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Subject: [Leica] GF-1 getting trashed on Wired.com - now question
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:08:59 -0800
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On Jan 19, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Nathan,
> 
> Enjoy the 1.4/100mm.  I've found that this is a good portrait setup on my 
> E-1, even though mine is a


> lowly Takumar 50/1.4.


a fine old dame... worthy of respect, :-)  still use mine purchased new in 
Zurich in the sixties,


Steve

 
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] GF-1 getting trashed on Wired.com - now question
> 
> 
>> 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
>> 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 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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