Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/10

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Subject: [Leica] X1 might be ok
From: dennis at hale-pohaku.net (Dennis)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:16:15 -1000
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As mentioned, any four thirds mount lens can be used on the GF1 or any 
micro four thirds camera with an adapter.

Oly makes a lot of four thirds lenses. Panny makes some under the lumix 
name and Leica makes a few under their name. One to look at would be the 
25mm f/1.4 Summmilus (equiv 50mm) on the GF1 or the G1

Leica also makes a 45mm (f/2.8 I think) macro in the four thirds mount.


Simon Ogilvie wrote:
> I'd been wondering about the GF1 - can it take M lenses with an adaptor 
> like
> the G1 can?  Is it worth trying that or are the Pany/Leica lenses actually
> any good?
>
> Simon.
>
> 2009/9/10 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>
>   
>> Apparently the focussing is by one of those endlessly turning fly-by-wire
>> rings, with only a scale on the LCD. As far as DOF you're on your own.
>>
>> The performance would have to be a number of classes higher than the Pany
>> GF1's to justify the price. The high ISO performance is likely better than
>> the Pany's, but then the Panasonic can be had with a 20/1.7 or 1 1/2 stops
>> better, so the high ISO had better be quite a few stops better. And 
>> changing
>> lenses is _much_ more difficult on the Leica. Panasonic, on the other hand
>> has already announced a 14/2.8 (28 equiv.) pancake lens for next year.
>> Hopefully they can deliver as well as promise.
>>
>> At least there are now some interesting options in this segment.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 4:17 PM -0700 9/9/09, H. Ball Arche wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> There are several things I'd want to know about this camera before 
>>> writing
>>> if off.
>>>
>>> How does the manual focus distance scale work, as well as the DOF range
>>> indicator? If it's substantially improved over the LX3, with a more 
>>> readable
>>> foot/meter scale, that's a big plus, especially if you can program a 
>>> preset
>>> focal distance.
>>>
>>> Is the ISO 3200 performance really up to spec?
>>>
>>> Does the build quality approach my IIIc? (I'm insisting on seeing the X1
>>> as having the Barnack heritage; the brochure says 'all metal' 
>>> construction,
>>> but-)
>>>
>>> And if they could come up with 28 equivalent lens, and drop the price to
>>> around $1500 by next fall, for my purposes it would answer quite well.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:46:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] leica x1 @ popflash
>>>
>>> At 1:33 PM -0700 9/9/09, Richard Man wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>  IF it has much faster write time, then why would anyone else wants a
>>>>  Sigma DP-1, DP-2 etc.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> 1/2 the price? Foveon quality?
>>>
>>> I tried the DP-1 for a bit; in my personal opinion an almost unuseable
>>> camera, but still, some people like it. The DP-2 is better, but not 
>>> enough.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, if you have Leica lenses, why would you want an X-1?
>>> Used M8 prices are pretty close to X-1 prices, and while the X-1 has
>>> autofocus, I doubt that it has as little lag as the M8.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> --
>>
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