[Leica] more on the GF-1, the finder, and a portrait of an artist

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Jan 9, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Steve sed:
> 
>>> Wonderful, Kyle. By coincidence, I received my GF-1 today and have 
>>> tested 
>>> it a bit this afternoon, inside a bar and on the street. Very pleasant 
>>> indeed. I got it with the 1.7/20mm lens too, but I also have the M-MFT 
>>> adapter, so tomorrow I will test it with my M lenses.
> 
>> this all sounds like a very attractive combination, especially with the 
>> Pana 
>> 20mm 1.7 lens. If you use it with the electronic viewfinder, adapter, and 
>> manual focus M lenses, how easy is focussing through the viewfinder? 
>> compared to the LCD screen ? Is focussing easy enough to attract people 
>> who 
>> care to frequently use their leica M lenses with manual focus?
> 
> i ordered the adapter for my Leikon lenses (i'm kind of stoaked to try the 
> the 300 2.8 on there -- hilarity ensues) but it has yet to arrive. when it 
> does I shall report back post haste about manual focusing. i've manually 
> focused the 20 1.8, it functions well enough but has no stop in either 
> direction, which can be a bit confusing.
> 
> I'm left wondering, with Leica and Panasonic's long history, why they 
> didn't make a Leitz branded version of this camera -- I imagine it would 
> have sold like water at a house fire. 
> 
> The full res images are really marvelous. This camera's a winner. I'll try 
> and do a more extensive review this weekend.




thanks Kyle, get back to us,

I am sure there's a lot of interest in the quality of the viewfinder, and 
its use in focussing...



Steve



> Oh, and I haven't even tried the high-def video yet!
> 
> (now listening to Rammstein)
> 
> kyle
> 
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