MisterJ

Tried a Pana G5 yesterday and am thinking about the system, as focussing and handling seemed good, the camera itself being lightweight, just what I need.

This lens adds a bit more reach to the...

Good ad for the GH3, though I suspect the vehicles are 1:43 scale die casts coloured with an aerosol can. Nice though.

As for fetish, well yes, most objects are a combo of use and looks, with...

Good ad for the GH3, though I suspect the vehicles are 1:43 scale diecasts coloured with an aerosol can. Nice though.

As for fetish, well yes, most objects are a combo of use and looks, with...

Interesting comparo with the Pana FZ150/200.

These cameras are very useful if you have weight/size limits (I have a 150) but don't pretend to match the ultimate quality of a high-end DSLR.

Main...

This looks rather good, the helmet mount especially neat. Big question is (of course) how does/will it compare to my lovely GoPro, and will a Pana mount hold it firm and tight during +6/-3G...

For the moment, it's a corporate suicide note.

Interesting to see if the suits in charge take a reality check.

Er, quite easily actually - shot same scene this morning with iP4S and FZ150.

Very comparable quality for the sort of thing I do - in the field wide-angle POV stuff, otherwise shot on my trusty...

True enough I guess, though it came 'free' wrapped in a monthly contract, plus the last one sold at a good price on eBay.

My problem with the FZ150 is that it came after drowning an FZ50, an older...

No mention of ergonomics, a big FZ150 letdown for me.

As for video, on outdoor stuff my iPhone captures more reliably, and having a touch screen I can adjust focus points and aperture quickly.

We're so conditioned to standard formats and panoramas that the good old square tends to be forgotten.

It's a great format for mounted wall-art, managing to look especially 'just so', and so much...

Canon sure seems to be testing the water with this one, especially selling a cam with slow autofocus.

Argh, had that trouble with my Pana FZ150 in anything but perfect conditions.

And no onboard...

Ah the FZ50 - I loved mine until it got dropped in the sea.

Replaced it with an FZ150, but far too automated for my taste - slower too.

GH3 looks interesting though.

In-my-pocket iPhone with -

1 Olloclip, but built to Zeiss/Leica spec.

2 Bigger sensor.

Add assorted apps and I'm there for many things.

For video, studio, and specialist work, a Panasonic GH3...

This is a technically engaging concept, but fixed-lens photography is not really for me, unless it's my 'always in the pocket' iPhone 4S.

The iP4S is so handy for off-the-cuff and surprisingly...

This is a technically engaging concept, but fixed-lens photography is not really for me, unless it's my 'always in the pocket' iPhone 4S.

The iP - or other similarly equipped smartphone - is so...

Absolutely agree with you, and I too have a range of bigger cams. Performance-wise, iPhone and DSLR aren't in the same ballpark, but then they are not intended to be. Even so, my iP4S grabs a huge...

If those examples take good pix, that's fine.

But it doesn't change the fact that the iP has a decent cam, stills and video. My iP4S has earned its keep many times over.

My iP4S is a terrific tool, and I'll certainly add the IOS 6 panoramic function, which looks better than the third-party app I use at present.

But obviously the iPhone (or any mobile) is not a...

Oh dear - not for me then.

Looks like a mod I did to a Petri rangefinder cam I owned way back when - and probably just as unsatisfactory.

I'm betting he will make a better job of it than Marc Newson's Pentax.