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Subject: [Leica] You guys probably already know this, but the GF1 is one sweet little camera
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:54:22 +0000
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LOL!  Who do you think I am? Max Moseley? :-)



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
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                (2008) 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008


Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Flash! On a GF-1!! You are hereby sentenced to 100 lashes with a wet cable 
> release.
> 
> 
> 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 Feb 20, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Mark Pope wrote:
> 
>> Oh really?  I hadn't heard...;-)
>> I discovered an interesting feature whilst playing with an old 
>> undedicated flashgun this afternoon.
>>
>> (Nathan, at this point, cover your eyes...(-:  )
>>
>> I put the camera into manual mode to set the camera up with the flashgun 
>> and found that it somehow 'knows' when a flashgun is attached and it 
>> won't let you set a shutter speed of no quicker than 1/160sec.
>>
>> I'm off to a family party this evening.  I'm taking my M8, couple of 
>> lenses and SF-20 and I will probably use the GF1 as a backup...
>>
>>
>> Have fun with your new CL erm I mean GF1.
>>
>>
>> Mark Pope,
>> Swindon, Wilts
>> UK
>>
>> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
>> Picture a week (2010)  
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
>> Picture a week (2009)  
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>>               (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>>
>>
>> Vick Ko wrote:
>>> You guys probably already know this, but the GF1 is one sweet little 
>>> camera.
>>> I got it yesterday, with the 20mm f1.7 pancake lens.  It is just like a 
>>> little CL.  I have a 35mm Nikkor bright-line finder on top, and it is a 
>>> very nice little kit.  Without the finder, it fits very nicely into the 
>>> CL leather case.
>>> Kudos to Panasonic.
>>> Vick
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] You guys probably already know this, but the GF1 is one sweet little camera)
Message from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] You guys probably already know this, but the GF1 is one sweet little camera)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] You guys probably already know this, but the GF1 is one sweet little camera)