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Subject: [Leica] Playing with a Panasonic GF-1
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:18:34 -0500
References: <C7D44AAA.9CA3%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

At a FL of 20mm, even on m4/3, IS is probably overkill.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Unsworth" <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Playing with a Panasonic GF-1


> The 20mm Panasonic doesn't have IS. After saying that, the fact that it's
> f1.7 probably means that it's not as necessary as it would be on a slower
> lens.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> On 27/3/10 23:09, "rob mcclure" <rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Nathan -- I went cheap and bought a used 2.8/17 Oly lens for my G1.
>> Wish I had paid up for the Panny 1.7/20mm.  The extra speed and IS
>> would have been nice to have.  That said, the Olympus pancake is well-
>> made and I've been pleased with the results -- plus the wider focal
>> length is nice in some circumstances.
>> 
>> Rob
>> On Mar 27, 2010, at 6:56 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> 
>>> Two of the three lenses I use on the GF-1 say "Leica" on the barrel--
>>> the 45mm Macro, and the 90mm Elmarit :-) However, the best lens in
>>> that outfit, the 1.7/20mm, does not.
>>> 
> 
> 
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