[Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/2/2019: taking a 10-year old Panasonic for a spin

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Funny, I had a GF1 lying in my cabinet as well. One of my young nieces
wanted to learn photography, so I gave it to her last month with the 20mm
f1.7 and the Oly 45mm f1.8.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 12:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I have been at home Monday and Tuesday, recovering from a bout of severe
> gastroenteritis that prevented me from travelling to Romania on Monday
> morning. I am well now, going back to the office this morning. In fact,
> yesterday afternoon I had sufficient cabin fever to take a drive along the
> beach in order to play with my old Panasonic GF1 camera. I do not remember
> when I bought it, but it was launched in 2009. It has been sitting in
> storage for some years, with the lenses in the possession of my daughter to
> whom I had also given a Panasonic GF2. But she recently dropped that camera
> and it seems dead, so I have given her something else, and meanwhile I have
> the Panasonic lenses back. So, yesterday I went out with the GF1 to see if
> it had potential as a cycling camera—it is small enough for that and
> sometimes I may want more focal length options than what the Ricoh GRII
> provides.
>
> Three “test images” follow, the first with the 14-42mm kit zoom, and the
> last with the 30mm macro.
>
> Just another beach image:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Xx2KmtS/A
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> Part of the dog beach in El Campello, it is stony but further along there
> is a sandy part too:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j99pTvr/A
>
> Late afternoon sun, and the “skyline” of El Campello:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kWLhSrV/A
>
>
> My conclusion: when there is enough light, this is a perfectly capable
> camera, and especially the 30mm macro is not bad at all.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
>
> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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