Nice Price On Panasonic Camera

I like telling my readers about some of the great prices I get e-mailed to me for some very full featured cameras.

Like this:

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 16 MP Digital Mirrorless Camera Kit - Black - Camera Kit with Lumix G Vario 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 Lens

Only $398.00 thru 7/15/13

Or this two lens kit till 7/06:

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Camera with Lumix G 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 Lens and 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH Lens - Black, and Adorama $100.00 Gift Certificate

Only $598.00 

 

This is a tiny camera for all its features. How do they do it? For one, it's a Micro 4/3rds format, not APS-C. Crop factor of 2X, so you can tell the sensor is smaller. Also, it's a mirrorless camera. Instead of using a series of mirrors or mirror and pentaprism, the camera uses the imaging sensor to display to an electronic viewfinder.

That's how an interchangeable lens, full featured, high quality camera can be so incredibly small. Barely larger than an older 35mm point and shoot from the 80s.

Panasonic DMC-G5 Features

• Contrast AF: Like all cameras in the LUMIX G series, the LUMIX G5 adopts Contrast AF (Auto Focus), so focusing is controlled by the image sensor. Compared with the Phase difference system AF, Contrast AF boasts higher accuracy, especially when shooting with a bright lens with small F value. Full-area Touch AF enables focus setting on any FOV point.
• Light Speed AF: Additionally, ultra high-speed Light Speed AF, quickly locks on to a subject, making it possible to capture even fast moving subjects clearly. Combined with Touch AF control and high-speed burst shooting at six frames per second in 16.05-megapixel full resolution, it has never been easier to capture fast-moving objects clearly.
• Intuitive Operation: The LUMIX G5 offers simple operation controls with minimal stress, so users can concentrate on shooting. A newly added function lever near the shutter release allows for direct adjustment of zoom, exposure or aperture control and can be used to magnify images in playback mode and page flip in menu mode.
• Turn-and-Push Rear Dial: Additionally, the combination use of the function lever and turn-and-push rear dial allows users to adjust major shooting settings, accelerating the camera's simple, intuitive operation.
• Hi Res View Finder: The LUMIX G5's large, bright 1,440,000-dot equivalent LVF (Live View Finder) retains outstanding viewability and features approximately 100% field of view. Suppressing color breakup, the LVF assure stunning image view for any subject or scene.
• Eye Sensor: The LVF is newly designed to integrate an eye sensor for the LUMIX G5, which allows image output between the LVF and LCD screen to be switched automatically with the eye sensor on the LVF (which features optional sensitivity of high, low and off).
• Eye Sensor AF: Additionally Eye Sensor AF (Auto Focus) automatically starts focusing when the photographer looks into the EVF to capture spur-of-the-moment shooting opportunities.
• Increased LCD Display Resolution: A large, 920,000-dot high resolution LCD screen with wide-viewing angle rotates 180 degrees to the side, tilts 270 degrees up and down and offers approximately 100% field of view.
• Touch Control: Interface Touch screen operation on the LCD screen allows for simple shooting or playback of images and the new Touch Pad function enables the use of both LVF and LCD simultaneously, which encourages more intuitive shooting. Lag time of image output has been minimized by approximately 18% as compared to LUMIX G3.
• Level Gauge: The Level Gauge gives the camera the ability to automatically detect the horizontal or vertical angle of view so that photos shot in a portrait aspect will automatically be displayed vertically, no matter what lens is used.
• Electronic Shutter: The newly added Electronic Shutter mode allows silent operation which is helpful in areas where silence is needed.
• 14 Adjustable Filters: Soft Focus, Dynamic Monochrome, Impressive Art, One Point Color, Cross Process, Low Key, Toy Effect and Star Filter, in addition to the conventional Expressive, Retro, High Key, Sepia, Hi Dynamic, Miniature Effect modes. With the new GUI menu tab, switching filter effects is seamless.
• Filter Recommendation: A preview of filter effects can be seen on the large LCD screen via Live View mode and the camera intuitively recommends filters depending on the scene that the camera detects in iA (Intelligent Auto) or iA Plus mode.
• iA Plus Mode: Furthermore, iA Plus mode allows users to adjust defocusing area in the background, exposure compensation and white balance for more flexible control while activating automatic shoot assist functions such as AF Tracking, Intelligent ISO Control, Intelligent D-range Control, Face Recognition and Intelligent Scene Selector.
• Beginner Guides: For beginner users of interchangeable lens system cameras, the LUMIX G5 features the new Scene Guide which offers 23 sample pictures shot by professional photographers. Users can choose the photo closest to the situation that they are shooting and optimal parameters for shooting the scene will be set automatically.
• Full HD 1080 60p Video Capture: Not only does the LUMIX G5 produce stunning still imagery, but it also records high quality video. With the ability to record high-resolution full-HD 1,920x1,080 60p videos in AVCHD Progressive (MPEG-4) or MP4 format, subjects with fast motion and fine details are reproduced clearly.
• Touch AF: In addition to practical full-time AF, the Touch AF in video recording also lets the user enjoy professional-like selective focusing which allows the focus to be shifted while shooting video and AF Tracking easily locks onto a subject to focus, even when it moves.
• Extra Tele Conversion: The Extra Tele Conversion function extends zoom range Max 4.8x without deterioration of image quality. The LUMIX G5 features a dedicated video record button on the top of the camera body so users can instantly start recording videos while shooting photographs without changing any settings.
• High Quality Sound: Along with full-HD video capabilities, the LUMIX G5 also features high-quality sound, recorded with Dolby Digital Stereo Creator and noise from background wind is minimized with the Wind Cut function.