My New Toy

So I've been a bit too busy to update anything on here lately mainly due to work (ya ya I know) and a little trip to Sicily then Tunisia which I came back from not too long ago. I snapped tons of photos while I was there but in some places like North Africa, I was a little reluctant to shoot because my camera and lenses were so huge. I was a little disappointed at times when I saw great photo ops and couldn't shoot, but I figured it was safer than getting robbed or having my gear stolen.

When I got home I started looking for another camera with same quality but a lot smaller. It was between the Lumix GF1, the Olympus EP-1 or the Leica X1 which, when I checked, was over 2 thousand dollars (and was totally not what I was looking to spend right now).... so it was down to the two. After a little research and reading the review here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicGF1/ both had pretty much the same features. In the end I opted for the Lumix because I'm able to throw on an adapter and use the Olympus lenses... and because it just felt nicer in my hand.

I picked it up yesterday along with this nice little 20mm pancake lens... pretty easy to figure out the controls too and I'm now starting to see why people are in love with these Micro 4/3's.... Already thinking about my next trip, wherever that is. All I can say is that this little guys coming with me everywhere from now on.

Here's a few shots I took with it today... more will eventually follow.