Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica CL Specs: Dimensions: 121x32x76 mm 365g body only Uses Leica M lenses. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >