{"id":4052,"date":"2012-05-01T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2012-05-01T20:20:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:20:47","slug":"panasonic-lumix-gx1-unboxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/panasonic-lumix-gx1-unboxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic Lumix GX1 Unboxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it finally arrived and I have to tell you that I am quite excited!<\/p>\n<p>If you have been following the blog you might have guessed that I am talking about the <a title=\"Incoming Gadget \u2013 Panasonic Lumix GX1\" href=\"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/incoming-gadget-panasonic-lumix-gx1\/\">Panasonic Lumix GX1 Micro Four Thirds digital camera<\/a>. I have been interested in this camera to try and strike a balance between gain the control and quality you&#8217;d expect in a digital SLR camera \u00a0while cutting down on the size and weight of the camera body and lenses. Having a heavy camera hanging around your neck and a back full of stuff can become tiresome even for professionals and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>For the benefit of people who don&#8217;t know,\u00a0I joined the Panasonic Insider Crew late last year and last year became Insider Guru. From time to time, I&#8217;ll get my hands on some Panasonic gadgets and I&#8217;ll also share my thoughts and experiences with you so you can make more informed decisions when you are making your next electronics purchase.\u00a0Admittedly, I&#8217;m no camera professional but I&#8217;m not afraid to expand my horizons a bit in order to tap into the potential that this camera offers.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;ll go into more detail in the preview video but I&#8217;ll cover off some of the main features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor,<\/li>\n<li>Full AVCHD 1080\/60i video capture,<\/li>\n<li>ISO 160 through ISO 12,800,<\/li>\n<li>Electronic level\u00a0gauge,<\/li>\n<li>Strereo microphone,<\/li>\n<li>Built-in flash (some MFT cameras don&#8217;t include one at all),<\/li>\n<li>Touchscreen controls,<\/li>\n<li>Support for powered-zoom lenses (ideal for capturing video in order to eliminate jerkiness in zooming).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The Lumix GX1 does not include OIS (that&#8217;s Optical Image Stabilisation) in the body but instead builds it into lenses that would benefit from the feature. People argue either way on the benefits of in-body OIS versis lens-based OIS but I reckon getting the stabilisation closer to the image is the way to go personally.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I received the DMC-GX1X kit in silver which includes a F3.5-5.6\/14-42mm X Series powered lens with OIS and it weighs 420g with its battery, SD card and included lens installed.<\/div>\n<p>To find out what&#8217;s in the box, check out the unboxing video below and, if you have any questions, make sure you leave a comment below!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"760\" height=\"452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5RAZs5i4cU\" frameborder=\"0\" type=\"text\/html\"><\/iframe>\n<p>FYI &#8211; the video will be available in up to 1080p (YouTube can take a little while to process the higher resolutions) if you right click on the video and choose &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221; and change the resolution setting.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it finally arrived and I have to tell you that I am quite excited! If you have been following the blog you might have guessed that I am talking about the Panasonic Lumix GX1 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. I have been interested in this camera to try and strike a balance between gain &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/panasonic-lumix-gx1-unboxing\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,385,1815,386,18,598],"tags":[390,274,1813,2268,1812,1758,2366,1068,884,2331],"class_list":["post-4052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-imaging","category-micro-four-thirds","category-photography","category-technology","category-youtube","tag-camera","tag-digital-photography","tag-dmc-gx1","tag-google","tag-gx1","tag-lumix","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-panasonic","tag-unboxing","tag-youtube","item-wrap"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Lumix-Logo.png?fit=256%2C256&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}