Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I actually find it quite attractive, if not the price (but that will obviously come down). It reminds me of the Konica Hexar (not RF, the original one). That one also had a fixed 35mm lens and was very good. The only fly in the ointment for me is the lowish maximum aperture of f2.8. In this kind of camera, and for this kind of price, I would really have liked an extra stop. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Sep 10, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Maybe Leica isn't that far off the mark with the X1. > More and more publications/media are having their "writers" take a > few snaps to adorn the text. > A Leica in their hands might be a confidence building measure. > S.d. > > > On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:05 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > >> Comparing a $2000 fixed lens APS-C CMOS Leica to a 1/1.7in. $500 >> zoom G11 is like comparing (in film terms) a Voigtlander Bessa III >> (the new one) to an APS zoom P&S. Where do you start? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information