Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to a comparison in "il Fotografo" (IT) magazine, the current Ricoh GR-1s has aperture priority, exposure compensation and spot meter - in addition to program, of course. Their conclusion: la macchina piu simpatica = the most sympathetic (of the 5 tested: Contax TVS III, Leica Minilux, Minolta TC-1, Minox GT-E) - and the cheapest. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 01. elokuuta 2000 11:26 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Re: GR1 erection(was: Street photography) >OK the lens is very good, but it is still a P&S thing. It is not under your >control, except that you can turn off the flash _permanently_ by flipping a >switch, not pushing little rubbery knobs to get down to the third level of >some menue, and then have to redo the whole thing every time you turn on >the camera. That's what I like about the GR-1. The switch, and the lens. >But I hate the little rubber button that turns on the camera. And it turns >itself on in your trousers pocket. It must look like a very rapid erection >to the uninformed spectator when the lens starts moving out. Is this how >Ralph got started on his nudes? If so, please advise how to proceed. >Anyway, I almost always have room for the M6 with a Summicron in my jacket >pocket. Unobtrousive. > >>Yes, I have a GR1--this is my second one, the first had an untimely demise >>at a water ride in an amusement park in Belgium. It is a great little "take >>everywhere" camera for those occasions where even a Leica is too much. >> >>Nathan >> >>ralph fuerbringer wrote: >> >>> anyone using the richo 28mmf2.8 asherical lens in ltm or the superative mini >>> gr1 with the same optic for street,nudes, whatever? the gr1 fits in any >>> pocket and looks so toy like the little devil hoodwinks everyone. i mini >>> battery lasted 3 years with at least 100 flash shots along the way, >>> perfectly balanced illumination in a gallery show opening. >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Nathan Wajsman >>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >> >>e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >>