My new Lumix G5. . .

I just got back from a great trip to Arizona. My friend Roger took me to this wonderful old mining/ghost town just outside of Jerome. The photo above is a portrait of the Gold King Mine owner Don Robertson.

This photo was taken with my new Lumix G5. I'm really sold on the micro-4/3 camera. I can carry this thing all day without my arm, neck and back screaming at me. I love the 9mm -18mm lens but the jury is still out on the 45mm - 200mm. I'm not sure it's the lens or the shooter (me) that is giving my fits. I'll let you know.

My first picture using a Panasonic G5 mirrorless camera

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This is the first HDR photo I took using my new mirrorless Panasonic G5. Here are a few first impressions. The camera is certainly light in weight, but not too light. It feels good in my hand and great for walking around New York City. Before going out, I took some time learning the menus, that was a big help, so I had the camera pretty well set up to do the things I wanted. I do like the touch screen.
This is a five shot HDR processed using Photomatix and NIK software. There was very little noise to deal with in post. A lot better than my Canon 50D. All in all I think this is going to serve me well.
I'm going to Arizona in a few weeks and only taking the G5, an Olympus 9mm-18mm lens and a Lumix 45mm - 200mm lens.

I'll let you know how that works out. MTC