Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/29

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Subject: [Leica] Better (and cheaper) than Fuji.
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:24:12 -0500 (CDT)

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013  lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
Subject: [Leica] Better (and cheaper) than Fuji.

>Enough about Fuji. If you want to use your legacy Leica lenses on a 
>different platform without the expense of a M9 or a 240, try this.

>Olympus EPL-1 cameras are being sold at near giveaway prices by various 
>distributors. I bought two, one body and one with a 14 to 42 mm kit lens 
>from Cameta Camera in NYC, >both for substantially less than $200 each. The 
>sensor and much of the internal electronics are the same as? that in later 
>models offered by the troubled Olympus company.?I've >written about this 
>before so bear with me.
>...
>Here is a LUG Gallery album showing some of these lenses mounted on the 
>little camera.
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Various+lenses+on+EPL-1/
>...

>Larry Z
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I still want the X-E1.  It has a built-in viewfinder and an APS-C sensor and 
the control remind me of a film camera.

BTW, since 13 is my lucky number, I love the serial number of your Pen F 
38mm lens - 131133.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt



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