Year OneAbout 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 particular the Canon 5D MKII, and more recently the Canon 7D. These are pretty lousy video cameras from an operational point of view, but their shallow depth of field, great low-light capability, and high video IQ have earned them a solid reputation among both amateur and professional film makers...