Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks Jack Jack McLain and K9 Loki Sonoran Search and Rescue (SONSAR) Pinal County, Arizona On 11/5/06 5:44 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > Jack, > I was interested in the camera so I ran a few frames through the old memory > card. The lens is only OK and the noise at 1600 is totally unacceptable. > Controls are good, the shutter lag is quite good, the viewfinder is very > useable, and the focus accuracy is high. However, the sharpness or lack of > it makes this camera a loser for me. I did want to like it but... > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 11/5/06, Jack McLain <jackmclain@hughes.net> wrote: >> >> Can anyone offer opinion or comment on the Canon G7 as far as it's "user >> friendliness" from the perspective of a Leica M camera user? It kinda >> "looks" like a camera. >> >> Are there other digital cameras that one could consider (other than the M8 >> or Epson Rd-1 which I just cannot afford right now)? Is the Panasonic, >> even >> without a optical viewfinder, a choice to consider? >> >> Whatever the choice I make it is likely that I will have to buy it via the >> internet sight-unseen. I am in a very rural situation and am isolated from >> other photographers and camera shops. I cannot depend on my past >> experience >> with film cameras to guide me into this brave new world. >> >> I moved from Tucson awhile back and lost my capability (and for some >> reason, >> the will) to develop and print my own film. It is time, I guess, to enter >> the digital world. I mean, what the heck, I just switched from PC to Mac, >> why not analog to digital image capture? >> >> Selling my MP and lenses is a big step, but I am seriously considering it. >> My M6 is already gone. The Huge (and unused) Nikon system now lives with >> someone else. >> >> Thanks much >> Jack >> >> >> Jack McLain >> >> In the desert near Maricopa, Arizona >> >> "But It's a Dry Heat!" >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >