Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/10

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Subject: [Leica] X1 might be ok
From: simon.ogilvie at gmail.com (Simon Ogilvie)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:34:54 +0100
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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.
>>
>>
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