Nauticam NA-GX1 for the Panasonic GX1 review

Jussi Hokkanen · Issue 67, Jul/Aug 2012 · pp. 35–37

Products mentioned: Nauticam NA-GX1, Panasonic GX1, Panasonic GF1, Panasonic X PZ 14-42mm f3.5-5.6, Panasonic 8mm fisheye, Panasonic 7-14mm, Panasonic-Leica 45mm macro, Olympus E-PL3, Olympus 9-18mm, Canon PowerShot G1X, Canon EOS-5D MKIII, Inon Z-240 strobe, Sea&Sea flash connector

Before the digital camera revolution nobody talked about the picture quality of this and that camera. If you had a small camera with a decent lens it took as high quality pictures as any expensive SLR. Since then, for years now in fact, manufacturers and punters alike have been obsessed with megapixels and image quality comparisons. Today we are returning to the beginning of this circle. Almost any decent digital camera is able to produce stunningly good results and the image quality difference between top DSLR cameras and mid-range compact cameras has almost disappeared. I don’t generally bother with geeky image quality tests but as it happens I was browsing the pixel peeping Mecca of the world: DPreview.com and used their handy studio comparison tool to put four cameras side by side. The cameras I chose were the new Canon PowerShot G1X, the latest high-end Canon DSLR; EOS-5D MKIII, The…