Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, Rich: Are you using the smaller 28/ 35 CV VF or the larger 28 VF? The GRD certainly bears a serious look--too bad it's distribution is so limited. Ricoh's limited marketing policies are quite curious. Bill "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: Rich - I've already switched to the Voightlander finder because it's size better matches that of the camera even though the frame of the Leica finder is easier to see with glasses. A spare battery is on order. I agree it's an impressive little camera. Dick >Dick, I've had the Ricoh digital GR for about six months. Wonderful >walk around camera with the macro giving images of walking around >inside flowers. As you mentioned, higher ISO speeds have noise but >film has almost the same effect as grain. Raw writing speeds are >slow but I mainly use it for JPG images where it writes quickly to >the SD card. I tried the Leica 28mm viewfinder but changed to the >smaller Voigtlander model. The Leica finder's large size blocks >the flash from popping up. Sometimes fill in flash during the day >helps an image. Overall, I am impressed with the camera more than >any other zoom point and shoot digital. I would recommend a spare >battery for travel. > >Best regards, > >Richard Clompus > > > >On Jul 23, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >>The camera, for those of you not familiar with it, has a fixed >>5.9mm (28mm equivalent) f2.4 lens and is about the same size as a >>Stylus Epic, my long-time favorite carry-everywhere camera. >> >>These are all full frame as they came out of the camera (no levels >>adjustment, no color adjustment, no adjustments at all) except for >>slight crops in two of them. . >> >>1, 2 - Serious conversation in a Barnes and Noble Cafe. Auto white >>balance, daylight and tungsten mix. ISO 200 f2.4. The first is >>cropped to about a 35mm equivalent focal-length shot. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010076_web >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010078_web >> >>3 - Blossom found in a niche in the bathroom of a Japanese >>restaurant. Macro mode, point auto focus, ISO 400, f2.4, auto >>white balance. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010140_web >> >>4 - A different kind on "blossom," the "Big Pleasure Point" >>sculpture Lincoln Center, around midnight. Stage lighting, auto >>white balance, ISO 800, f2.4 >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010161_web >> >>5 - My son, in a bar, after we saw "The Drowsy Chaperone" (as a >>birthday gift). >>In camera B&W, ISO 1600, f2.4, tungsten light. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010156_web >> >>6 - Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, again, around >>midnight. slight crop left side. In camera B&W, ISO 1600, f2.4. >>The neon sign highlights are not as badly burned out in the >>original file as they appear to be in this low-res image. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/0010168_rot_web >> >>I don't find the noise in these ISO 1600 shots as objectionable as >>some others have found it. It's just high- speed grain to me. >> >>Leica content due to use of a Leitz 28mm finder, though all these >>shots were framed with the LCD which seems to have remarkably low >>lag. I think my Stylus Epic is about to be retired. >> >>Comments welcome, as always. >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Dick >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com