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After being up in western Sydney for the last few days for work (visiting some of the stakeholders of the Agency I work for) I have finally been able to get my hands onto the Lumix GF1 I ordered just after Christmas. I was only able to pick up the kit with the 20mm F/1.7 lens, with the 14-45mm remaining on order, but I can’t complain. I’ll take it as time to focus and appreciate the 20mm prime. I’ve only taken a handful of shots, but have already realised the potential I have for creativity with this camera.

I’ve discovered the great potential for exploiting the shallow depth of field that can be produced from an F/1.7 lens, but also realised, because I have never shot with a lens of that spec. before, I really have quite a lot of practise ahead of me before I’ll be able to take great shots.

A depth of field test done on my previous purchase, a Leica C-Lux 2 compact, which is essentially a rebadged Lumix Compact. As a result, I already feel at home with the Lumix’s menu layout:

Well, thats about it for now. I’d only really just gotten home from the work trip and headed straight out to the camera store to pick it up. I’ve been almost 3 weeks for it to arrive, so sure enough, when it actually does make it to the store, I’m about 400 KMs away, forcing me to wait just one more day. At least I now have the weekend ahead of me, so hopefully over the next few days, I’ll be able to upload some more images as well as some HD video (the camera is capable of capturing HD720 video). The 20mm lens is not stabilised, so I may be limited to what I can do, but I’ll give it a shot. Exciting!

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