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

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Subject: [Leica] Better (and cheaper) than Fuji.
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:01:33 +0530
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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
>
>
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Better (and cheaper) than Fuji.)