Difficult to give a sense of scale with an online picture; the camera
body is only 4 1/4 inches (108mm) wide. Or try this.
Amazon's Deal of the Day today is the Panasonic Lumix GF3 and 14–42mm ƒ/3.5–5.6 O.I.S. (optical image stabilization) kit lens for the fire sale price of $299.
The GF3 is a very tiny 12-MP camera with a touch screen but no other viewfinder.
While supplies last or until midnight, whichever comes first.
Mike
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Featured Comment by Benjamin R. George: "It's worth noting that Amazon's non-deal-of-the-day price for the black Olympus E-PL1 with lens is slightly lower (currently $259), and that, although that kit features a slightly larger body, it features a smaller lens."
Ok, this is getting silly. Soon it will only cost $15 to make these and they'll sell for under $50...
My Sony NEX-3, which I love and is VERY capable (in fact I could not find nearly enough reason to upgrade to the NEX-7 for the price), I paid about $500 for a year or so ago. They are on eBay now for $150-175 for the body only, and that's new old stock.
Is it me or is does the cycle seem to be accelerating even faster than normal lately?
Posted by: Richard Sintchak | Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 11:40 AM
That's a good size comp... but I like this one just for ridiculousness : http://camerasize.com/compare/#243,167
Posted by: David Bostedo | Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 11:46 AM
Michael, TYVM for the link to the size comparator; I didn't know it existed.
Posted by: Jeffrey Behr | Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 12:00 PM
Thanks for posting this deal! Is Panasonic going to be phasing these out or is it just on sale since there is no viewfinder and just a touch screen instead? I actually really like the size of it.
Posted by: Alix | Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 01:33 PM
Alix, this has already been superseded by the GF5. I believe it's the last Panasonic with the 12MP sensor used in numerous Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds models since 2008 or so. A good sensor up to ISO 800 or so (some would say 400, a few might venture to 1600), but quite unforgiving of less-than-perfect exposures.
Posted by: Matt | Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 08:11 AM
Not really meaningful comparing the sizes of cameras by different manufacturers - perhaps it's better to show just one brand - say, maybe, Pentax (grin)
Posted by: richardplondon | Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 12:55 PM