The coolest thing we’ve seen in a long time!
Having been in the photo industry for what seems like forever it’s really rare that something new comes along that makes us excited enough to sell our Hasselblad or incur the wrath of our significant others by purchasing yet another camera…
Enter the Panasonic Lumix G2!
In a nutshell, this is a 12.1 megapixel digital Single Lens Reflex camera with interchangeable lenses (though not really an SLR, as the term “reflex” refers to a mirror in the viewing system; as there is no mirror box in this camera they are able to make the camera considerably smaller and lighter than comparable Nikon or Canon SLR’s).
Smaller camera, high performance and High Definition video capability. But the thing that really has us excited (as we love old cameras and optics) if that with inexpensive mount adapters you can use almost ANY lens with this camera!
This means that if you have any great optics laying around you can still use them- or buy awesome used lenses at a fraction of the cost on new lenses. Focal lengths are effectively doubled; a 50mm lens becomes a 100mm with this system.
Leica M and R mount, C-mount, Contax, Pentax, Nikon F, Canon EF and even FD mount lenses can be used. Adapters are even available for medium format lenses.
LensBaby just announced an adapter that allows lens tilt with Nikon mount lenses that have more tilt capability than Nikon Perspective Control lenses!
It has a 3″ LCD screen that you can flip out to use as a waist-level finder or face it down so you can hold the camera over you head to get shots you would usually need a ladder to get!
It’s also got awesome touch screen capabilities. Touch the subject on your screen and the camera’s focus will lock on it and continue to track it as it moves.
It also has a eye level finder with approximately 100% field of view.
On top of that it has high definition video capability with stereo sound !





