Editorial: Too many cameras

Staff · Issue 64, Jan/Feb 2012 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: Panasonic Lumix GX1, Panasonic Lumix G3, Panasonic Lumix GF3, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Panasonic Lumix GH2, Panasonic Lumix G2, Panasonic Lumix G10, Panasonic Lumix GF1, Panasonic Lumix GH1, Panasonic Lumix G1, Olympus PEN E-P3, Olympus PEN E-PL3, Olympus PEN E-PM1

Editorial Too many cameras Is it just me or have the camera manufacturers lost the plot? Take Panasonic for example. I’m a great fan of their digital cameras but they confuse me. Forgive me if I have missed something obvious but why do they have to have a GX1, G3, GF3, GF2, GH2, G2, G10, GF1, GH1 and a G1 in their current line up of Lumix G series cameras? Olympus are just as bad with their PEN series - E-P3, E-PL3 and E-PM1. And don’t start me on colours. I’m sure there are other manufacturers who are at it as well but these two will do to prove the point. Do we need so many cameras to choose from or are they just doing it ‘because they can’? I guess being underwater photographers we have an advantage because the housing manufacturers choose which model they think is best for us. As a result, if you are looking for a new camera it is always best to look at housing availability first and…