Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Are you thinking about getting the whole GR-1, or just the lens to bolt on >your Leica? I have the camera, and am still getting used to it. As a >point-and-shoot package, the GR-1 is quite appealing, and I've seen some >entirely acceptable photographs which were laid down by that lens; but so >far, not one has had the visceral appeal of a decent example of imaging by >modern Leica glass. This is as anecdotal and unscientific as it gets, of >course, and could just be the luck of the snapshooter's draw. > >Question: is performance at f/2.8 of any particular interest? The newest M >28mm is unusually, improbably, impossibly good wide open. The GR-1's exposure >program, interestingly, jumps immediately from f/2.8 to f/4 at >still-difficult-to-handhold shutter speeds, stays there until the shutter >speeds get more sensible, then starts stopping down some more. This may tell >us something about what the GR-1's designers know about the lens... > I have enlarged a 16x20 Tri-X photo and I was amazed by the quality. Not only the pro shop did a great job on the enlargement, the lens quality on GR-1 was just excellent. It was an indoor photo where I set flash mode at f4. I have framed the photo in my living room. > -Jeff > > > >