[Leica] more on the GF-1, the finder, and a portrait of an artist

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Wonderful, Kyle. By coincidence, I received my GF-1 today and have tested it 
a bit this afternoon, inside a bar and on the street. Very pleasant indeed. 
I got it with the 1.7/20mm lens too, but I also have the M-MFT adapter, so 
tomorrow I will test it with my M lenses.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Jan 9, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm finding the GF-1 with the 20mm f 1.7 an awesome ... really, substitute 
> for what I used to use my Leica for. Though it gets noisy at 400 asa, the 
> lens is fast enough and sharp enough that I'm finding it not difficult to 
> shoot in relatively low light situations at 100 or 200 ASA and for 
> on-the-fly portraits, it's been fabulous -- two photos of the painter John 
> Ennis (www.johnennis.com)
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/john-ennis-1.jpg
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/john-ennis-2.jpg
> 
> I really like having JUST A CAMERA in my _pocket_. It seems when I leave 
> the house with the Leica d700 I'm always thinking "well, I need to take 
> the 85 1.8 because it's an awesome lens. but it's too telephoto for a lot 
> of stuff, so i'd better take a mid range zoom. Oh, and heck, the room 
> might be crowded, so I'd better bring the fisheye, cause it's small and 
> all. Heck, if I'm bringing that I should bring a flash, and I can't bring 
> the flash without the cable, because on camera flash blows......" and now 
> my back hurts.
> 
> The electronic viewfinder (i wanted to do a macro through the lens but 
> it's not in the cards) isn't a gimic -- its really useful. I MUCH MUCH 
> MUCH prefer shooting through a viewfinder to using the screen on the back 
> of the camera, i'd consider the finder part of the camera (i.e. don't get 
> one without the other). it's a low resolution LCD but it's fine for 
> composing, you know what the scene looks like (if you forget, just open 
> your other eye). i don't think an optical finder will work nearly as well, 
> because you have your exposure and FOCUS info in the electronic finder as 
> well and you needs that. you can also change the angle of the finder and 
> look straight down into it if you'd like, useful for shooting straight up 
> or around corners (you can totally hold the camera around a corner and 
> look through the finder -- i don't know why you would, but you can).
> 
> it's surprisingly loud. the shutter goes off with a "CLICK" you can feel, 
> seriously, it's like a tiny mousetrap went off inside the camera. by 
> default focus is also acknowledged by a chirp (you can turn off sounds).
> 
> and it's FAST, like a lot faster than i can wind and shoot a leica (you 
> can probably kick it's butt with a rapidwinder, but you won't accidentally 
> stab yourself in the leg with this one. This really is the digital 
> LikaLeica I've been waiting for.  It just needs a couple of stickers.
> 
> 
> I am totally listening to Led Zeppelin IV right now.
> 
> kc
> 
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