Panasonic has today launched the new GF2 Micro Four Thirds camera to supersede their popular GF1 model. The MFT (Micro Four Thirds) standard has been gaining market position quickly over the last couple of years and Panasonic’s cameras have been at the forefront of this popularity boom. The previous G models (G1, GH1, GF1) were very popular and well received by the press in general. At Photokina in September Panasonic too the wraps off the new DMC-GH2 and initial reports of that camera have found image quality and autofocus speed to be of excellent quality. When the original GF1 was announced it surprised a few people by managing to cram nearly all the features of it’s larger brother, the GH1, into a much smaller package. With the GF2 they have achieved much the same thing but with a few key differences.
RED Epic finally in the hands of film makers
RED’s new flagship camera, the Epic has finally started to ship in limited quantities. A few months ago RED announced that a limited number of hand machined and hand assembled Epics would be available slightly before the regular production run begins. The so called Epic-M was available to order for $58,000 and that package included a 5″ touch screen, the Bomb EVF and a 128 GB SSD module + a Redmote. Overall, the premium for getting one of these limited hand assembled versions is about $10,000 but people jumped at the opportunity and the very first one shipped to OFFHOLLYWOOD …
