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Subject: [Leica] GF-1 getting trashed on Wired.com - now question
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:12:31 +0100
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Thanks Dick. Sadly, I had a long hard day at work today, so not much time to 
experiment. But tomorrow I shall try my new 1.4/100mm and 2.8/180mm lenses 
:-)

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:

> Yes.  It's the necessary first step.  Have fun!  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> Speaking of the GF-1, I just got my M-MFT adapter from Stephen Gandy. 
>> Physically it seems fine in every respect, but the camera initially 
>> refused to take a picture with an M lens mounted, displaying a PLEASE 
>> MAKE SURE THE LENS IS MOUNTED CORRECTLY message. But then it occurred to 
>> me to change the menu to allow shooting without a lens, and now all is 
>> well. Is that normal?
>> 
>> 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 19, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>> 
>>> For your cringing pleasure -- Wired magazine has, what I think is a 
>>> pretty accurate review of the GF-1 up:
>>> 
>>> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/five-reasons-you-should-ditch-your-dslr/
>>> 
>>> currently it's being pummeled in two pages of some of the most 
>>> vituperative and angry comments I've ever seen in an equipment review. 
>>> Yikes. 
>>> 
>>> Fwiw, I still like mine. 
>>> 
>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/iron-witch-1.jpg
>>> 
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] GF-1 getting trashed on Wired.com - now question)
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