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Year One
About a year ago, in July, 2009, Ireviewed the Panasonic GH1's video capabilitieson these pages, and in the months since have used it as a favored stills camera on a number of trips and shoots, where its small size, high image quality, and versatility made it a pleasure to use. No, it doesn't have the same IQ as a Leica M9, Sony A900, or other high resolution DSLR, but then again it's a lot smaller, lighter, andit shoots video.
And that, dear friends, is what this brief article is about. If you're reading this I needn't remind you that there's a revolution happening in video, with major TV shows and even feature films being shot in whole or in part with video-capable DSLRs, in par...

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