Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 9, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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. this all sounds like a very attractive combination, especially with the Pana 20mm 1.7 lens. If you use it with the electronic viewfinder, adapter, and manual focus M lenses, how easy is focussing through the viewfinder? compared to the LCD screen ? Is focussing easy enough to attract people who care to frequently use their leica M lenses with manual focus? thanks, Steve > > Cheers, > 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 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information