Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I, too, had the G1 and dumped it - returning to Leica M after a hiatus of about 8 years - for two reasons: The autofocus sucked; and I wanted something that aproximated manual focus in addition to the autofocus. The autofocusing on the G2 appears to be much better than that of the G1, and presumably a third generation camera would be even better. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Orlent Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:34 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] contax guessing game... I had a G1 with a 28mm, 45mm and 90mm myself and wasn't very happy with it: sometimes strange in its AF choices, not metering as expected. Very good optics, that's true, but in that price range you can't expect less IMO. > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:24:20 -0400 > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] contax guessing game... > > First off, that image looks about as real as images I've seen of > flying saucers landing at the Bush "ranch." > > Second, until we know what the camera is, what the lens or lenses > is/are, and what kind of images it produces, it strikes me that it's > pretty difficult to state that "there are allot of cheaper > alternatives out there." ;-) Say what you will about the G series, but > it has killer optics, and it's really solid. So IF a digital version > were to appear, and IF it had the right CCD, one might be hard pressed > to find cheaper alternatives that matched it in quality. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Jeffery Smith > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:21 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] contax guessing game... > > > I digital G2 is not enticing to me as it is autofocus. If I wanted an > autofocus digital camera with a good lens, there are a lot of cheaper > alternatives out there. > > At 07:51 AM 9/17/2004, you wrote: >> As I said - well, think I said anyway, as I have been loaded up on >> pain > >> killers for a couple days now ;-) - I'd be willing to bet we're >> talking > >> about a re-badged Epsonica R-D1 or a digital G2/3. I must say I'd be >> very tempted by a digital G3, assuming that it had a brighter >> viewfinder. Obviously it would be greatly improved with real manual >> focusing, but I can't imagine that's going to happen. But as someone >> said yesterday - I think - >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of > >> Richard F. Man >> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:29 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] contax guessing game... >> >> >> Someone claims that someone on the Contax list discovers yet another >> teaser >> pic: >> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=10304572 >> >> Zeiss nameplate, with what looks to be a rangefinder window!!! >> >> Now if it is digital..... >> >> At 07:57 AM 9/15/2004, Richard F. Man wrote: >>> In case you are not aware, Contax has been running teaser pic, with >>> the >>> caption: "Back With Passion" for the last week. A new piece of >>> puzzle every two days. Here's the URL >> >> <http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B0478/Contents-Frame/89C4BAA59688E580 >> C1 >> 256EEB00495E6A> >>> DPReview news forum has a thread on it. >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >> please use richard at imagecraft.com) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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