I’ve been using Panasonic GF1 camera for almost a month now.
What I like about this camera:
- compact size,
- slim and speedy 20mm lens,
- long video files (up to 30″ for the European market),
- lens are interchangable;
- quick autofocus (compared to other contrast-type autofocusing systems);
- face recognition (speeds up autofocusing in video mode),
- a responsive high-resolution display.
What’s not so pleasant:
- noise (it’s higher than in a three-year old Canon 400D),
- shutter lag (half a second after having autofocused),
- camera body is slippery,
- some menu controls are inconvenient (e.g. when deleting multiple photos, one can easily deselect photos instead of deleting them or moving on with selection);
- digital viewfinder has a very low-res display: for 180 € you get 0.4 Mpx, something like 640×480, not even 800×600 px;
- no in-body accelerometer, that means that you’ll have to rotate your photos by 90° manually if you use lens with no stabilization.