Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Leica X1
From: jsmith342 at bellsouth.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:50:04 -0500
References: <mailman.2855.1286236731.66617.lug@leica-users.org> <DDB6BB01-7B36-459D-879E-CA191662B0F4@netvigator.com>

Dpreview.com also mentioned the slow AF. Sigma already has cornered the 
compact APS-size, good lens, slow AF market, and it costs 1/3 of the Leica.




On Oct 4, 2010, at 7:20 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> I borrowed Christian Erhardt's (preproduction) X1 briefly at the LHSA in 
> Seattle last September and came away unimpressed.
> It was at the cocktail party and focus was not snappy at all and 
> processing seemed slow. Can't speak to the image quality
> which I imagine to be very good. I am waiting to see what the Fuji X100 is 
> like - complete with view finder and EVF built in -
> but think for now the Pana GF1 with the 20mm f1.7 will remain my walk 
> around camera.
> 2 cents from Pender Island
> Howard.
> 
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:58:23 -0400
> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] leica X1
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> 
> I don't have an X1 and am not planning to get one.  Most of the
> complaints on the LUF seem to be about very slow response time.  That
> would kill it for me for sure.
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
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