Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations Clive, I was very temtpted for this camera too because you can adapt a large quantity of old lenses I love, as Angenieux, Switar, Berthiot, Schneider, Kinoptik....But I've received some opinions about vigneting using lenses of 25 and less, now I hesitate more with this. However it will be a pleasure see your pictures and know your experiences. Saludos. Lluis El 13/10/2009, a las 0:17, Clive Moss escribi?: > A few weeks ago I thought that the GF1 looked interesting. I placed a > preship order on Amazon for the kit with the 20mm f1.7 just to get > in line, > thinking that I would cancel as the time gets closer. Amazon usually > send a > "will ship soon" message as the time nears. Having waited 9 months > for for > an 18-200 Nikon a while ago, I did not want to go through the same > kind of > wait again and I wanted something small and light, but with a semi > respectable size sensor. > So, Amazon sent me a shipping notice last week with no prior > warning, and I > got my hands on it on Sunday. > > First impressions: > > - Feels great > - Initial snaps look good, needs a real vieewfinder > - Instruction Manual is about the worst I have ever seen - but it > does > come in four languages > > Now that I am beginning to get out from under the backlog of things > that > should have been done over the summer but were not, I should be able > to > exercise it more. > > A Leica M adapter and 40mm viewfinder are on their way from > Cameraquest. > > -- > Clive > Blog: http://clive.moss.net/blog > Photographs: http://clive.smugmug.com > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/clive.moss > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information