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Subject: [Leica] IMG: re: Advice wanted for carry camera.
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:34:21 -0500
References: <v2z6a7544a61004101041m4963987di7a3506e1a33e2038@mail.gmail.com>

Larry,

FYI

Panasonic GH1 Specs:
Dimensions: 3.29 x 1.78 x 4.88" (123.95 x 45.21 x 83.57) body only
13.6 oz (385g) body only
Uses Leica M lenses.

Leica M9 Specs:
Dimensions: 5.50 x 1.50 x 3.17" (139 x 37 x 80mm) body only
19.8 oz (585g) body only
Uses Leica  M lenses.

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Obviously we all march to different drummers. I want to thank everyone for
> their suggestions for a carry camera. Please don't take this as a negative
> comment but it's good to see that Luggers have such a unanimous
> disagreement. ?So the carry camera should be a Panasonic GH1, a Panasonic
> GF1 or 2, an Olympus E-PL1, a Canon G11, a Leica X1, a Leica M8 or 9, a
> Samsung NX10, or any of a half dozen yet to be released micro 4/3 or APC
> models. Well, I'm glad that cleared everything up.
>
>
> The critical optical viewfinder (for me) issue was discussed primarily by
> suggesting that most viewfinders on digital cameras were virtually useless
> except for those on the digital Ms, the lovely one on the GF1 and the extra
> cost high resolution viewfinder for the E-PL1 which no one has yet used.
>
>
> So I guess my dream digital camera does not yet exist. What I had hoped for
> was more or less a digital CL. Compact, well made, with a decent viewfinder
> and capable of mounting Leica lenses. Until that comes along or I can 
> scrape
> up a few bucks for one of the cameras in the above list, ?I'll probably 
> pick
> up a refurbished Canon G11 from Amazon. I can always give it to my daughter
> to take pictures of the kids. In the meantime, for quality pictures, I'll
> buy a few rolls of Tri X and a pack of D-76 and try to remember how to load
> the damn Nikkor reels.
>
>
> In the meantime I'll just hang out like the guy in this picture. But I 
> still
> welcome any suggestions.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Hanging+out+in+Cold+Spring.JPG.html
>
>
> Larry Z
>
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Replies: Reply from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] IMG: re: Advice wanted for carry camera.)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] IMG: re: Advice wanted for carry camera.)