Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're going you love it. I love mine. I use it mostly below ISO 400. 800 is OK - sometimes. and 1600 pretty much requires you go to B&W to hide the chroma noise. Congrats. Regards, Dick On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:45 PM, David Rodgers wrote: > I was in Portland last week and took advantage of the lack of sales tax > in Oregon. I bought a GF-1, 20/1.7 and EVF from Pro Photo Supply. > > I've been contemplating buying a Micro Four-Thirds camera for a while. > I'd read a lot, but hadn't handled any of the Micro Four-Thirds bodies. > I immediately liked the size and feel of the GF-1. The GH was nice, but > the GF-1 very much reminded me of using a CL. > > The beauty of the GF-1 is its small size. At the same time the image > quality -- though not on par with my D700 -- is more than adequate. > > The only thing I found that I miss when using the GF-1 (vs the D700) is > low light capability. Maybe after I spend more time with the images I'll > miss the D700 image quality, too. But having a camera that's small (and > practical to take everywhere) is a worthy compromise, IMO. > > The 20/1.7 is a spectacular little lens, as others on the LUG can > attest. I ordered an M adapter and look forward to using M lenses (in > particular my 50/2.8 newer model Elmar "tele"). > > Though I almost passed on the optional EVF I'm very glad that I bought > it. It's been on the camera from the start. I took a few shots without > it, but I immediately put it back on. I like composing through a > viewfinder, and although the image isn't spectacular it's adequate. I > like seeing shooting info; especially the aperture. I use "A" mode > mostly and I can see it change when I rotate the thumbwheel. > > In summary, the GF-1 is a wonderful camera. For me it replaces a Fuji > P&S that I've had for several years, but was quite a bit out-dated (and > no where close to the image quality of the GF-1). I'll still use the > D700, but I anticipate not nearly as often as the GF-1. > > Dave R > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information