[Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/2/2019: taking a 10-year old Panasonic for a spin

[Nathan Wajsman]

I have been at home Monday and Tuesday, recovering from a bout of severe gastroenteritis that prevented me from travelling to Romania on Monday morning. I am well now, going back to the office this morning. In fact, yesterday afternoon I had sufficient cabin fever to take a drive along the beach in order to play with my old Panasonic GF1 camera. I do not remember when I bought it, but it was launched in 2009. It has been sitting in storage for some years, with the lenses in the possession of my daughter to whom I had also given a Panasonic GF2. But she recently dropped that camera and it seems dead, so I have given her something else, and meanwhile I have the Panasonic lenses back. So, yesterday I went out with the GF1 to see if it had potential as a cycling camera—it is small enough for that and sometimes I may want more focal length options than what the Ricoh GRII provides.

Three “test images” follow, the first with the 14-42mm kit zoom, and the last with the 30mm macro.

Just another beach image:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Xx2KmtS/A

Part of the dog beach in El Campello, it is stony but further along there is a sandy part too:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j99pTvr/A

Late afternoon sun, and the “skyline” of El Campello:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kWLhSrV/A


My conclusion: when there is enough light, this is a perfectly capable camera, and especially the 30mm macro is not bad at all.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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