[Leica] G10

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)]

I just spent some time comparing the G10 with a friend's G9.
The one thing that was immediately obvious was the improved color  
balance of the G10.
Also, the speed of the camera is quirkily connected to the viewing  
time of the rear screen, and one's finger lingering on the shutter  
button. As I take single shots, I find myself having to  
conscientiously speed up my own actions to make the camera work  
faster. Tomorrow I'll try to see if having the camera set on multiple  
shots is any faster, without sacrificing focusing and IS.
On the other hand, I shot part of an assignment with it on Saturday.  
I've sent the material for delivery tomorrow. I'll soon see what kind  
of reaction the camera's images get.
s.d.


On Oct 13, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Victor Rubin wrote:

> Hi All:
> Two Sunday's ago, my salesman at Adorama called me to tell me he  
> had the G10
> in stock. I had told him to call me when he had a black LX-3. Well,  
> I went
> downtown with my G9- all wrapped up in its original box and told  
> him, I'd do
> a G10 if (like my original G7 to G9 upgrade) he'd give me 50% off.  
> He did.
> While I was waiting, for him to get clearance for the trade, I  
> looked at the
> Panasonic LX3 (soon to be a D-Lux 4. I couldn't figure it out. I am  
> a street
> shooter and towards that end my fastest digital "rangefinder" like  
> digicam
> is the old Leica Digilux 1. I was hoping that the LX3 with an  
> accessory
> viewfinder would be comparable. Its is not. It is so slow that it  
> makes me
> fall asleep while it focuses and then the shutter goes off. On the  
> other
> hand, the G10 is somewhat faster than the G9 though not nearly the  
> speed I
> need for comfortable street shooting. I am, however, more satisfied  
> with
> this camera than I was with the G9 insofar as  the one "unsung"  
> area that no
> one will talk about is the great difference between the G9 and the  
> G10 when
> it comes th viewfinder parallax. I use only the optical finder,  
> very, very
> rarely the LCD. The G9 needed all sorts of compensation and when I  
> didn't
> think to do it, my shots were all out of frame vertically. The G10 has
> corrected this. I have enjoyed my limited testing with the camers  
> and wait
> now for the next version which I hope (probably in vain) will have  
> an f2,
> and no shutter lag at all. Basically I am satisfied with this  
> digicam, and
> that''s the first time I have said this in a long time. Bests: VRR
>
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