Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Scott, Jay and Goeff for your very useful feedback. I think I will pick one up, the price at amazon.es is very good right now. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 18 Feb 2015, at 18:58, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> wrote: > > Nathan: > For what it's worth I have a forerunner of the lx100, the LX7 and while I > believe it's a different zoom range and smaller sensor its a wonderful > camera for what I purchased it to use as a small, easy to carry and film > video camera for Real Estate. I purchased a wide angle adapter lens as > well and the great thing is I can set the camera aperture to f1.4, use a > 4/3 aspect ratio, ISO of 3200 and set the shutter speed to 1/60th of a > second for bright and amazing video from such a small package. Much better > than my Fuji XE 2!! And the results are truly amazing. And I credit the > Leica lens for a great deal of the quality. The bonus is that stills are > very knock out great as well! > > Good luck with your decision. > > Scott > > >> On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:18 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >> wrote: >> >> My friend on England got one for his wife. She has had great results >> using it with the macro for flowers, along with dark interiors of >> churches, etc. >> She doesn't use raw, but the jpgs are excellent, even at higher ISO. >> I think it'd be an excellent choice for your bike and pocket. >> >> Jay >> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, February 18, 2015, Nathan Wajsman <photo at >>>> frozenlight.eu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I must admit to being somewhat tempted by this camera, not least >>>>> because >>>>> right now it is actually cheaper at amazon.es than at B&H, thanks to >>>>> the >>>>> rapid recent rise in the dollar which is not yet reflected in US >>>>> prices. I >>>>> love my little Ricoh GR, but sometimes I wish I had a bit of zoom >>>>> range, >>>>> and it is here that the Panasonic is mighty tempting as a travel >>>>> camera for >>>>> those occasions when I must travel really light and cannot take any of >>>>> my >>>>> proper systems with me (M8 or Fuji X-T1). >>>>> >>>>> I would like to hear from users of the Panasonic (or whatever it is >>>>> called >>>>> when rebadged by Leica). I am especially interested in image quality at >>>>> high ISO, always a big issue for me. I do not care about JPEG, as I >>>>> only >>>>> shoot RAW. >>>>> >>>>> TIA, >>>>> Nathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >