Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Bruce. I was impressed how well the restaurant shots worked, too, especially since I was working at f2.0 between 1/15th and 1/6th of a second. The camera is really easy to hold steady. The outdoor shots need more processing. I wanted to show the LUG what the pictures looked like straight from the camera. Boy, re-reading my post reminds me how rushed I was this morning. :-) On May 11, 2009, at 10:24 AM, bruce golding wrote: > thanx for the review, dick. > > shots look real good, especially inside. > > b. > > On 11-mei-2009, at 15:02, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >> I bought a Panasonic G1 and M-4/3rds adapter last week and thought >> you would be interested in an initial user's report. Six of the >> photos I took with this combination can be found at: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/panasonic+G1/ >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/o7fnbg >> >> Since I expect to travel to Japan for the first time this summer, I >> wanted a small, lightweight, travel camera with a reasonable sensor >> size and capable of producing really nice results. I think I've >> found it. >> >> Some initial impressions: >> >> * The EVF works fine for manually focussing and framing in dim >> light and bright without invoking the magnified view down to about >> f4.0. Smaller than that I needed to magnify the view. Since (I >> read) it runs at 60 Hz in bright light the finder has no more delay >> than a typical DSLR and with the usual anticipation I found I could >> catch the peak of the action pretty reliably. I dim light (and at >> very small apertures) it slows to 15 Hz and I quickly learned to >> slide the camera slight to the right and use my left eye to catch >> the action. This works really well and is better, IMO, than >> putting an optical finder on the top of the camera. >> >> * It quickly became apparent that a couple of firmware changes >> would be nice to have: >> - One-button selection of the magnified view (it now takes two) >> - An option to have a magnified spot in the center of the field with >> an option to have it on all the time. >> >> * On my camera, anyway, the front dial exposure compensation >> function in Aperture Exposure mode cannot be turned off. This led >> to some heavy confusion until I realized what was happening. This >> does not happen in Programmed Exposure mode and once I switched to >> it my exposures became consistent. If anyone knows of a menu >> setting change I could make to fix this, please let me know. >> >> * The indoor shots were taken at ISO 400 (1st shot) and 800 (latter >> two) in a very dark French restaurant. It sure looks to me that >> ISO 800 is nicely usable. The outdoor shots were at ISO 200. The >> posted pictures were shot in RAW, converted to DNG and processed in >> Lightroom with only exposure (to fix the exposure compensation >> errors noted above). They all look a little pastel for my taste >> and I will probably boost both contrast and saturation in my >> workflow on output from this camera. I didn't try higher than >> 800. (The food was too good and I got distracted.) >> >> * All these were taken with the 28 Summicron except the Nobska >> photo which was taken with the new rangefinder focussing Cosina 15 >> mm. >> >> * The few photos I took with the 14-45 kit lens look pretty nice, >> too, but I hardly spent any time with it and can't really comment >> beyond that. >> >> That's it for now. More later, I expect. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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