Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:16 AM, Richard Taylor wrote: > Joe - I know you were asking Henning, but since I have both, I thought I'd > comment as well. I got the GF-1 specifically so I could use an optical > finder with the Lumix 20mm pancake lens. It's a great combination. You > can't easily use an optical finder on the G-1. I use the G-1 with my > Leica lenses, use the EVF for focus and framing, and open my left eye to > decide the moment of exposure. > > They're both great cameras but enough different in use to have both. so GF1, Pana 20/1.7, optical VF, sounds wonderful...assume only for auto focus... do you use any Leica M lenses with manual focus? what's best in that situation? where did you get the optical VF, Dick...? which one? thanks, Steve > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:15 AM, joe leung wrote: > >> Dear Henning, >> >> I have the G1 and love it's EVF. Is GF1 so much better than the G1 as to >> warrant trading up? >> >> Best Regards, >> Joe Leung >> (Still in Hong Kong) >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 4:38:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] more on the GF-1, the finder, and a portrait of an >> artist >> >> It's quite easy to focus manually. With the latest software you can set >> it to magnify the image with one press of the multifunction wheel, so you >> do that when you focus and then touch the shutter button lightly to get >> back to composing. It's really quite quick and smooth. You can do it >> fairly decently with the back screen as well as the electronic >> viewfinder. The EV is fairly coarse, so while focussing is actuall quite >> easy and possible, it doesn't give you the confidence a higher resolution >> screen would give. The coarseness of the screen might be related to the >> size of the viewfinder, since the better viewfinder of the Olympus EP-2 >> is a lot bigger, making the camera fairly clumsy in my opinion. Neither >> are as good as the electronic viewfinder in the G1, so if you're mainly >> interested in using an electronic viewfinder you're probably best off >> getting the G1, which with lens isn't any bigger than the GF-1 with >> electronic viewfinder in every dimension, and >> you get a better and integrated viewfinder and a swiveling LCD. >> >> I use the 20/1.7 (since October) mostly with the GF-1 with the VC >> mini-28-35 finder, and sometimes Leica lenses from 35 on up. The shorter >> lenses haven't produced satisfactory results, and now that I have the 20 >> haven't been as important. >> >> I especially like the 50 ASPH; easy to focus, high speed and a good >> portrait length without being too big. The 75/1.4 is also excellent, but >> starts being a bit of a handful. The interesting thing is that as you >> stop down, the view through the viewfinder doesn't get darker but the dof >> increases. >> >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> -- >> * Henning J. 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