From: Rich on
Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in
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> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:56:44 -0700, Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Rich wrote:
>>> On Jul 19, 10:15 pm, Paul Furman<pa...@-edgehill.net> wrote:
>>>> RichA wrote:
>>>>> New Panasonic G1's being sold off at Henry's for $449.99. And the
>>>>> best thing? No crappy Chinese 14-42mm kit lenses. The kits still
>>>>> come with the 14-45mm. Considering a separate body and lens will
>>>>> sell for more used on Ebay, that's a good deal. No more excuses,
>>>>> P&S'rs!
>>>>
>>>> Yeah but you have to get the red one<g>.
>>>> $693 US black with 14-42.
>>>>
>>>> Who has a good price with the 20mm pancake in black?
>>>
>>> Best price? Buy a G1 and kit lens, keep or dump the kit lens. Buy a
>>> GF1 + 20mm, sell the GF1 on Ebay. I think you'd come out in
>>> positive territory.
>>
>>GF1 looks like a better deal if you want a camera with the pancake.
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> G1 is a better deal if you want an EVF. I'm happy with my GF1 but
> there are times when I would prefer a G1 simply because it has an EVF.
>
> Of course I would prefer an SLR with a good reflex viewfinder to
> either, but that isn't what we are discussing here. If it was, I
> would suggest an Olympus E-620, which is not really that much bigger
> than a Panasonic G1 but is an SLR.
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No thanks. The cheap Olympus DSLR viewfinders suck beyond the telling of
it. The G1 viewfinder is 100x better.