The Panasonic Lumix GF1 is the smallest, light weight interchangable lens digital camera, Panasonic have achived this by using the Micro Four Thirds System, eliminating the viewfinder and mirror. The GF1 is packed full of features including full-Time Live View, high-speed Contrast AF, HD movie recording, and more. It is small enough to take anywhere, yet sophisticated enough to take you as far into photography and movies as you want to go. The GF1's 4/3-type Live MOS sensor with 12.1-megapixel gives you the high image quality. It also adds a high-speed readout for HD movie recording. The Dust Reduction System helps maintain image quality by placing a Supersonic Wave Filter in front of the sensor.It can also record HD movie of 720P in AVCHD Lite with high sound quality of Dolby Digital Creator. Motion JPEG format is also available (1,280 x 720 pixels). The 3.0-inch 460,000-dot LCD gives you a Full-time Live View of what you're shooting, with approx. 100% field of view. In addition, versatile creative functions are possible with the DMC-GF1. My Color Mode makes it easy to customize color effects to match your favor. The Peripherical Defocus Mode automatically adjusts the focus to match the AF area while gently defocusing to emphasize the subject. The iA Mode, featuring Face Recognition function, serves as a combination of functions that makes it easy for anyone to take beautiful photos. This camera comes with the bright f1.7 20mm (40mm 35mm equivelent) fixed focus lens, this lens with the GF1 will give you a small compat and easy to carry camera ideal for taking great pictures and movies no matter where you are.