Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I am travelling and need longer lenses than I can put on my M9 I use a Panasonic GH-1. It has a goodish viewfinder, is small and light can take many other make lenses with adapters, I have a battered old Canon 300mm f2.8 FD lens on an adapter which is not small but much smaller than the 600mm would be. A 90mm Summicron becomes a fabulous 180mm and so forth. The included 14-140 zoom is one of the best standard zooms I have used too. The downside is that the micro 4/3 cameras are still a bit pricy. The Olympus E-P2 with accessory finder is an interesting choice too since it has in body stabilisation which can be set for any focal length. I find the GH-1 easier to hold though. cheers, Frank On 30 Aug, 2010, at 04:56, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote: > >> (excerpted)... > >> I long for a quality DSLR the size and solidity of the Olympus OM series >> or >> even the Leica III series. I neither need nor want the bells and >> whistles, >> including the 27 exposure modes built into most modern cameras. I can >> think >> for myself, thank you, and set the camera as needed. > =================================================================================================== > I have the same wish/philosophy. I hate bulky cameras. > > I'm not sure if I could do now what I did in 1993, when I traveled through > England and the Isle of Man on a motorcycle, shooting stock photos. > Because I used Olympus OM equipment, along with my clothing and other > personal items for a trip of two weeks on a bike, I was able to pack two > OM bodies(for Kodachrome and B&W), 21, 50, 100 and 300mm lenses, a small > Vivitar tripod, and an Olympus Stylus. Because I needed lenses longer > than what an M8/M9 supports, and from what Tina says about QC, these days > I'd have to use a huge DSLR body and lenses, extra (big) batteries, and > chargers, etc. Trying to carry all this on a motorcycle might not be > practical. Or maybe I'm wrong; Nathan could probably set me straight. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Greystacks, 18 Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AU +44 (0)1235 768505 +44 (0)7803 135214