Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]JIm, I was joking about the wheelbarrow company. Meanwhile I am a huge fan of the 14-45 and am about to remount my pics on it from Friday with my clumsy PS correction efforts. Vince On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:14 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > Vince, > > My son found that wheelbarrow junked at a construction site where he > worked years ago. We still use it occasionally for light hauling, but > mostly it just sits against the tree. > > I agree that the Summicron shot is in a class by its own, but I was > surprised by the relative quality of the Panasonic 14-45 'kit' lens. > If you didn't have the Summicron shot to compare it to I'd say it's > not bad at all, especially for a kit zoom lens. > > Jim > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Jim -- and the other Jim -- > > > > The lighting changed but the exposure looks different too -- in any case > the > > Summicron shot pops out, has more life, etc; but not by so much. I > believe > > the zoom shot could have been exposed into a bit more life. In any case > > there is something regal in the colors of the Summicron that nothing, > > likely, could quite match. > > > > Which red wheelbarrow company did you hire to come over and prop that > > against the tree? I always used to use Billy's Red Wheelbarrow until New > > England Barn bought them up. > > > > Vince > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net > >wrote: > > > >> Jim, > >> > >> The lighting changed slightly between shots, but I can't help but prefer > >> the Summicron shot for details and toning. > >> > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at > >> gmail.com > > > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 11:50 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG and finally.... Panasonic G1 and Lumix 14-45 > >> > >> > >> > >> I have it too. It's a handy little lens on the GF1 or G1/GH1 I thinks > >>> one of the best kit lenses. Not Leica glass but good. > >>> > >>> I took this shot with Panasonic 14-45 at 45mm f5.6 100ASA. > >>> > >>> < > >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/GH1/Wheelbarrow-Panasonic-14-45.jpg.html > >>> > > >>> > >>> This shot with 50mm f2 Summicron at f5.6 100 ASA: > >>> > >>> < > >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/GH1/Wheelbarrow-Leica-50-Summicron.jpg.html > >>> > > >>> > >>> Both are JPEG straight from my GH1. You be the judge. > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> More than mildly interested, as a 14-45 lens for my GF1 is to be > >>>> delivered tomorrow...ordered largely on the strength of what I've read > >>>> recently on LUG about this lens. > >>>> > >>>> >From what I can tell from the small versions of your images I can get > >>>> >from the Gallery, I'm not expecting to be disappointed. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> ?howard > >>>> On Apr 18, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > >>>> > >>>> For those even mildly interested, Henning led the discussion the > other > >>>>> day > >>>>> on the m4/3 Lumix14-45mm 3.5-5.6 zoom. All the pictures in this set, > >>>>> including some black and whites of the flatiron building etc, were > taken > >>>>> with that lens on the G1 camera. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/Friday+Flowers+and+Flatiron/ > >>>>> > >>>>> C and C as always much appreciated and even heeded, sometimes. > >>>>> > >>>>> Vince P > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >