Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clive, Thanks for posting those, and providing your comments on GF1 usage. Very helpful for me! I like the grab shot of the convertible (sucker for good motion blur). I wonder if the corner softness is due to "smearing", from the ultra- wide angle lens rays hitting the sensor plane at an extreme angle. IIRC, there were some similar complaints from EP-1 users when using the CV ultra-wides, even with the 2x crop factor. Thanks again -- and keep 'em coming! :D Kevin ============= Only connect. ============= bamboozld at gmail.com shudaizi photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shudaizi/ On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Clive Moss wrote: > Just to keep assure everyone that this is still on topic, the CV 15mm > is a Leica Thread Mount mounted on a LTM to M adapter mounted on a CV > M to micro 4/3 adaptor. So thats two Leica standards mounted on a > single modern camera! > > The gallery of what I shot today using only the 15mm CV with the two > adapters on the GF1 is here: > > http://tinyurl.com/yfb6896 > > Many images wide open, a few stopped down some. > > The images are all uncropped, processed by Lightroom with using the > "General - Punch" and "Sharpen - Landscapes" presets, with no other > processing. I find Lightroom's standard processing for the GF1 a tad > bland, at least in today's weather. > > When I look at the corners in Lighroom, they look way less sharp than > I remember. More testing needed. > > They are all focussed by guess - mostly at or near infinity - because > I forgot the voodoo formula for manual focus assist when I left home. > The voodoo is: > "For manual lenses, for focus assist, press the left arrow on the back > of the camera, followed by the ok (center button.)" Apart from this, > and the menus, the camera is pretty voodoo free. > > The same lens on a film camera with drug store scans produced these > pics: > > http://clive.smugmug.com/Exhibition/Highland-Park-Images/Spring-15-with-a-15mm/3160978_zia6L/1/173714196_5HR6T > > The difference is the 2x. 15mm on a full frame frame = 30mm on a half > frame (which is what the 4/3 sensor really is, in width) > I guess I will just have to get the 7-14mm F4. Its small enough that > SHMBO will never notice. > > Initial observations after a few days of use - Panasonic has put a lot > of thought into some features that are useful, but have little > advertising impact. > 1) Power management is great. I can set the camera to power down the > LCD after 15 or 30 seconds, and go into Power Save mode after between > 1 and 10 minutes. Restarting takes just a touch of the shutter release > - no fumbling for on/off switches, and no signifiacant delay to come > alive. This shot: > > <http://clive.smugmug.com/Exhibition/Highland-Park-Images/Fall-with-a-15mm-and-GF1/10047351_J4ygK/1/#688582581_hUTGM-A-LB > > > > > was grabbed when I heard a noise coming up behind me with the camera > in Power Save mode - off, for all practical purposes. I had just > enough time to turn and frame the shot. My M8 with power off would > have missed the shot. It is slow to wake. > 2) Automated chimping. I can set the review display after a shot to > off, or for 1, 3 or 5 seconds. Nothing unusual about that. I can then > set the display to enlarge the focus spot for 1, 3 or 5 seconds, just > to be sure the I nailed it. No big deal, but actually veru useful. > 3) Very intuitive (for me) +- exposure, aperture, and shutter speed > adjustment without menu navigation, using a push and turn control > wheel. > > On the other hand, when I get into the menus, I get lost. They are not > logical to me - translated, that means they are not the same as the > Nikon menus that I now understand. > The manual still sucks. > No vertical mode sensor without a VR lens mounted - I still need to > flip them by hand. > > Now all I need to do to take good pictures is to stand in the right > place in front of the right subjects and push the button. > -- > Clive > Blog: http://clive.moss.net/blog > Photographs: http://clive.smugmug.com > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/clive.moss > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information