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Subject: [Leica] R lens option for DSLR
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:18:40 +0530
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Frank,
I agree - that was a typo in my message - I actually meant to say that I was
planning to buy the G2, not the GF-2.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
> If you wast an as-good-as-it-gets-yet electronic viewfinder can I recommend
> a G1 (or perhaps the new G2???) or GH1 if you want HD video and super-zoom
> too?
> The camera is not that much bigger, in effect, than the GF1 and the
> viewfinder is built in and hence doesn't snag as you slide it into your
> pocket, the swivelling lcd monitor it has on the back is handy too, but 
> adds
> a little to the bulk and makes it easy to protect the screen in the pocket.
> I certainly would suggest you have a look at pictures on the internet to
> see the difference.
> An alternative is the Olympus E-P2 with its attached electronic viewfinder
> which has in body stabilisation which works with the Panasonic 20mm f1.7
> automatically and can be used with loads of different makes of lens with an
> adapter and the focal length set manually.
> I am very pleased with my GH1/20mm f1.7 combination.
> cheers,
> Frank
>
> On 24 Mar, 2010, at 06:17, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>>
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