Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a digital version of my Exa, the baby brother of the Exacta. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 for$599 w/ lens > Steve, you can flip up the EVF so that you look down into it, like on a > Rollei. > > To the general point: for me, the GF-1 is not a substitute for the M8/M9, > but rather for the DSLR. I can get true macro capabilities, I can get long > lenses beyond what the M system can provide. And an additional bonus is > that it is much smaller and lighter than even an M8 outfit. In a couple of > weeks I will go to Bath to visit my son for a weekend, flying on a low > cost airline with hand luggage only--the GF-1 is just the ticket (pun > intended) for such trips. > > 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 Feb 9, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> >> On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >> >>> Feb 9, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Jan Decher wrote: >>> >>>>> Peter et al., >>>>> I fully agree with you regarding the LCD screens and their utility in >>>>> bright light or dark situations. I am amazed this Leica(!) list is so >>>>> enamoured by digital cameras w/o rangefinders. >>> >>> Steve pointed out: >>> >>>> or do you mean viewfinders? >>>> >>>> if so, that sounds like a broad conclusion, perhaps there are a few >>>> people >>>> that like them... >>> >>> I wasn't keen on it before I tried it. But the EVF a) is TTL and >>> therefore without parallax error and b) it includes >>> shutterspeed/aperture info in the finder as well as a histogram and >>> other information that otherwise you'd have to take the camera away from >>> your eye to see. >> >> >>> The one >> >> ?? >> >>> on the GF-1 is also bendable so you can use it also as a wlf >> >> ?? >> >>> , or with the camera all the way to the ground. >> >> ?? >> >> >> these sound like good points Kyle, though I'm not sure I understand this >> sentence... >> >> >> please clarify for me, >> >> >> Steve >> >>> >>> >>> With auto focus and face recognition it focuses a lot faster than I can >>> with a rangefinder. >>> >>> The thing that I like most about my M's is the size, not so much the >>> focusing system. >>> >>> YMMV >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >