Panasonic officially released the Lumix DMC-GH1, Micro Four Thirds Camera in the year 2009. This camera can capture both HD videos and stills and is very much similar looking like that of stills only G1. While the weight is same as still camera G1, it is 6mm larger than it.
Technically, Panasonic GH1 is not a DSLR camera as it idoes not have a pentaprism desing, mirror box. However, it has interchangeable lens arrangement. It comprises of a 12.1 - megapixel image sense with 800x900 pixel resoulution and an electronic viewfinder capable of 60 frames per second, which is amazing. It also has a 3-inch swivel LCD.
While Gh1 is a non-SLR digital camera, its controls are equitably similar to that of a DSLR and even more. There is a mode dial on the upper side that shows a substantial range of different options to choose from. These can be classified as three sets, i.e. advanced scene mode, advance and basic. Every set has some option to select from. While advanced scene mode incorporates Portrait and Sports mode, the advanced mode has Creative Motion Picture Mode, Shutter Priority, and Aperture Priority. Similarly, Basic mode includes Program and Intelligent Auto modes.
Panasonic has added numerous excellent capabilities in its GH1 camera such as no pentaprism or mirror that help the camera stay lighter, contrast detect autofocus and many more. Panasonic has tried to incorporate every feature that you expect from a digital camera such as the ablity to make sophisticated and high-resolution HD movies, fast auto focus, image stabilization, electronic view finder. etc.
