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Subject: [Leica] Panasonic G1/Leica 28 mm Summicron
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:24:00 +0200
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thanx for the review, dick.

shots look real good, especially inside.

b.

On 11-mei-2009, at 15:02, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> I bought a Panasonic G1 and M-4/3rds adapter last week and thought  
> you would be interested in an initial user's report.  Six of the  
> photos I took with this combination can be found at:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/panasonic+G1/
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/o7fnbg
>
> Since I expect to travel to Japan for the first time this summer, I  
> wanted a small, lightweight, travel camera with a reasonable sensor  
> size and capable of producing really nice results.  I think I've  
> found it.
>
> Some initial impressions:
>
> * The EVF works fine for manually focussing and framing in dim  
> light and bright without invoking the magnified view down to about  
> f4.0.  Smaller than that I needed to magnify the view.  Since (I  
> read) it runs at 60 Hz in bright light the finder has no more delay  
> than a typical DSLR and with the usual anticipation I found I could  
> catch the peak of the action pretty reliably.  I dim light (and at  
> very small apertures) it slows to 15 Hz and I quickly learned to  
> slide the camera slight to the right and use my left eye to catch  
> the action.  This works really well and is better, IMO, than  
> putting an optical finder on the top of the camera.
>
> * It quickly became apparent that a couple of firmware changes  
> would be nice to have:
>       - One-button selection of the magnified view (it now takes two)
>       - An option to have a magnified spot in the center of the field with
>         an option to have it on all the time.
>
> * On my camera, anyway, the front dial exposure compensation  
> function in Aperture Exposure mode cannot be turned off.  This led  
> to some heavy confusion until I realized what was happening.  This  
> does not happen in Programmed Exposure mode and once I switched to  
> it my exposures became consistent.  If anyone knows of a menu  
> setting change I could make to fix this, please let me know.
>
> * The indoor shots were taken at ISO 400 (1st shot) and 800 (latter  
> two) in a very dark French restaurant.  It sure looks to me that  
> ISO 800 is nicely usable.  The outdoor shots were at ISO 200.  The  
> posted pictures were shot in RAW, converted to DNG and processed in  
> Lightroom with only exposure (to fix the exposure compensation  
> errors noted above).  They all look a little pastel for my taste  
> and I will probably boost both contrast and saturation in my  
> workflow on output from this camera.  I didn't try higher than  
> 800.  (The food was too good and I got distracted.)
>
> * All these were taken with the 28 Summicron except the Nobska  
> photo which was taken with the new rangefinder focussing Cosina 15 mm.
>
> * The few photos I took with the 14-45 kit lens look pretty nice,  
> too, but I hardly spent any time with it and can't really comment  
> beyond that.
>
> That's it for now.   More later, I expect.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
>
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