Re: [Leica] Minilux, T3, or GR-1 ??

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Anyone thinking of a compact should look at the T3.  It has umpteen custom
settings, one of which is the ability to dictate the stae of the flash when
the camera is turned on.  It also takes probably the best pictures of any
compact camera (and I do have a GR1S) I have tried.  Solid construction, a
Zeiss lens and all the features of the GR1S and many more.

Simon

rei wrote:

> > From: Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de
>
> > From the above, the GR-1 is the lightest, flatest and cheapest, but
> > with a 28mm lens, nice for indoor use and close-up street shooting, not
> > so nice for head & shoulder portraits for which you may prefer a
> > slightly longer lens. No shiny "titanium" shell, but plain black
> > anodised magnesium (flamable?). And a surprisingly good brightframe
> > finder with indicator for shutter speeds and parallax marks that appear
> > automatically when things are getting to close.
>
> the plaudits bestowed upon the unglamorous ricoh confirm my belief that
leica
> users are not status-seekers looking for optical jewelry, but
photographers
> in earnest search for good tools, irrespective of name or red dots.
>
>
> > Its greatest feature from my point of view is the switch for the flash
> > mode, which stays where it is after turning on/off the camera.
> > Practically all other point & shoot cameras reset flash mode to "auto"
> > when turned on. That means the flash capacitator is always charged
> > (draining the battery) and to turn it off, you have to press tiny
> > buttons severall times.
> >
> > Hans-Peter
>
> the contax T2 (now discontinued) had a modal flash setting state (it was
> the aperture ring).  i don't know about the T3 however, as it does not
> have a physical aperture ring.  i agree with Hans-Peter that falling back
> into flash-on-auto every time you open the camera is an inconvenient
> design "feature."
>
> -rei
>