If you’re willing to pay a premium to be on the cutting edge of digital photography and video, and as long as you don’t shoot sports or in dark venues, then you’ll likely love the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1.
But if you’re simply attracted by the not-to-be-underestimated flexibility of interchangeable lenses with autofocus and depth-of-field control for video, wait for the price to fall a few hundred bucks.
More than any other camera I’ve reviewed lately, my opinion formation about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 inevitably comes back to price. It’s fast, but not as fast as other cameras that cost a lot less. It has great photo quality, but its high ISO sensitivity photos don’t match that of comparably priced (or cheaper) dSLRs.
