Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 12.1MP Compact System Camera Kit with 14-42mm Lumix G VARIO f/3.5-5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS Lens - Black

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Movies can be recorded in either AVCHD or Motion JPEG format with a frame rate of either 30fps (in NTSC regions) or 25fps (in PAL regions). There are two quality options for AVCHD recording, FSH is 1080i60 (50i PAL) and SH 720p60 (50p PAL) both with an average bit rate of 17Mbps. With Motion JPEG selected the quality options become 720p, VGA (640 x 480) and QVGA (320 x 240) all at 30fps regardless of region.

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Of course, Sony has also claimed a “world’s smallest” crown for its recently launched NEX-C3 (which uses a larger, APS-C sized sensor), prompting the question – which of the two is smaller? Well, on paper at least the GF3 appears to be marginally smaller in terms of width and depth, but is also marginally taller than the Sony.Alongside the new sensor, the GF3 uses the same Venus Engine VII HD image processor found in the GF2. Working in partnership they enable the GF3 to shoot continuously at 4fps at full resolution, and to record 1080i Full HD movies at 25fps. Sensitivity, meanwhile, ranges from ISO 100-6400. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3's Intelligent Resolution feature identifies outlines, texture areas and soft gradation areas of the image and then automatically optimizes the edges and detailed texture areas while using noise reduction to make the soft gradation areas smoother. There are three available strengths - low, standard and high.

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One of the GF3's main innovations is its touchscreen interface, with a revamped GUI that's easy on the eye. Panasonic have wisely restricted the amount of things that you can do by interacting with the screen, and indeed you can still operate most things on the camera without having to push and prod the LCD at all. But you would be missing out on a lot of genuinely useful functionality that really improves the shooting experience. I choose just GF2 2 weeks ago after some indepth comparison between GF2 vs GF3 vs Olympus E-PM1. I think it is easily the best camera of the bunch. The advantage of GF2 over GF3 are: When Intelligent Auto is switched on, the GF3 changes the scene mode used when you touch the subject, for example selecting portrait mode if you touch a face and macro mode if you touch a close-up flower. If you prefer to manually focus rather than use the snappy AF, you can magnify any part of the subject by 1x, 5x or 10x by simply dragging the image around the screen. The final touchscreen ability from an image composition point of view is the ability to release the shutter, with a small icon on the right hand screen enabling this functionality, and then a single on-screen tap all that's required to take the picture.

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RAW images, Unlimited JPEG images with a fast card; H: 3.8 frames/sec, M: 2.8 frames/sec (with Live View), L: 2 frames/sec (with Live View)

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Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012 . Retrieved 26 August 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) The G2's My Color mode has been replaced by the new range of Creative Controls, denoted by an artist's palette, with 5 options - Expressive, Retro, High Key, Sepia, High Dynamic Range and Miniature - on offer. Some are more useful than others, and I'm not quite sure why these modes deserve their own special place on the shooting mode menu, rather than being grouped together with the Photo Styles in the Main Menu. It's presumably because you lose control of the exposure and other key settings when using the Creative Controls, whereas the 6 available Photo Styles still allow full control of the camera's settings. When enabled, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 automatically compensates for camera shake, which is a slight blurring of the image that typically occurs at slow shutter speeds when the camera is hand held. There are three different modes, Mode 1 is on all the time including image composition, Mode 2 is only on when you press the shutter button, and Mode 3 compensates for up and down movements only (which in turn allows you to pan the camera). In practice I found that it does make a noticeable difference, especially with the 45-200mm telephoto lens. You don't notice that the camera is actually doing anything different when anti-shake is turned on, just that you can use slower shutter speeds than normal and still take sharp photos.Painting of Grillo machines consists of a double electrostatic powder coated process. At the beginning there are the washing baths and the preparation, then a first protective coat is applied together with the baking in the oven, turns out to be the best basis for the application of the finishing. The second coat consisting of varnish and a further baking in the oven at 190°C convey the characteristic hardness and brilliance. Panasonic's Photo Style modes can be used in any of the advanced shooting modes (PASM), and in video mode. The Photo Style modes enable the user to specify the level of contrast, sharpness, saturation and noise reduction applied within the following options: Standard, Vivid, Natural, Monochrome, Scenery, Portrait and Custom. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012 . Retrieved 26 August 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Those who want to keep life simple will appreciate Panasonic's Intelligent Auto plus (iA+) mode which instructs the camera to use its Intelligent Scene Selector to identify the right scene mode to employ. When an appropriate scene mode is identified, the relevant icon is displayed on the top left of the screen. head-start on its rivals, Panasonic has established itself as the market leader, although the company is under no illusions that this