Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >