Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Ken - I have a GF1, and the most irritating thing about it is a low ISO camera - for example, the Temple Festival, of which I recently posted some photographs of, would have been a natural for a small, light camera (after all we were on the road being jostled by a crowd of over 250,0000) - but the procession started around dusk and went on into the night - which made the Nikon D700 was a no brainer - my son, too preferred to use a D7000 - both of us used f4 zooms (24-120 and 16-35) which we could get away with only because of the high ISO capabilities of these bodies. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > On 4/1/2011 9:50 AM, charcot wrote: > >> Olympus vs. Lumix , which bodies do people use and like. EVF have they >> gotten any better. Pros and Cons. Help I'm drowning in unhelpful >> information so I need actual shooters to help me decide. >> >> ernie nitka >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> Don't know about the Olympus, but I have the Panasonic GF-1 and think it > is excellent and makes a decent sized print. The limitations so far are: > > 1. It is a lower-ISO camera. I use it at 100-200, no more than 400. > 2. The 20mm 1.7 lens is excellent, but the 14-45 is not up to par. I will > probably order the 45mm 2.8 when I can get around to it. > 3. The EVF (a necessity for me) is not that clear, but works as intended. > You can see the focus points and all the info you need. > > Hope this helps. I see there is now a replacement for the GF-1 (of > course). > > Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >