Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayandand, is your area's tiger preserve the "best" place to photograph tigers? On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > I have just caught up with the mails after returning from my jungle safari > with Howard. > > I used his GF-1 on the trip, and to my mind it is a terrific camera, and > that 20mm f1.7 lens is superb. My only negative is the crummy EVF - I am > going to buy the GF-2 (with a higher resolution EVF) as soon as it is > available here to use my Leica M lenses on - it seems the perfect vehicle > to > do so at its price point. > > BTW, it was enough camera/lens combo to photograph some tigers - so you can > guess how close they were! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > Tina, this has nothing to do with loyalty. God knows I have given Leica > > enough of my Eurii over the years, including in the past 18 months. But I > > just came back from a one-night trip to London, flying Ryanair with no > > checked baggage, and in the knowledge that whatever I brought with me > would > > be carried around London for a big part of trip. > > > > In situations like this, weight is at a premium, and I took the GF-1 with > > the 20mm, 45mm and 90mm (Elmarit) lenses. The weight saving over the M8 > may > > have been only a couple of lbs but when you walk around for several hours > it > > is a difference that you can feel. And BTW--with the 20mm pancake the > image > > quality is fully on par with Leica. > > > > 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 Mar 22, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > I'm loyal! The M9 is the only camera I want. I can't imagine needing > > > anything else. > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at > > > rabinergroup.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> You guys crack me up with your brand new dream camera Leica M9's > sitting > > on > > >> your table while you search the internet for the latest gadget cameras > > to > > >> go > > >> out shooting with. > > >> IF I had an M9 my attentions would not wander. > > >> And its by the way smaller than most 2x as well as 1.5x crop cameras > > made. > > >> > > >> [Rabs] > > >> Mark William Rabiner > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]