It seems Panasonic MAY be announcing a new Micro Four Thirds camera in Sept 2009 which has very similar dimensions as the very popular Olympus E-P1.
Rumoured features of the GF-1:
- no EVF but one can be added
- popup flash
- dedicated movie record button
- HDMI output
- AVCHD video capture but only at 1280x720p – although this is probably all that most people really need
- mono mic on top of the camera
- no image stabilisation in the camera
- presumably will have built-in lens correction processing (E-P1 does not have this)
New Panasonic Lumix lenses for Micro Four Thirds:
- Lumix 20mm f/1.7 pancake
- Lumix 45mm f/2.8 macro
See these links:
- http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=652133
- http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=32610745
- my resource page on Micro Four Thirds