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Subject: [Leica] GF-1 v. EP-2
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:25:49 +0000
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Hi Alastair,
that is different experience from mine, obviously. Of all the cameras I have 
used the E3 has the least effective IS!
Ah well.
Frank

On 31 Jan, 2010, at 08:23, afirkin at afirkin.com wrote:

>> I can not speak for the EP 2 but I have tried the E3 with a panaleica
>> 14-150 lens, which is excellent BTW, which has stabilisation. The manuals
>> strongly advise against leaving both stabilisations on together, it does
>> not work. I preferred body stabilisation off, lens on in this combination.
>> The EP1 I tried had pitifully slow AF compared to the Panasonic G1, so I
>> bet the GF1 will be better than the EP2.
>> I actually think IS is over-rated. It does not compensate for rotary shake
>> very well, if at all, so in general I think it is a snapshot or get you
>> out the sh*t solution. The E3 was very poor with long lenses and IS on,
>> -very- few keepers. The E3 and normal lenses are not really much smaller
>> than 35mm stuff, the teles are much smaller so I thought it would be a
>> great camera for nature pix when walking my dogs but I got very few sharp
>> shots, either AF or IS not working well :-( Better with MF and no IS.
>> Not worth carrying at all.
>> cheers,
>> Frank
> 
> Frank I cannot really agree here. The E3 has fantastic IS. I did a series
> of tests with it and even with wide angles the images were better at
> 1/500th sec. It is not a cure for everything, and you must turn it off
> when on a tripod, but for hand held stuff Helen keeps it on all the time
> and her images are VERY competitive.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alastair
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from vroger at gmail.com (Roger Rubin) ([Leica] GF-1 v. EP-2)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] GF-1 v. EP-2)
Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] GF-1 v. EP-2)