Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This image I've run into this week of the X1 with finder and grip. http://www.zone-numerique.com/uploads/Appareils/Leica/X1/leica_x1_poignee_45 0.jpg Or http://tinyurl.com/2f6ehl6 A more gripping pic of an x1 you're never going to find. I was unaware of the configuration. Certainly appears to give the camera a different and more serous edge. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Kyle Cassidy <leicaslacker at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:19:39 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] leica X1 > > I find the viewfinder on the GF1 indispensable -- I just can't compose at > arms > length, i don't think the paradigm's likely to shift in the pro photo > crowd. > it's nice to be able to look at a display on the camera back (especially > one > that swivels) from time to time, but if you can't hold it up to your eye, > i'm > hard pressed to think that it would be terribly useful for any serious > photography. all the old-time crappy p&s digital cameras used to have > optical > viewfinders built in (the digilux has one) - i can see getting rid of it > for a > consumer camera -- but not on something you expect will get pro-use. they > could have included a wire-frame flip up peep sight and audio focus > confirmation and it would have been more appealing. > > (speaking from not having used an X1 for more than 5 minutes, so take it > for > what it's worth) > > kc > > On Oct 4, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> That's a deal-breaker for us guys with bifocals. For $2,000, a viewfinder >> is >> to be expected. It's a shame inasmsuch as the low light performance of >> the X1 >> is pretty spectacular for a compact. >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> I dislike having to hold it at arm's length. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information