

 

[996GT2]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: 996GT2
It's new technology; the price is going to be high for a while. Hopefully the price will come down quickly though. I don't see a huge market for the G1 when a consumer has the choice of a D60 with the 18-55 VR and 55-200 VR or a D80 with 18-135mm for around the same price.

Panasonic's argument would be mobility. Kinda like for $500 you get a laptop with 10 inch screen, 1.6 gig processor, a small 8gb SSD and no DVD drive that can do nothing except surfing the web from Asus EEE lineup; whereas the same amount of money can fetch you a fully functional 15.4" screen, 100 plus gig harddrive, and a DVD+/-RW.

in mean time, I do agree Panasonic tends to price their DSLR to non-competitive level. The L-10 is like ungodly expensive. I believe the actual retail price for the G1 will be lower if Panasonic wants it to gain mass appeal.

The problem is that the L1 is not that portable...it's still larger than many 12 and 18x Superzooms, even though the kit lens is only a 3x zoom. And it's really not that much smaller than compact APS-C DSLRs which offer both better image quality at higher ISOs and more value for money. I don't think Micro 4/3 will really be a success until a Micro 4/3 camera in the form factor of the Powershot G9 is brought to market.

Powershot G9: 106.4 x 71.9 x 42.5 mm
Panasonic FZ8: 112.5 x 72.2 x 79.0 mm
G1 Body: 124 mm x 84 mm x 45 mm
E-420 Body: 129.5 x 91 x 53 mm
Rebel XS Body: 126 x 98 x 62 mm
D60 Body: 126 x 94 x 64 mm

 

[andylawcc]

hence, I am waiting for to see what Olympus has to offer ;p

 

[ElFenix]

panasonic G1 sensitivity test series

 

[abaez]

Pretty dang positive review in the NYTimes recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10...altech/23pogue.html?em

Ultimately says not to buy it because of not having any lenses - I had thought all 4/3 lenses work with m4/3? I guess not. The 1.4m pixel viewfinder is pretty good though.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: abaez
Pretty dang positive review in the NYTimes recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10...altech/23pogue.html?em

Ultimately says not to buy it because of not having any lenses - I had thought all 4/3 lenses work with m4/3? I guess not. The 1.4m pixel viewfinder is pretty good though.

they all fit but for some reason they don't all focus.

i don't really understand why 4/3 lenses have to be reprogrammed every time a new camera comes out.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: abaez
Pretty dang positive review in the NYTimes recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10...altech/23pogue.html?em

Ultimately says not to buy it because of not having any lenses - I had thought all 4/3 lenses work with m4/3? I guess not. The 1.4m pixel viewfinder is pretty good though.

they all fit but for some reason they don't all focus.

i don't really understand why 4/3 lenses have to be reprogrammed every time a new camera comes out.

so far the one that does are the newer ones: the 14-42mm and 40-150mm kit lenses, and the 25mm f2.8 pancake.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

DCResource has a gallery up: http://dcresource.com/reviews/...ew/bonus_gallery.shtml