Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found the G2 to be vexing mostly because I couldn't always depend on it to focus on what I thought was being focused. Loved the lenses and I believe it has automated bracketed exposures which is nice. If the 2% of missed shots are 50% of the usable shots in the roll then you become very disenchanted as I did. ernie - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom.Henson@bakerbotts.com Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:12 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital G2 and M I'm not sure who posted this originally and am sorry about this late response to your question. I had a G2 and sold it for one simple reason. Manual focus on this camera is a joke. The auto-focus is very good 98% of the time. But in some lighting conditions, use of manual focus is required to over-ride what the camera thinks you need vs. what you actually want. In order to use manual focus on this camera, you have to hold down a button on the left side of the camera and at the same time manipulate the menu selector (kind of like a cursor control) on the top right back side of the camera. I found this almost impossible to use and even when it worked, it never resulted in sharp photos. Maybe I am alone in this problem, but the Leica has a true manual focus control on the lens which is truly manual, not some electronic verson of manual. I sold the G2 and ordered the Leica for this one reason alone. Tom Henson >>Hello Dave, I am tempted by this Canon G2 camera myself, having read so many good reports about it. Plus it is stylish (much more than the Digilux 1). And it is now also available in a limited black edition. Could you please share some experience with it, possibly via private mail? TIA Pascal - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html