Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/12

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Subject: [Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8?
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Mon Nov 12 08:22:21 2007
References: <C35CFA98.750F6%mark@rabinergroup.com> <4737F98B.1000500@numericable.fr>

Alright, then: what about the Canon G9?
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Amard" <phamard@numericable.fr>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8? Mark


> Leica know how to make things simple - have a look at the 
> Digilux3/Panasonic L1; you hit the ISO button (left thumb), turn  the 
> wheel with the right thumb with your eyes still on the subject, half press 
> the shutter, you're done.
> Why not on other bodies then?
> Phil...X
>
>
> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>>>Mark, if that works for you that's great. It would certainly be very
>>>welcome on a camera like the M8 where it takes 2 button pushes, 1
>>>thumb wheel twirl and then another button push to set ISO. I just
>>>don't think the camera performance is where I think it should be for
>>>that feature. At least not yet.
>>>
>>>Len
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The issue is you have to go into the menu to change it.
>>That's not the greatest. Doable. But not as fast as it should be.
>>I predict that auto ISO will be a big thing and a company will come out 
>>soon
>>which will have you direct control on it. Or give you and option of
>>assigning a button to it that's a big thing now. Assigning buttons to
>>things.
>>Leica is big on this.
>>Being the first in NOT making its customers go through menus.
>>But be hands on like the old days. With controls you can see and feel in
>>real time in the real world.
>>
>>Listening Wetzlar? I think they are.
>>
>>Notice I saw Wetzlar not Solms. Getting ahead of myself as usual.
>>
>>The 40-acre Leica Park in Wetzlar
>>
>>Not a topic on the LUG yet!
>>
>>AMAZING!
>>
>>Mark William Rabiner
>>markrabiner.com
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8?)
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Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8? Mark)