Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle - Boy, terrific stuff! Love 'em. You're going to love the camera, too, I predict. I use mine just like a rangefinder. On single point focus I just half-press the shutter with the center of the optical finder on what I want in focus, wait for the buzz to stop, reframe and shoot. I can do that faster than I can manually focus an M and get about the same in-focus success rate in usual room light. Why focus manually when it so easy and accurate electronically???? I think my pre-order for an X-1 may be in jeopardy. :-) The 35 mm Voightlander finder is just about an exact match for the lens, BTW, and isn't offset like the 40 so you can use the flash if you want. Is the second shot really at ISO 10,200? Were you shooting in moonlight? If so, good grief!!!! :-) Regards, Dick On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Two test shots from the Lumix GF-1, both 1600 pixels across so you can get > an idea: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/lumix-blaxelrods.jpg > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/kyle-cassidy-gf-1-small.jpg > > They're test photos, for sure, but I think they're particularly nice test > photos so I encourage you to have a look. > > I got the GF-1 with the 20mm f1.8 lens. Time from flipping the switch on > till you can take a photo is around 1 second, if not less. focus is quick > and responsive. It has face recognition you can turn on or off and, this > is cool, you can _set preferences on face focusing priority_ so you can > say "if jimmy is in a photo with mary, always focus on jimmy, but focus on > mary before you focus on strangers" -- how neat. > > size is smaller than an m3, & lighter. I ordered the external viewfinder > but it's yet to arrive. my main peve at the moment is having to look at > the LCD on the back, i want to mash it to my eye. the viewfinder also > includes shutter speed / aperture info in it. > > the camera's easy to use in manual mode -- one wheel covers both shutter > speed and aperture -- you press in on the wheel to switch back and forth > -- not as nice as two wheels, but pretty nice nonetheless. it's got a > pop-up flash, etc. etc. > > so far my impressions are very favorable. have a look at the photos. > > rock on. happy new year. > > kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information