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Subject: [Leica] OT Pana GF1 (20 pancake) & Ricoh GRD-III Mark's views now he has a GF1
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:07:49 -0800
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On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Jim Laurel wrote:

> Thanks for the kind words, Dick. I really, really like that Lumix 7-14 
> ASPH.  I hadn't planned on buying one and picked it up on a whim just 
> before I left. I'm glad I did, because it is simply wonderful.
> 
> I shot both cameras side by side and have similar shots taken on the M9 as 
> well. I should say that the M9 performed flawlessly as well. One small 
> inconvenience is that my lenses are not yet coded.



perhaps I'm confused but I thought that on the M9 you don't need coded 
lenses, you can enter them manually in the menu function very easily...


not so? am I not understanding?


Steve
> But it only seems to matter with the Elmarit 21mm ASPH. I wish Leica had 
> left the metering pattern alone. I prefer the old 7% spot to the new 
> center-weighted pattern.
> 
> I will get some of the M9 shots up in the next week or so.
> 
> Best Regards - Jim
> 
> 
> On Feb 3, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Jim - These photos are just fabulous and really show what the GF-1 can 
>> do.  15mm is one of my favorite focal lengths and your great use of the 
>> 7-14 zoom (I assume that's what you've got on the camera for some of 
>> these pix based on the EXIF data) is making me want to get one of those 
>> zooms.  
>> 
>> Keep up the good work!  I'm jealous.  
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 03, 2010, at 10:11 AM, philippe.amard wrote:
>> 
>>> Great location, set and light, whatever the gear.
>>> Makes you wish you could drop everything else and rush there.
>>> 
>>> Wonderful contrejours and compositions (fisheman at Inle, and threshing 
>>> heat get extra points for that)
>>> (Very) Very well done Jim.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>> Keep clicking
>>> Philippe
>>> 
>>> Le 2 f?vr. 10 ? 18:11, Jim Laurel a ?crit :
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/3708140154/photos
>>> 
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Replies: Reply from jimlists at spectare.com (Jim Laurel) ([Leica] OT Pana GF1 (20 pancake) & Ricoh GRD-III Mark's views now he has a GF1)
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