Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, "something robust - with little or no shutter lag - that fits in my pocket and ideally has an optical viewfinder" - sounds like a nice little mechanical Leica IIIc or f to me... ;-) I was not impressed by the Panasonic G1 test in Pop. Photography. Tthey liked the concept but though it was not quite finished yet. Another somewhat pocketable option are the smaller Olympus and Pentax DSLRs with the "pancake" size standard lenses (25 mm 40mm). Too bad Canon doesn't make a pancake lens for the Rebel Series. Optical viewfinders wil become something of an endangered species in point and shoot cameras I am afraid. As it stands the G10 is probably you best bet. It has a litlle bit of a retro design. Wished the lens had a real filter thread or bayonet for a lens hood though. Jan On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:23 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > Thanks Don, Jan, and Slobodan. > I'll definitely have a look at the Panasonic as well. I'm really > looking for > something robust - with little or no shutter lag - that fits in my > pocket > and ideally has an optical viewfinder. I could be looking for > something > that's still in development at the moment! The Olympus SP320 I > bought three > years ago has been dropped and its viewfinder is out of alignment, > so I've > reverted to my old Ricoh GR1. > Douglas