Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clive, The GF1 is on my short list as a research camera (lots easier and cheaper to take digital photos of archive documents than schlep mountains of photocopies across the Pacific), but I am hoping it would useful as a all-around digital capture for when I'm too lazy (or busy) for film. I'm quite interested in seeing some "real world" results, especially with the pancake and M-mount lenses. So, please post 'em when you gots 'em! Kevin ============= Only connect. ============= bamboozld at gmail.com shudaizi photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shudaizi/ On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Clive Moss wrote: > 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