Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought the GF-1 was a 2x sensor..I just bought one second hand at US$580 with a 20mm lens, no EVF. Waiting for delivery as I write.. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Steve Unsworth <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk>wrote: > With the GF-1 I struggle to see the screen clearly in bright daylight. This > has made using Leica lenses on the thing a waste of time. With the 20mm I > can rely on the AF and there's enough definition for an overall > composition, > with an M lens it's a lottery whether the subject is in focus or not - and > that includes when the magnifier is used. > > Also the performance with wider lenses is poor at the edge of the frame. > There's a lot of quality drop off. This is with a 1.5 sensor, so I would > expect anything larger to be even worse unless it uses a system of > micro-lenses as in the M8/9. > > I accept my experience may not be typical. > > Steve > > On 27 May 2010, at 07:24, Frank Dernie wrote: > > > For me it is useless since it has no viewfinder, tried that for a week or > two - hated it. Any camera with no viewfinder limits its use to people > moving up from a mobile phone or P&S. > > They may not be disappointed. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >