Red GF too noticeable?

wearing red is sexy




... and I recommend to gift a pair of cute red shoes for your wife - fitting to the red of the camera.

 

White!

 

I've got a red GF1 and don't find the rather subdued metallic colour in the least bit flashy. Mind you, most of my house is covered by a red carpet so perhaps I'm biased. The camera is too small to be particularly noticeable to anyone else. If it had a red lens in front of it, the position might be different. I don't think I could ever purchase a white camera though, but colour is very personal. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks - go with the way that you feel.

 

Either one is better than black, IMO. M4/3 is supposed to be fun, am I wrong? Go with the one YOU like most.

 

I think you need a blue one.  

 

I think the GF2 red is quite different from the GF1, I have the GF1 in red and find it very subdued (wine red) rather than the much brighter/bolder red on the GF2.
Black is boring, silver is boring, White (somewhat objective!!).
Blue in the same subdued effect as the GF1 would look nice too.

 

It's the same as this short story from Edgar Allan Poe, "the letter" : sometimes, things are best concealed in plain sight. Ditto for a red µ4:3 - most everybody should think it's an over-sized P&S at first glance and shouldn't give it another thought. Best concealment for a much better camera.

Cheers,

 

White GF2, Red GF1 here. Colors, Colours are fun!

 

I have a E-P1/E-PL1, but I am sufficiently familiar with red and white to offer advice :tongue: Go with the red. You like it, and it actually makes your camera less noticeable. Folks, especially official folks, get nervous with big black cameras, but a little red one? How serious can that be?

 

Partial to blue myself. These things are supposed to be fun. I'm so tired of black cameras...professional my ***...live it up, you only get one go at it.

Kevin

 

I have the red one and got it so people would think it's a p&s. And I've never had a red camera before. It's beautiful.

 

Go with the red, there is no space for error, red rocks!!!

 

I envy your red GF2. I've been considering picking one up myself to have a second mu-43 body, but I'm torn between that and a red GF1. Or another pink GF1.  

 

Just buy another prime lens and keep both, of course.

Gordon

 

I agree, and so is photography (of course). I used to visit a UK Pentax forum where there was much sarcasm when the K-x was produced in various colours. It was as if a camera had to be black for the photographer to be taken seriously. What miseries!

(Blue G1, red GF1, partner soon to buy red G2!)

 

Actually a white camera would have the lowest noise because the white body reflects a lot more heat from the internal electronics on a hot day, as opposed to a black camera. (If I remember my university engineering correctly, a bare aluminum heat sink, when painted black, absorbs twice as much heat than an unpainted one (black body radiation theory)).

But I like red myself : )

 

I would love to get a white gf1. (sell me yours)

The pink one, not so much.

 

I honestly do NOT need it, but I am so sorely tempted by the red EPL-2, so my vote is for red. If I get it, it's your fault ;-)
And I was truly sad that that pink GF-1 was not sold in the U.S.