Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny, I had a GF1 lying in my cabinet as well. One of my young nieces wanted to learn photography, so I gave it to her last month with the 20mm f1.7 and the Oly 45mm f1.8. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 12:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I have been at home Monday and Tuesday, recovering from a bout of severe > gastroenteritis that prevented me from travelling to Romania on Monday > morning. I am well now, going back to the office this morning. In fact, > yesterday afternoon I had sufficient cabin fever to take a drive along the > beach in order to play with my old Panasonic GF1 camera. I do not remember > when I bought it, but it was launched in 2009. It has been sitting in > storage for some years, with the lenses in the possession of my daughter to > whom I had also given a Panasonic GF2. But she recently dropped that camera > and it seems dead, so I have given her something else, and meanwhile I have > the Panasonic lenses back. So, yesterday I went out with the GF1 to see if > it had potential as a cycling camera?it is small enough for that and > sometimes I may want more focal length options than what the Ricoh GRII > provides. > > Three ?test images? follow, the first with the 14-42mm kit zoom, and the > last with the 30mm macro. > > Just another beach image: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Xx2KmtS/A > > Part of the dog beach in El Campello, it is stony but further along there > is a sandy part too: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j99pTvr/A > > Late afternoon sun, and the ?skyline? of El Campello: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kWLhSrV/A > > > My conclusion: when there is enough light, this is a perfectly capable > camera, and especially the 30mm macro is not bad at all. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information