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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Using a New Toy
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:12:42 -0500
References: <E127D7F5948348139E9ACD50A5BCFA43@jimnichols> <4C23FBE7.5060600@cox.net>

Ken,

Maintaining the viewfinder is precisely the reason that I decided to stay 
with 4/3, rather than migrate to M4/3 as many are doing.  I would prefer a 
20 or 25mm, but, for 4/3, they all seem to be too expensive and too heavy. 
The 35mm I bought is a compromise in several ways, but it has its up side in 
performance.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Using a New Toy


> On 6/23/2010 10:39 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I've been wanting a smaller, lighter kit to carry around when I am away 
>> from home.  I just received a Zuiko 35mm f/3.5 Macro lens to pair with my 
>> E-510.  The 510 is light, as DSLRs go, and the lens weighs less than 6oz, 
>> so the combination is the best I've found since I retired my Leica IIIf.
>>
>> This image is about 15% of the 4/3 frame, and is shown to illustrate, 
>> IMHO, that there is good reason for this lens to be described as "sharp". 
>> After just a few hours, I think it has found a home.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lily+100.tif.html
>>
> Very nice.  I just got a Panasonic GF-1 with the 20mm in yesterday, 
> purchased for the same reason.  So far, so good though I cannot do without 
> a viewfinder.  I'm trying to decide whether to order the Cosina 40mm 
> viewfinder or the Panasonic EVF.
>
> Ken Carney
>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Using a New Toy)
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