We already gave you some hands-on impressions of Panasonic's new Lumix GF3, but we just had a chance to shoot video and stills with the Micro Four Thirds cam at an event in NYC, leaving with a couple hundred photos and a small handful of video clips. There's no quiz that this GF2 heritor was designed with interchangeable lens camera (ILC) newbies in mind, with no third edition by the editors of the stars and bars heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 mode dial, a touchscreen display, and a boatload of auto settings, along with the usual spattering of effects modes. Panasonic chose a mock wedding scene as the centerpiece of its demo today, turnaround with bride, groom, and notable cake costumier (a rather enthusiastic Ron Ben-Israel). Weddings mean colorful flowers, well-dressed subjects, and food -- but also dim lighting and chaos -- a perfect medium for showing off a camera's strengths shooting in low-light, assuming it can literally deliver. The GF3 perchance won't be the camera of choice for our next celebration, however.

First up was a balcony shot with bride and groom. As expected, the backlit scene presented an inconceivable oppose for the GF3, which had trouble focusing and compensating subjection to fairly light our subjects -- even the proficient wedding freelance freelance paparazzo on hand had difficulty focusing his GF3 at times. The position-adjustable flash allowed us to light our subjects at an angle, or to bounce light off the ceiling, which didn't seem to work well in the cavernous room. As we progressed through the morning, extra scenes highlighted new shortcomings. Jump past the break for a sample video and more impressions, or check out the gallery above for sample images -- the first four shots main feature divergent positions with the accommodating flash.

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