Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, FYI Panasonic GH1 Specs: Dimensions: 3.29 x 1.78 x 4.88" (123.95 x 45.21 x 83.57) body only 13.6 oz (385g) body only Uses Leica M lenses. Leica M9 Specs: Dimensions: 5.50 x 1.50 x 3.17" (139 x 37 x 80mm) body only 19.8 oz (585g) body only Uses Leica M lenses. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > Obviously we all march to different drummers. I want to thank everyone for > their suggestions for a carry camera. Please don't take this as a negative > comment but it's good to see that Luggers have such a unanimous > disagreement. ?So the carry camera should be a Panasonic GH1, a Panasonic > GF1 or 2, an Olympus E-PL1, a Canon G11, a Leica X1, a Leica M8 or 9, a > Samsung NX10, or any of a half dozen yet to be released micro 4/3 or APC > models. Well, I'm glad that cleared everything up. > > > The critical optical viewfinder (for me) issue was discussed primarily by > suggesting that most viewfinders on digital cameras were virtually useless > except for those on the digital Ms, the lovely one on the GF1 and the extra > cost high resolution viewfinder for the E-PL1 which no one has yet used. > > > So I guess my dream digital camera does not yet exist. What I had hoped for > was more or less a digital CL. Compact, well made, with a decent viewfinder > and capable of mounting Leica lenses. Until that comes along or I can > scrape > up a few bucks for one of the cameras in the above list, ?I'll probably > pick > up a refurbished Canon G11 from Amazon. I can always give it to my daughter > to take pictures of the kids. In the meantime, for quality pictures, I'll > buy a few rolls of Tri X and a pack of D-76 and try to remember how to load > the damn Nikkor reels. > > > In the meantime I'll just hang out like the guy in this picture. But I > still > welcome any suggestions. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Hanging+out+in+Cold+Spring.JPG.html > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >