Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ho Howard, I don't know if you looked through the G1 viewfinder at Photokina. It is much bigger and brighter than any 4/3 I have seen so far. Really good, nothing like any I have seen before. I would say it was its biggest plus point. I am waiting for a while, I rather fancy the one including HD video promised for next year..... all the best, Frank On 7 Dec, 2008, at 00:07, H&ECummer wrote: > Len, Larry > There has been some chatter and examples over at rangefinder forum. > The adaptor for M lens to Micro 4/3rd is going to be available in > Japan on Dec 22 for Y 19,000 (US$204). Stephen Gandy will have it > for US$175 shortly after that. I have asked my son in Tokyo to pick > one up for me and then I am going to play with the G1 at the > Panasonic showroom in Hong Kong and try to make up my mind whether > or not I should buy one. The idea of accurate framing and magnified > focusing is appealing but the Electronic Viewfinder puts me off. > > Please see this discussion with examples: > > http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fphotofan.jp%2Fcamera%2Fhtml%2Fmodules%2Fnewbb%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ftopic_id%3D5605%26forum%3D2%26post_id%3D50572%23forumpost50572 > > http://tinyurl.com/648b6a > > and also see for pictures taken with a home made adaptor: > > http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4194 > > At about US$890 in HK including the kit lens if the G1 works at all > well with M lenses it might be a useful, inexpensive backup for an > M8. The EVF is the big question mark. Maybe this time I won't be the > early adopter that I usually am. > Cheers > Howard > > On 7 Dec 2008, at 7:21 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> Message: 30 >> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:13:00 -0500 >> From: Leonard Taupier <len-001@verizon.net> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Micro 4/3 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: <60B99971-7961-48AC-A0C9-1B820481D940@verizon.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> Larry, >> >> The Panasonic DMC-G1 micro 4/3rds is available for $800. Both >> Cameraquest and Novoflex should have adapters to use M lenses by >> Christmas. Since the micro 4/3 bodies have very short flange to >> sensor distances focusing to infinity should be no problem. >> >> Len >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information