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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Vario-Summicron Pictures (LX3)
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:00:02 -0500
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Nice images, Alan.  The individual stamp is nice and sharp.  Looks like fun.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu>
To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:00 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG:Vario-Summicron Pictures (LX3)


> I'm having a blast with a Panasonic Lumix LX3 that I bought last week (as 
> close as I can afford to a digital Leica).  So far I've mainly done 
> close-ups, and I am very happy with the lens performance, and being able 
> to shoot in RAW format.  This is my first hand camera without a 
> viewfinder, so I'm still getting used to that, but I like the fact that 
> it's the same size as my Olympus XA, yet has the capability to give me the 
> equivalent of a 60mm focal length on 35mm.  I always felt the 35mm lens on 
> the XA was too wide, but it did make it a pocketable camera.  Now, if I 
> want wide, I have the equiv. of 24mm (that focuses to one cm).  For grab 
> shots, I can put my 28mm Nikkor finder in the hot shoe for quick viewing, 
> shut off the LCD screen to save the battery, and let the camera auto 
> focus.  My camera came with an upgrade that remembers the last zoom 
> position when shut down, so when I turn it on, it's at the 60mm setting 
> that I like.
>
> Some samples:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/LX3_24mmf7_1_ISO400.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/LX3_60mmf8_ISO80.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/LX3_24mmf8ISO200.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/LX3FullFramef3_5.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/LX3100perCropf3_5.jpg.html>
>
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
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