Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:54:27 -0800 Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net> writes: >tv@cisco.com wrote: [snip] >I've tried both the G1 and the G2 and find both useless for manual >focusing. Things are just not intuitive. Their best use is for high >level point and shoot. The little marks jump around, just not smooth, >and you have to look away from the viewfinder, on the bottom, to see >the >results of turning the little dial. And the dial is too small for >fine, >but rapid adjustment. Yes, I had a G1, liked the lens, but was disappointed with the manual focusing also, especially for closeups. Didn't like the AF much either - even if you lock in the focus, nothing moves until the final push. Compared to the Leica M I would describe it as "mushy." Too bad - the 45/2.0 lens was super. Only advantage I can see to one that would take M lenses - my wife could use it if the viewfinder was better. On the G1 eye relief was not very good. Good news is I now have a second M6 Richard Hemingway Norman, OK