[Leica] ADVENTURES WITH THE G1 "LEICA" -PROBLEM SOLVING

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Victor,

I picked up a review of the G1 in "What Digital Camera" over the weekend. As 
a
result of reading it - it was very favourable even withour M lenses - I was 
not
surprised to hear what you had to say. Under "Dislikes" they say: "switches 
and
dials changed too easily"

Peter Dzwig

Victor Rubin wrote:
> Hi All: Continuing with my shooting experiments with the G1 using all my M6
> lenses, I came accross a problem which troubled me and then I seem to have
> solved. So for any others using the G1- with an "M" adapter, please note:
> The G1 has a very nice hand grip which contains the shutter release in the
> same position as most DSLRs. Slightly above where the hand goes and below
> the shutter release is a small horizontal adjustment dial. What I found 
> was,
> if one was not careful, while using the camera in aperture priority mode-
> (which ostensibly you must do when using an adapter- because the lenses not
> made for the camera do not mate with the automatic aperture contacts), one
> would touch the wheel which was permanently connected to the  exposure
> compensation. Therefore without realizing it, it was almost impossible to
> avoid changing your exposure without meaning to, unless you kept your eye 
> on
> the scale and corrected the inadvertant change. Considering that I am now
> focusing the camera and watching my aperture, this additional item was
> bothering me. This only takes place in the aperture priority mode ("A")
> because in all other modes, the little wheel is toggled, and takes a second
> push of a button to engage exposure compensation. I noticed today, however,
> that contrary to what would normally be expected, once the lens is attached
> with the adapter, the digicam will operate exactly the same way with the
> mode dial set to "P" (program mode) and the toggle then applies and the
> problem is solved. I am enjoying the results of my imaging, some of which I
> enclose with lens data. Bests: VRR
> 
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496876511_ZAKaL-L-LB
> 
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496874558_N9NF6-L-LB
> 
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496878510_Ubjz6-L-LB
> 
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496873656_VUyHw-L-LB
> 
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496890911_SLFAV-L-LB
> 
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Dr Peter Dzwig