Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is, my mistake. I don't think you'll be disappointed - especially at that price. The lens is fully usable wide open, and has shallow DOF when used close up. I snapped these at f1.7 the other week... <http://www.flickr.com/photos/39877124 at N05/4644485760/> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/39877124 at N05/4644496286/> Incidentally the new feature added to Lightroom 3 makes uploading photographs to Flickr very easy as it's all done from with Lightroom itself. Steve On 27 May 2010, at 09:53, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I thought the GF-1 was a 2x sensor..I just bought one second hand at US$580 > with a 20mm lens, no EVF. Waiting for delivery as I write.. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Steve Unsworth <lug at > steveunsworth.co.uk>wrote: > >> With the GF-1 I struggle to see the screen clearly in bright daylight. >> This >> has made using Leica lenses on the thing a waste of time. With the 20mm I >> can rely on the AF and there's enough definition for an overall >> composition, >> with an M lens it's a lottery whether the subject is in focus or not - and >> that includes when the magnifier is used. >> >> Also the performance with wider lenses is poor at the edge of the frame. >> There's a lot of quality drop off. This is with a 1.5 sensor, so I would >> expect anything larger to be even worse unless it uses a system of >> micro-lenses as in the M8/9. >> >> I accept my experience may not be typical.