Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use the smaller 28/35 Voightlander and the camera was hard to find. >Dick, Rich: > > Are you using the smaller 28/ 35 CV VF or the larger 28 VF? The >GRD certainly bears a serious look--too bad it's distribution is so >limited. Ricoh's limited marketing policies are quite curious. > > Bill > > > >"Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Rich - I've already switched to the Voightlander finder because it's >size better matches that of the camera even though the frame of the >Leica finder is easier to see with glasses. A spare battery is on >order. I agree it's an impressive little camera. > >Dick > >>Dick, I've had the Ricoh digital GR for about six months. Wonderful >>walk around camera with the macro giving images of walking around >>inside flowers. As you mentioned, higher ISO speeds have noise but >>film has almost the same effect as grain. Raw writing speeds are >>slow but I mainly use it for JPG images where it writes quickly to >>the SD card. I tried the Leica 28mm viewfinder but changed to the >>smaller Voigtlander model. The Leica finder's large size blocks >>the flash from popping up. Sometimes fill in flash during the day >>helps an image. Overall, I am impressed with the camera more than >>any other zoom point and shoot digital. I would recommend a spare >>battery for travel. >> >>Best regards, >> >>Richard Clompus >> >> >> >>On Jul 23, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >> >>>The camera, for those of you not familiar with it, has a fixed >>>5.9mm (28mm equivalent) f2.4 lens and is about the same size as a >>>Stylus Epic, my long-time favorite carry-everywhere camera. >>> >>>These are all full frame as they came out of the camera (no levels >>>adjustment, no color adjustment, no adjustments at all) except for >>>slight crops in two of them. . >>> >>>1, 2 - Serious conversation in a Barnes and Noble Cafe. Auto white >>>balance, daylight and tungsten mix. ISO 200 f2.4. The first is >>>cropped to about a 35mm equivalent focal-length shot. >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010076_web >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010078_web >>> >>>3 - Blossom found in a niche in the bathroom of a Japanese >>>restaurant. Macro mode, point auto focus, ISO 400, f2.4, auto >>>white balance. >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010140_web >>> >>>4 - A different kind on "blossom," the "Big Pleasure Point" >>>sculpture Lincoln Center, around midnight. Stage lighting, auto >>>white balance, ISO 800, f2.4 >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010161_web >>> >>>5 - My son, in a bar, after we saw "The Drowsy Chaperone" (as a >>>birthday gift). >>>In camera B&W, ISO 1600, f2.4, tungsten light. >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010156_web >>> >>>6 - Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, again, around >>>midnight. slight crop left side. In camera B&W, ISO 1600, f2.4. >>>The neon sign highlights are not as badly burned out in the >>>original file as they appear to be in this low-res image. >>> >>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010168_rot_web >>> >>>I don't find the noise in these ISO 1600 shots as objectionable as >>>some others have found it. It's just high- speed grain to me. >>> >>>Leica content due to use of a Leitz 28mm finder, though all these >>>shots were framed with the LCD which seems to have remarkably low >>>lag. I think my Stylus Epic is about to be retired. >>> >>>Comments welcome, as always. >>>-- >>>Regards, >>> >>>Dick >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > __________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information