I have been shooting with the Canon EOS SLR system for several years now and have always been very happy with the cameras, lenses & accessories. However, my choice of activities while travelling now precludes lugging around large camera bags with various lenses and accessories or even just a single large SLR body and lens. I had all but abandoned my trusty SLR and relegated it to the attic until recently when I took it on a recent trip and rediscovered my fondness for photography, so I have...
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Just got my GF1 recently. The body has an ever-so-slight rattle when tilting it left and right. It's a little hard to pinpoint the location of the rattle but it seems to come near the shutter button and mode dial area. The noise persists whether the lens (pancake) is on or off and whether the battery is within the compartment or not. The rattling is however more noticeable when the battery is not in the compartment, which leads me to believe it's something in that compartment. Is it...
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The LUMIX GF1 is a 12.1 megapixel micro four-thirds DSLR camera. The LUMIX DMC-GF1 can record 1280 x 720 High Definition video in AVCHD Lite, a format that enables longer recording times. With a dedicated video record button, capturing video is convenient and easy. The LUMIX GF1 can also record HD Motion JPEG in 1280 x 720 and other video recording formats include: QVGA, VGA and WVGA. The LUMIX GF1 has a unique Movie Program Mode that allows consumers to adjust the depth-of-field while shooting in HD video, so background and foreground can be blurred to give creative effects –