Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, For a more Leica-like experience, you might want the X-Pro 1 and the optical viewfinder? The hybrid viewfinder really gives the best of both worlds, with an OVF as well as an EVF. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > 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 > > =========================================================================================================================================== > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >