Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree competely. Don't forget the Contax T1 and heirs, the Oly XA and the Ricoh analog GR family. Or, I was thinking, if you absolutely want to go digital, buy one of those superslim Sonys: they're perfect for what you want to do with it, they're not too expensive, and they have lenses from that other renowned German lens manufacturer. The ASA perfomance is a little better than most of these P&Ses, and for this kind of photography you don't need RAW, just good jpeg. My wife has one, she's on auto everything, but gets good results time after time. (no ties with that company) Philippe Op 7-sep-07, om 18:31 heeft Jeff Moore het volgende geschreven: > 2007-09-06-12:04:14 Eric Korenman: >> I adore my M8. But I am not a 'travel photograher' > > Um, I'm having trouble understanding this whole thread -- "travel > photographer" or not, if you have that great, not too bulky caamera > you're already familiar with using, you wouldn't travel with a nice > simple setup of the M8 and one lens because... why? > >> Just need a 'go anywhere' pocketable to replace what my Yashica T4 >> used to >> do for me. >> Hell - I might just take my Dad's T4 and film > > Okay, if it needs to be that pocketable, and you don't mind travelling > with film -- sure, take the borrowed T4, or if you're in the mood for > shopping, get a nice Olympus Stylus Epic (still available, still under > $80 at B&H, still a fabulous prime lens for the amazingly-low price). > The Stylus Epic was always the heir to the T4's throne in my mind > -- the > T4's glass (that was the f/3.5 lens, right?) has classic old-school- > lens > sharper-in-the-center characteristics, while the Olympus's newer > aspheric glass is a fraction faster at f/2.8 and sharper into the > corners. Both pleasing to the eye in their own way. The Olympus is > compact and sealed well enough to be light-drizzle-resistant. I > recall > it got on particularly spectacularly with Fuji Reala. > > But as with any new equipment, test before dragging it on a trip and > counting on it. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >