I checked the (U.S.) B&H Photo website. No pricing yet, but they are showing the GF-2 as body only, body + 14mm, and body + 14-42. No version bundled with the 17mm, unfortunately.
The press release says that there is a port for an external EVF. It's only 220,000 dots--probably the same one as currently used on the GF-1, and far lower resolution than the EVF for the Olympus Pens or the EVF built into the G- and GH- series.
Maybe you will see a lot of 14mm f/2.5 pancakes on eBay at the end of January!
Seriously, though, you may find some dealers un-bundling lenses from bodies.
Hopefully, this will be the case. The 14mm f/2.5 is too wide for a walk-around lens, and the 14-42 is too bulky for those looking for a high-performance pocket camera.
The accessory port was present like on the GF-1, so I would assume yes.
Yes (I mentioned this in my preview) but the Panasonic bolt-on finder is very low resolution, only 200K dots compared to 1.4 million dots in the G1/GH1/G2 and Olympus Pen VF-2 optional finder.
I don't know what to think now. I intended to get a GF1 with 20mm pancake shortly (having sold my Nikon equipment) and then go for a GH2 and more lenses in the New Year.
Reading between the lines, however, I am not sure whether the GF1 still might be a better second body than the GF2 (particularly "Panasonic is really aiming the GF2 at people upgrading from compacts").
Any views, anyone?
I have crossed my fingers and dived in and bought the GF2 with 20mm lens.
This looks like a nice way of buying the 14mm 2.5.
Ian, I noticed that the AF/AE lock button on the rear has gone. I don't know if you had enough time with the camera, but is there a way of quickly activating this without going through menus?
Linear Mode
