I was downstairs shooting the pictures of the nifty Canon CA mode, and the guys told me we got those G1′s I’ve been excited about in, so I went back down, grabbed the demo, and took some quick and dirty shots to share:

There’s the blue Panasonic G1 side-by-side with it’s competitor for tiniest SLR (or, at least SLR styled) camera around, the Olympus E-410 (which we have a killer special on right now). My thoughts on the Panasonic digital camera, coming from a history of owning their techno-buddy Olympus digital cameras? Very positive.

The G1′s viewfinder is a tiny LCD, which is awesome because you can view your menu settings, face detection, and review your photos all right there without taking your eye from the camera. If you like the back LCD, you’re in luck, it uses the swing-and-tilt style LCD my E-3 does (see more shots below).

Is it as tiny as m4/3s has promised? Maybe not, I didn’t find it much smaller than the 410. But, it feels very nice in hand, and that grip is really comfortable. It’s really light, too. The lenses, though, are definitely smaller, which is truly impressive. Panasonic’s 14-45 is smaller than the already tiny Olympus 14-42, and it gives you 3mm more reach. Nice.

Some more pictures below, straight from camera except for some auto WB to correct for our crazy lighting downstairs (I didn’t have time to set the camera as thoroughly as I would’ve liked, it was running on full auto).