Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd been wondering about the GF1 - can it take M lenses with an adaptor like the G1 can? Is it worth trying that or are the Pany/Leica lenses actually any good? Simon. 2009/9/10 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > Apparently the focussing is by one of those endlessly turning fly-by-wire > rings, with only a scale on the LCD. As far as DOF you're on your own. > > The performance would have to be a number of classes higher than the Pany > GF1's to justify the price. The high ISO performance is likely better than > the Pany's, but then the Panasonic can be had with a 20/1.7 or 1 1/2 stops > better, so the high ISO had better be quite a few stops better. And > changing > lenses is _much_ more difficult on the Leica. Panasonic, on the other hand > has already announced a 14/2.8 (28 equiv.) pancake lens for next year. > Hopefully they can deliver as well as promise. > > At least there are now some interesting options in this segment. > > > > > At 4:17 PM -0700 9/9/09, H. Ball Arche wrote: > >> There are several things I'd want to know about this camera before writing >> if off. >> >> How does the manual focus distance scale work, as well as the DOF range >> indicator? If it's substantially improved over the LX3, with a more >> readable >> foot/meter scale, that's a big plus, especially if you can program a >> preset >> focal distance. >> >> Is the ISO 3200 performance really up to spec? >> >> Does the build quality approach my IIIc? (I'm insisting on seeing the X1 >> as having the Barnack heritage; the brochure says 'all metal' >> construction, >> but-) >> >> And if they could come up with 28 equivalent lens, and drop the price to >> around $1500 by next fall, for my purposes it would answer quite well. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:46:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] leica x1 @ popflash >> >> At 1:33 PM -0700 9/9/09, Richard Man wrote: >> >>> IF it has much faster write time, then why would anyone else wants a >>> Sigma DP-1, DP-2 etc.? >>> >>> >>> >> 1/2 the price? Foveon quality? >> >> I tried the DP-1 for a bit; in my personal opinion an almost unuseable >> camera, but still, some people like it. The DP-2 is better, but not >> enough. >> >> On the other hand, if you have Leica lenses, why would you want an X-1? >> Used M8 prices are pretty close to X-1 prices, and while the X-1 has >> autofocus, I doubt that it has as little lag as the M8. >> >> > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >