Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a play with a Panasonic G1 at Photokina. I was particularly interested by the viewfinder since I find the Olympus 4/3 optical viewfinders give an awfully small and dim view. Th E3 is the biggest and brightest 4/3 finder so far but the autofocus is poor and the screen not good enough for consistent manual focus results (though, with long lenses, I get a better hit ratio with manual than auto focus). The G1 viewfinder was much better than I was expecting, both big and bright. The only problem I had was that the little press and turn adjustment wheel on the front grip was almost impossible not to press accidentally whilst holding up to the eye. About 1/3 of the people at the booth, myself included, were looking puzzled as the camera beeped warnings and they tried to guess what pressing the dial did. I have no idea about picture quality, and the sensor has almost the same pixel density as would be found on a 50 megapixel full frame sensor, so noise is unlikely to be a strong point. The viewfinder is by far the best I have tried on a 4/3 camera. Frank On 6 Dec, 2008, at 23:24, Didier Ludwig wrote: > There's one micro 4/3 model out, the Panasonic Lumix G1, which has > received mixed reviews so far. It's literally as big as the smallest > dslr models on the market, but with no optical viewfinder. An > interesting Micro 4/3 camera could be, IMO, a very small body > without EVF, but hotshoe for accessory finders, and fast, compact > primes. That would fill the gap between the APS-C dslr and the usual > 1/1.8" sensor compacts, and also fill the pocket of many LUGgers, > likely. > > But I'm not shure how much sense it makes to use bigger, heavier, > older lenses with limited functionality on a digital system which is > intended for compactness and digital conveniences like contrast > autofocus and others. > > But as an alternative to a M8, just for using Leica glass with > (expensive) adapters, but no rangefinder coupling - hmm, don't know. > > Didier > > > >> Does anyone have any information about the progress of the micro 4/3 >> cameras? I have plenty of Leica lenses but can't afford a new M8. >> Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information