[Leica] D700 or D7000

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

At the moment, my "other" camera is a Panasonic G1. It's no Leica, but I 
laughingly call it "Boris" because it's usually good enough.(*)

I love its small size and light weight. The kit zoom is amazingly good, 
though slow, and the 20/1.7 is astounding.  The articulated LCD gives me 
a waist or floor-level view easily.  What I don't like is the shutter 
lag and long blackout. The electronic eye-level viewfinder is about as 
good as it currently gets, and sports a live histogram. ISO 400 is good, 
but ISO 800 is so-so, and above that, forget it.

The G1 is a versatile jack-of-many trades with many SLR features (and a 
few of its own) in a smaller, fun package.  An action or available dark 
camera it isn't. A take-anywhere camera that can make a very nice 8x10 
print in reasonable light, it is.  It ain't no steenkin' point-and-shoot.

--Peter

(*) The above joke will only make sense to opera lovers or readers of 
Pushkin.


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 > How do you know that? Rumours are that Sony are not renewing their 
A900/850
 > range. Still very few FF cameras released and the Micro 4/3 (2x) and Sony
 > NEX (1.5x) range taking off with matching video cameras. I would not
 > describe the NEX/Panasonic 4/3 range as your typical P+S..... Who 
needs the
 > "quality" of FF over either of those?

 > john

-----Original Message-----


 > What market is this the A&P or the Safeway?
 > Point and shoots are 1.5 crop now not 2x crop.
 > Soon they will be 1x.
 > --
 > Mark R.


 >
 > I doubt it will happen, the market is retreating to Micro 4/3s and 
all the
 > cost saving involved. Few people are after the "quality" :-(
 >
 > John - still got 35S and 35TE
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 >
 >
 > I looking for a digital Rollei 35.
 > A 24x36mm sensor in a body which acts as a life support system for it. A
 > body about he size of a Rollei 35. Or what we call a point and shoot.
 > It could be an Evil camera. But I'm in tough with my dark side.
 >