The competition
The compact system camera market now has an assortment of cameras that fit a more compact shape, from the Olympus Pen series to the Sony NEX models.
Two of the GF2’s main competitors are the Sony NEX-5 and the Samsung NX100, although both of these feature larger and higher-resolution sensors.
Perhaps a closer competitor is the Olympus Pen EP-2, a camera that shares the same lens mount and a similar, if slightly higher resolution, 12.3-million-pixel sensor.
At around £600 for the basic single-lens kit, the GF2 is around £150 more expensive than the NEX-5 and the NX100, but at least £100 cheaper than the EP-2.
The advantage the GF2 has over its competition is its touchscreen LCD, its overall size and the addition of a built-in flash. Also, once the camera has been on sale for a few months, the price gap between it and its competitors will reduce.
