Panasonic G1 manual Open standard that led to the mirror-less body, Panasonics renowned Mega O.I.S

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Micro Four Thirds – the extended digital Interchangeable lens camera system standard

The open standard that led to the mirror-less body

The LUMIX G Micro System adopts the Micro Four Thirds System standard, developed as an extended version of the Four Thirds System standard for digital camera systems. Using this standard, and developing a camera body that eliminates the mirror box and optical viewfinder unit, the lens mount outer diameter was reduced by about 6 mm

(compared with the conventional Four Thirds camera) and shorten the flange-back

distance* by about half. Four Thirds System

 

Image Sensor

Removing the mirror box

 

Ocular lens

 

 

also makes for smoother

 

(eyeglass)

75°(28mm)

 

 

operation. The result is

 

 

 

a digital interchangeable

 

Image Sensor

 

 

 

 

lens camera that's both

 

 

 

extremely compact and

Flange Back = 40mm

Flange Back = 40mm

highly mobile. The LUMIX

Micro Four Thirds System

 

G Micro System is a

Image Sensor

camera that you can take

LVF

Ocular lens

75°(28mm)

anywhere – and that, in

LCD

(eyeglass)

 

 

 

turn, can take you as far

 

Image Sensor

 

as you want to go.

 

 

 

 

 

*The distance between the lens

Flange Back = 20mm

Flange Back = 20mm

mount and image sensor.

•Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds Logo marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Olympus Imaging Corporation.

LUMIX G lenses: Superior portability, superior rendering

These interchangeable lenses, designed exclusively for the Micro Four Thirds cameras,

brings out the full potential of the 4/3-type image sensor. For instance, some aspherical

lenses and ED lenses can

 

 

ensure the impressive image

 

 

rendering even in the smaller

 

 

size than the Four Thirds lens.

 

 

Also, as a prerequisite for

 

 

Full-time Live View shooting,

LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/

LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm/

all lenses support contrast AF.

F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S

F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S

Panasonic's renowned MEGA O.I.S.

The LUMIX G lenses incorporate Panasonic's MEGA O.I.S., the advanced optical image stabilization system that has highly proven in

LUMIX digital cameras. In the LUMIX G lenses, efficient stabilization elaborated by a special integrated LSI that processes output from the gyrosensors, which operate 4,000 times per second. This enhanced system helps achieve an exceptional hand-shake compensation performance.

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