Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning - How do you setup the camera to make the rear dial to do this? > It's quite easy to focus manually. With the latest software you can set it > to magnify the image with one press of the multifunction wheel... Regards, Dick On Jan 09, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > It's quite easy to focus manually. With the latest software you can set it > to magnify the image with one press of the multifunction wheel, so you do > that when you focus and then touch the shutter button lightly to get back > to composing. It's really quite quick and smooth. You can do it fairly > decently with the back screen as well as the electronic viewfinder. The EV > is fairly coarse, so while focussing is actuall quite easy and possible, > it doesn't give you the confidence a higher resolution screen would give. > The coarseness of the screen might be related to the size of the > viewfinder, since the better viewfinder of the Olympus EP-2 is a lot > bigger, making the camera fairly clumsy in my opinion. Neither are as good > as the electronic viewfinder in the G1, so if you're mainly interested in > using an electronic viewfinder you're probably best off getting the G1, > which with lens isn't any bigger than the GF-1 with electronic viewfinder > in every dimension, and you get a better and integrated viewfinder and a > swiveling LCD. > > I use the 20/1.7 (since October) mostly with the GF-1 with the VC > mini-28-35 finder, and sometimes Leica lenses from 35 on up. The shorter > lenses haven't produced satisfactory results, and now that I have the 20 > haven't been as important. > > I especially like the 50 ASPH; easy to focus, high speed and a good > portrait length without being too big. The 75/1.4 is also excellent, but > starts being a bit of a handful. The interesting thing is that as you stop > down, the view through the viewfinder doesn't get darker but the dof > increases. > > > >> On Jan 9, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 9, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm finding the GF-1 with the 20mm f 1.7 an awesome ... really, >>>> substitute for what I used to use my Leica for. Though it gets noisy at >>>> 400 asa, the lens is fast enough and sharp enough that I'm finding it >>>> not difficult to shoot in relatively low light situations at 100 or 200 >>>> ASA and for on-the-fly portraits, it's been fabulous -- two photos of >>>> the painter John Ennis (www.johnennis.com) >>>> >>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/john-ennis-1.jpg >>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/john-ennis-2.jpg >>>> >>>> I really like having JUST A CAMERA in my _pocket_. It seems when I >>>> leave the house with the Leica d700 I'm always thinking "well, I need >>>> to take the 85 1.8 because it's an awesome lens. but it's too telephoto >>>> for a lot of stuff, so i'd better take a mid range zoom. Oh, and heck, >>>> the room might be crowded, so I'd better bring the fisheye, cause it's >>>> small and all. Heck, if I'm bringing that I should bring a flash, and I >>>> can't bring the flash without the cable, because on camera flash >>>> blows......" and now my back hurts. >>>> >>>> The electronic viewfinder (i wanted to do a macro through the lens but >>>> it's not in the cards) isn't a gimic -- its really useful. I MUCH MUCH >>>> MUCH prefer shooting through a viewfinder to using the screen on the >>>> back of the camera, i'd consider the finder part of the camera (i.e. >>>> don't get one without the other). it's a low resolution LCD but it's >>>> fine for composing, you know what the scene looks like (if you forget, >>>> just open your other eye). i don't think an optical finder will work >>>> nearly as well, because you have your exposure and FOCUS info in the >>>> electronic finder as well and you needs that. you can also change the >>>> angle of the finder and look straight down into it if you'd like, >>>> useful for shooting straight up or around corners (you can totally hold >>>> the camera around a corner and look through the finder -- i don't know >>>> why you would, but you can). >>>> >>>> it's surprisingly loud. the shutter goes off with a "CLICK" you can >>>> feel, seriously, it's like a tiny mousetrap went off inside the camera. >>>> by default focus is also acknowledged by a chirp (you can turn off >>>> sounds). >>>> >>>> and it's FAST, like a lot faster than i can wind and shoot a leica (you >>>> can probably kick it's butt with a rapidwinder, but you won't >>>> accidentally stab yourself in the leg with this one. This really is the >>>> digital LikaLeica I've been waiting for. It just needs a couple of >>>> stickers. >>>> >>>> >>>> I am totally listening to Led Zeppelin IV right now. >>>> >>>> kc >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > > * 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