The Lumix DMC-GH2 I recently ordered after trading in my Nikon DSLR gear arrived Friday afternoon late enough that after getting the batteries charged I didn’t have time to dry run with it before bedtime.
I ended up using it for the first time at our grandson’s soccer game. First impressions are highly favorable. The camera has a plethora of modes and settings to explore. I concentrated on using good old shutter priority mode and took some shots with the ‘sports’ mode built into the camera. Both methods seemed to work pretty well.
I let the auto focus system do continuous focusing and predictive tracking most of the time. There was a little more lag in getting initial focus than my DSLRs, but the once locked on the focus tracking didn’t have much trouble keeping track of the subject.
It looks like, in daylight at least, the camera is capable of producing nice quality HD video.
Mainly though I have to say it absolutely hit my desired target of having a camera of considerably less weight than the Nikons I traded in. There are some tradeoffs to be sure, but it seems on first look as if they’ll be ones worth making in order to have a lighter and more easily totable camera.
