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> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 12/2/2019: taking a 10-year old Panasonic for
> a spin
> Date: 13 February 2019 at 23:23:30 CET
> To: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks! - but the things I like best about the GF1 and the lenses I mentioned
> is that I already have them ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Frugal Nathan
>
>
>> On 13 Feb 2019, at 22:46, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/12/2019 11:20 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> I have been at home Monday and Tuesday, recovering from a bout of severe
>>> gastroenteritis that prevented me from travelling to Romania on Monday
>>> morning. I am well now, going back to the office this morning. In fact,
>>> yesterday afternoon I had sufficient cabin fever to take a drive along the
>>> beach in order to play with my old Panasonic GF1 camera. I do not remember
>>> when I bought it, but it was launched in 2009. It has been sitting in
>>> storage for some years, with the lenses in the possession of my daughter to
>>> whom I had also given a Panasonic GF2. But she recently dropped that camera
>>> and it seems dead, so I have given her something else, and meanwhile I have
>>> the Panasonic lenses back. So, yesterday I went out with the GF1 to see if
>>> it had potential as a cycling camera—it is small enough for that and
>>> sometimes I may want more focal length options than what the Ricoh GRII
>>> provides.
>>
>> If you like that, and want small and light for cycling, consider the GM1 or
>> GM5; both much smaller and lighter than the GF1:
>>
>> Weight MP W x H x D
>> GF1 385 g 12 MP 119 x 71 x 36 mm (4.69 x 2.8 x 1.43")
>> GM1 204 g 16 MP 99 x 55 x 30 mm (3.88 x 2.16 x 1.2")
>> GM5 211 g 16 MP 99 x 60 x 36 mm (3.9 x 2.36 x 1.42")
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, CameraSize doesn't have many older models. I've used an Oly
>> E-PL7 as a stand-in for the GF1. It's 2mm deeper, but narrower and shorter.
>> In any case, you can get a sense of the smaller camera bodies and MUCH
>> smaller lens.
>>
>>
>> Having also had Oly E-PL1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 & EP-M1 & 2, with the same sensors, I
>> can say that 12 to 16 MP isn't such a big deal, but the later sensor systems
>> have better noise and dynamic range.
>>
>> The GM1 has a pop-up flash, and the GM5 replaces that with a small, but
>> usable EVF. Both came with a tiny, but good quality 12-32 mm zoom. The 12-32
>> gets so short by being collapsible; turn the zoom ring past a detent @ 12mm
>> and it gets short. Panny also makes a tiny for focal range 35-100 collapsing
>> lens for these cameras. <http://j.mp/2RZRlNd <http://j.mp/2RZRlNd>>
>>
>> Weight Dia Length
>> 14-42 165 g 56 mm 64 mm
>> 12-32 70 g 61 mm 24 mm
>>
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