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Review summary: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is a Micro Four Thirds-based advanced digital camera that accepts interchangeable lenses (much like a digital SLR camera). It has an absolute glut of manual and automatic features.

Verdict: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is easy to use, and you get the hang of it quickly. It feels a little bulky and cumbersome considering it's using technology that's designed to enable smaller cameras to be built. However, if you're used to a digital SLR ...

Review summary: Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GH1 is a Micro Four Thirds-based advanced digital camera that accepts interchangeable lenses (much like a digital SLR camera). It has an absolute glut of manual and automatic features.

Pros: Shoots high-definition video, shoots very crisp images, auto ISO limiting, electronic viewfinder, built-in flash

Cons: Feels too bulky for a Micro Four Thirds camera, image stabilisation not built in to camera body

Verdict: Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds line-up gets its second model in the Lumix DMC-GH1. It's a very good quality camera for taking stills and also does very well when shooting high-definition video. However, at $3299, it's quite expensive so only go for it ...

Review summary: HD video, but at what cost?

Pros: Adjustable high (ish) resolution rear LCD, tactile rubber body "shroud", impressively clear Live View finder, sharp, realistically coloured evenly exposed results

Cons: Hefty price tag, existing APS-C sized sensor DSLR users will have to invest in a whole new system from scratch

Verdict: While it's difficult to know who the GH1 will presently appeal to given its semi-pro price tag, the hybrid camera performs well and is more than pleasant to use

Review summary: The Micro Four Thirds format, jointly developed by Olympus and Panasonic, is designed to allow interchangeable-lens cameras without the traditional SLR mirror system that lets you see out of the lens you're shooting with. Instead, Micro Four Thirds ...

Verdict: When the first Micro Four Thirds camera, Panasonic's Lumix G1 was released last year, though, it really wasn't that "micro" - just a hair smaller than many traditional SLRs. It did have one breakthrough feature that made it stand out from the crowd. ...

Review summary: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is a 12.1MP Micro Four Thirds camera with a 10x interchangeable zoom lens that's optimised for digital video. AVCHD movies are captured at either 720/50p or 1080/25p, with stepless apertures and continuous contrast ...

Pros: No one wants to eat a genetically engineered kiwicado or porkupine but electronics companies insist on mating different gadgets. The offspring of Panasonic's latest inter-species love-in is a tasty treat: a lightweight 12MP camera that has the primo ...

Cons: This is the bit where we normally hassle hybrids for lagging behind standalone kit. Unfortunately, we had to put our knives back in our Simon Cowell knife holder - this Panny genuinely is as good as any SLR and memory-card camcorder. Having said that, ...

Verdict: The only thing wrong with the GH1 is the price – it looks Everest steep compared to budget SLRs. Factor in the long lens and the seamless Full HD video, though, and the flexible Panasonic starts to look like a better bet.