Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations, Tina, but I think that the first picture (by far the superior of the two) would have been just as good with the GF-1. My experience sometimes is the opposite of yours. I just got back from 5 days in Denmark. I took the M8 outfit only, but there were certainly occasions when I wished I had the GF-1 with 20mm pancake instead. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 16, 2011, at 12:55 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I've been off the internet for a week, called to Columbia for the birth of > my forth grandchild, Sara Graham Wiskes (Sadie). Cathy (my daughter) made > three trips to the hospital before they finally admitted her. After many > hours of labor, all ended well with a beautiful baby: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/133939245 > > <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/133939245> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/133939260 > > <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/133939260>Photographically, I took > my > M9, R9/DMR, and Panasonic GF1 (I wanted the auto-focus in case I got to > involved to be able to focus manually.) I've just done the first edit of > the 1120 photos and I can tell you that I wish I had left the GF1 at home. > Every photo made with it, would have been better with the M9. I know > because I took several of almost exactly the same shot and I much prefer > the > M9 shots. I also thought maybe the GF1 would be better at higher ISO's - > no. I didn't use the R9/DMR much because the light was so low and the > camera is so heavy but I did get a few good ones with it. > > I'll post more but I have to get them approved by Cathy before I do. I > didn't think she would mind these two! > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > Tina > > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >