Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, no. The GR-1 is considerably more than your average p&s. You can use aperture-priority on it, you can do hyperfocal point focusing, and you can control the flash in relatively sophisticated ways not just on/off. My problem with it (I've had one for a couple of years) is the shutter lag time and its lack of reliability. The motor on mine developed a strange wheezing, asthmatic sort of noise and I noticed only this weekend a bit of the cover had broken off by the battery compartment latch, which means the batteries cover is now half-open all the time, so basically it's buggered. btw, I'm not very impressed by the size of your erection! :o) Cheers, Bob >From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net> > >OK the lens is very good, but it is still a P&S thing. It is not under your >control, except that you can turn off the flash _permanently_ by flipping a >switch, not pushing little rubbery knobs to get down to the third level of >some menue, and then have to redo the whole thing every time you turn on >the camera. That's what I like about the GR-1. The switch, and the lens. >But I hate the little rubber button that turns on the camera. And it turns >itself on in your trousers pocket. It must look like a very rapid erection >to the uninformed spectator when the lens starts moving out. Is this how >Ralph got started on his nudes? If so, please advise how to proceed. >Anyway, I almost always have room for the M6 with a Summicron in my jacket >pocket. Unobtrousive. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com