Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does it not have the aperture dial like the GR1s? Simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christer Almqvist" <christer@almqvist.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: GR1 erection(was: Street photography) > OK the lens is very good, but it is still a P&S thing. It is not under your > control, except that you can turn off the flash _permanently_ by flipping a > switch, not pushing little rubbery knobs to get down to the third level of > some menue, and then have to redo the whole thing every time you turn on > the camera. That's what I like about the GR-1. The switch, and the lens. > But I hate the little rubber button that turns on the camera. And it turns > itself on in your trousers pocket. It must look like a very rapid erection > to the uninformed spectator when the lens starts moving out. Is this how > Ralph got started on his nudes? If so, please advise how to proceed. > Anyway, I almost always have room for the M6 with a Summicron in my jacket > pocket. Unobtrousive. > > >Yes, I have a GR1--this is my second one, the first had an untimely demise > >at a > >water ride in an amusement park in Belgium. It is a great little "take > >everywhere" camera for those occasions where even a Leica is too much. > > > >Nathan > > > >ralph fuerbringer wrote: > > > >> anyone using the richo 28mmf2.8 asherical lens in ltm or the superative mini > >> gr1 with the same optic for street,nudes, whatever? the gr1 fits in any > >> pocket and looks so toy like the little devil hoodwinks everyone. i mini > >> battery lasted 3 years with at least 100 flash shots along the way, > >> perfectly balanced illumination in a gallery show opening. > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Nathan Wajsman > >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > > >General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > >Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > >Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > -- > Christer Almqvist > D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or > F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France > > >