Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've used the GF1 (micro 4:3) on three pro assignments. Each time I felt a little less comfortable than I would have with the Leica d700 and a couple of lenses, but each time I pulled it off, ultimately. I wish that it shot faster and I wish that it had separate Shutter Speed and Aperture wheels. (The electronic viewfinder is really indispensable for seeing what your shutter speed & aperture are.) I wish the manual focus was easier. I wish it had about 1/2 less gizmos. Somehow I turned on facial recognition during one of the shoots and it kept highlighting knees and clocks and eventually I had to switch to manual focus -- but that would be different if I was more familiar with the camera. The size makes up for a lot, but a 20 1.7 is not a 50 1.4 ..... kyle On Sep 14, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Is there a list somewhere of Pro's using the 4/3's E5? Or 4/3's anything? > Became it will be hard for them to "Bail" if they're not using the system > in > the first place. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:52:54 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)... >> >> Well, it is clear that the E-5 is to satisfy current E owners who want to >> stay or move up. I suspect a lot of the PRO users may bail though. >> >> As an owner of the E-3 with two killer lens (the 12-60 and the 35-100/2), >> I >> need to think about this. I use the E-3 for event work and it does the job >> quite well. 10MP is not limiting for me there. So if the E-5 gives better >> ISO and movie, I can probably sell the E-3 body for $600 and get the E-5 >> for >> an additional $1000 and I can stay with the system for a little while >> longer.