[Mike Forbus]

Yikes! How stupid is that – they must be trying to hinder gray market sales by not including it. I was about to order one here in China on TaoBao but they are all shipped from Japan as it hasn’t been officially launched here yet. Instead am picking one up in Hong Kong next week.

[Mike Forbus]

For the GH2 sold in Japan, the functions on all the physical dials of the camera itself are in english, not Japanese, and you are able to set the electronic screen menus to english in one of the setup settings (it has option for several languages). You can download the english version of the user manual off their website as well (link below). I’m an American living in China and am about to order this camera out of japan so have been researching this thoroughly. The only question I still have is it covered under an international warranty if purchased in Japan but since I live in asia not a big deal.

Here is the link to the english language manual – https://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/LUMIX+Digital+Cameras/G+Micro+System/DMC-GH2/Manuals/5980084/index.html?view=&angle=2

and a nice selection of photos by japanese reviewer

https://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25873/Lumix+GH2+Review.html

good luck