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Subject: [Leica] IMG and finally.... Panasonic G1 and Lumix 14-45
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:26:00 -0400
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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
> >>>>>
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In reply to: Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] IMG and finally.... Panasonic G1 and Lumix 14-45)
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