My digicam camera collection started in a somewhat serendipitous way, having been offered first refusal on a box of old cameras at a price to good to miss.
Among this initial collection was a Canon s95 and Lumix LX5, both of which have seen plenty of use in the last couple of years as well as ample posts on social media.
Today’s post is about the unsung hero of this initial purchase, the Lumix GF2, a camera that is often my go to for a light set up and an incredibly capable camera.
This camera for me, epitomizes what micro four thirds was all about, in its inception, compact bodied cameras with lenses to match, mine often paired with the 14mm F2.5 or the 20mm F1.7 pancake lenses and more recently my TTartisans 25mm F2 manual lens.
I also have the optional view finder which is handy for bright conditions and very useful for the manual lens, while the viewfinder is not the best, it works well enough.
In terms of colour rendition, I rate this sensor higher than some of the newer Lumix cameras, the colours are accurate without being over saturated producing some pleasing results requiring little if any correction at the editing stage.
The GF2 does not have a traditional PASM dial, instead the camera mode is selected via the menu screen, which at first took a little getting used to but to be honest, as with most of my cameras, it spends ninety percent of the time in aperture priority anyway.
Paired with one of my pancake lenses, the GF2 is perfectly pocket-able, ideal for those trips where you do not want to carry to much gear.
It is fair to say that I have taken some of my favourite images with this camera, yet it does so in such an understated manner and is just such a fun camera to use.
The last image is stunning!
I still have my GF1, 20mm pancake and viewfinder. It is a great little set-up. I had a GF2 for a short period but it kept on draining the battery for some reason.