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Review summary: Change is in the air: while compact digital cameras have evolved rapidly in the past few years--so much so, in fact, that one of today's digital compacts has almost nothing in common with an analog compact from a few years ago--things have, until now, ...

Pros: - Unique, innovative design, - Excellent screen and viewfinder, - Useful automatic modes, - Image quality up to 800 ISO, - Interchangeable lenses

Cons: - Loud mechanical shutter, - No video, - Noise above 1600 ISO

Verdict: Panasonic's DMC-G1 has been long-anticipated, and now it's here, it's certainly made a big impact. A very likeable little camera, it's astonishingly powerful for its size, and has been carefully crafted both inside and out. Nevertheless, all of this ...

Review summary: We'll be publishing our detailed review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 next week.

Verdict: technology. Combining interchangeable DSLR optics and a Four Thirds format DSLR sensor with many of the advantages of a point-and-shoot - full-time live view, for instance - the G1 is meant to make interchangeable-lens cameras more accessible to those ...

Review summary: We are not sure what Panasonic is trying to pull but the Lumix DMC-G1 is already out. Contrary to its press release, announcing that it will only be released in mid-November, Panny's online store has already started shipping G1 to some buyers. The ...

Review summary: Panasonic's new Lumix DMC-G1 is the first model in an entirely new camera system, officially known as 'Micro Four Thirds' but sometimes dubbed 'EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens)' to provide a better picture of the difference between it ...

Verdict: Provided light levels were reasonably high, the G1's contrast-based AF system seemed able to handle most situations it encountered, albeit with a few lapses with low-contrast and close subjects. With the multipoint setting focusing was often on the ...

Review summary: The question has been on your mind since we first got wind of this so-called "Micro Four Thirds" concept back in August: how will it stack up? Now that Panasonic's Lumix DMC-G1 is filtering out to the world, we're able to kick back and digest a...