Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At the moment, my "other" camera is a Panasonic G1. It's no Leica, but I laughingly call it "Boris" because it's usually good enough.(*) I love its small size and light weight. The kit zoom is amazingly good, though slow, and the 20/1.7 is astounding. The articulated LCD gives me a waist or floor-level view easily. What I don't like is the shutter lag and long blackout. The electronic eye-level viewfinder is about as good as it currently gets, and sports a live histogram. ISO 400 is good, but ISO 800 is so-so, and above that, forget it. The G1 is a versatile jack-of-many trades with many SLR features (and a few of its own) in a smaller, fun package. An action or available dark camera it isn't. A take-anywhere camera that can make a very nice 8x10 print in reasonable light, it is. It ain't no steenkin' point-and-shoot. --Peter (*) The above joke will only make sense to opera lovers or readers of Pushkin. --------- > How do you know that? Rumours are that Sony are not renewing their A900/850 > range. Still very few FF cameras released and the Micro 4/3 (2x) and Sony > NEX (1.5x) range taking off with matching video cameras. I would not > describe the NEX/Panasonic 4/3 range as your typical P+S..... Who needs the > "quality" of FF over either of those? > john -----Original Message----- > What market is this the A&P or the Safeway? > Point and shoots are 1.5 crop now not 2x crop. > Soon they will be 1x. > -- > Mark R. > > I doubt it will happen, the market is retreating to Micro 4/3s and all the > cost saving involved. Few people are after the "quality" :-( > > John - still got 35S and 35TE > > -----Original Message----- > > > I looking for a digital Rollei 35. > A 24x36mm sensor in a body which acts as a life support system for it. A > body about he size of a Rollei 35. Or what we call a point and shoot. > It could be an Evil camera. But I'm in tough with my dark side. >