Lumix G5 for demanding beginners and advanced

It says so in the product description. With beginners but no people are meant, who want to start taking pictures of themselves, or with digital photography. Promoted a better word. I have over the last 5-6 years a PowerShot S2 IS, a so-called compact superzoom camera, used for more demanding shooting holiday and accident photos which must I make for professional reasons.
Now, the opportunity arose to use this system camera. A list of technical details I can save because they are quite detailed from when the product descriptions. I would also like to point to the serious prospective part of the manufacturer. About the objective picture quality I have on relevant pages (Chip.de; digitalkamera.de, etc.) informed and was able to read, and determine on the basis of sample images under laboratory conditions that Panasonic has done a good job.
Therefore, I will confine myself here on my subjective impressions and successes, as well as problems with the first steps with this sophisticated camera. For a written G5 Quick Start Guide and an enhanced instructions are provided in PDF format on a DVD. The first photos are me even managed without instructions after the battery was charged, and the SD card my little compact was used, as usual nowadays dispense with Panasonic to adjudicate a memory card.
Already in the Quick Start Guide (after all, 47 pages) is that the automatic mode hidden behind the label iA (Intelligent Auto) and is activated with an extra key, not what I assumed at A on the mode dial, it's worth the instructions before starting up to Read.
This automatic is Panasonic really succeeded. Useful recordings succeed even under difficult lighting conditions, in backlight, in the house with / without flash etc. There is one of the menus to activate iA +, so you can leave personal preferences regarding color balance, brightness, etc. into account by the automatic system. Leaving the fully automatic, the camera offers the full range for demanding amateur photographers (aperture, shutter speed, exposure and various scene requirements, etc.)

In addition to many positive impressions, there are some little things that bother me a bit, and so it will not provide a full 5 stars for me.
At the beginning I was the so-called eye sensor slightly annoyed when an object (not just the eye) has fallen below a distance of 5-10cm, the monitor turned off, and the electric. Viewfinder. After studying the detailed user guide I discovered that this sensor has 2 stages, in low settings (hidden deep in the menu) will be reduced to 3-4 cm of Umschaltabstand. Not every movement thereby leading to Ab / switching the monitor. You can also operate this function completely to manually turn make sense?
Actually, the camera is (at not too large hands) well in hand, the thickening of the right hand is rubberized and well formed. The shutter button, on / off switch and the rest of the controls are properly designed and to achieve reasonable, only is a part of the keys (especially the cursor keys) just below the ball of your hand (see Fig. Above) and thus triggered sometimes unintentionally, you have to watch already to avoid this.
The supplied software to download and view the photos / videos hangs in my system (Core i7 with Win7 / 64bit) when playing videos on playback but succeeds with other programs.

Particularly positive the rapid deployment of the camera and the fast and precise autofocus are struck me that works well when shooting video. These characteristics make it is also ideal for snapshots. Almost all settings are controlled via the touch-sensitive monitor, I find this particularly useful in determining the focal point if the automatic has this time not done to the satisfaction.

Overall I am happy with the camera and worked me enthusiastically continue in the diverse settings.