Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pasvorn yes I did and it actually has some features more advanced than the EP1 although the controls have been reduced. Maybe no issue there for people used to a P&S perhaps. Locally they just dropped their prices significantly too (something like 20% for the EPL1) Of course my interest was not in whether M lenses could be used on it (I already have a camera for that) but as a spousal travel camera. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 15 June 2010 02:52, Pasvorn Boonmark <pasvorn at boonmark.net> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > Regarding Oly v.s. Panasonic. > > I currently has a G1 and looking for another body for my wife. > The next one probably will be a Oly EP-l1. It smalls and has body > anti-shake. > > Did you get to play with it at the show? > > -Pasvorn > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Jim and Nathan. I don't care much regarding that branding issue of > > course. I was just interested insofar as if it represented a market shift > > for Panasonic. I guess it makes sense that there would be a a Micro Four > > Thirds adapter as well as the Four Thirds adapters. I recall that we have > > other shooters here that use the R lenses on Oly bodies of course. Sorry > > guys! FWIW Panasonic had only their mFT products on display at PMA here, > > from memory. The Oly folks had a large and comprehensive display with a > lot > > of gear for demo and a gazillion dollars of purty brochures for the eager > > hands to acquire. There prices were leading a downward trend. > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >