Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have just caught up with the mails after returning from my jungle safari with Howard. I used his GF-1 on the trip, and to my mind it is a terrific camera, and that 20mm f1.7 lens is superb. My only negative is the crummy EVF - I am going to buy the GF-2 (with a higher resolution EVF) as soon as it is available here to use my Leica M lenses on - it seems the perfect vehicle to do so at its price point. BTW, it was enough camera/lens combo to photograph some tigers - so you can guess how close they were! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Tina, this has nothing to do with loyalty. God knows I have given Leica > enough of my Eurii over the years, including in the past 18 months. But I > just came back from a one-night trip to London, flying Ryanair with no > checked baggage, and in the knowledge that whatever I brought with me would > be carried around London for a big part of trip. > > In situations like this, weight is at a premium, and I took the GF-1 with > the 20mm, 45mm and 90mm (Elmarit) lenses. The weight saving over the M8 may > have been only a couple of lbs but when you walk around for several hours > it > is a difference that you can feel. And BTW--with the 20mm pancake the image > quality is fully on par with Leica. > > 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 Mar 22, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > I'm loyal! The M9 is the only camera I want. I can't imagine needing > > anything else. > > > > Tina > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> You guys crack me up with your brand new dream camera Leica M9's sitting > on > >> your table while you search the internet for the latest gadget cameras > to > >> go > >> out shooting with. > >> IF I had an M9 my attentions would not wander. > >> And its by the way smaller than most 2x as well as 1.5x crop cameras > made. > >> > >> [Rabs] > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> > >> > >> -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >