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Subject: [Leica] Canon G7; viable choice for a Leica M user?
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Sun Nov 5 11:51:23 2006
References: <C1733974.8C9%jackmclain@hughes.net> <07CFD4BC-7E70-41F2-B625-967DA0DCCF17@earthlink.net>

The G7 has 10 MP, too - plus 6x zoom and optical image stabilizer. It seems 
to be outsold in Finland, next batch will arrive in 2 weeks. Might buy one 
for myself...
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will von Dauster" <vondauster@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon G7; viable choice for a Leica M user?


> Jack, the G7 is a decent point and shoot camera. In my opinion, a  better 
> choice might be the A640, which is 10 MP, has a better lens in  my 
> experience, and offers the advantage that it uses AA batteries - 
> rechargables are best, of course, but off the shelf ones in an  emergency. 
> The A series do not allow raw capture, but again in my  experience do a 
> very good job of internal conversion to jpeg. The  A640 does not have the 
> optical image stabilization that the G7 has,  but this may not matter to 
> you.
>
> Having said that I just bought a D-Lux 3 yesterday, and my first few 
> snapshots with it are very impressive. Great lens! The 16:9 aspect  ratio 
> may take a little getting used to, though...
>
> Will von Dauster
>
> On Nov 5, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Jack McLain wrote:
>
>> Can anyone offer opinion or comment on the Canon G7 as far as it's  "user
>> friendliness" from the perspective of a Leica M camera user? It kinda
>> "looks" like a camera.
>>
>> Are there other digital cameras that one could consider (other than  the 
>> M8
>> or Epson Rd-1 which I just cannot afford right now)? Is the  Panasonic, 
>> even
>> without a optical viewfinder, a choice to consider?
>>
>> Whatever the choice I make it is likely that I will have to buy it  via 
>> the
>> internet sight-unseen. I am in a very rural situation and am  isolated 
>> from
>> other photographers and camera shops. I cannot depend on my past 
>> experience
>> with film cameras to guide me into this brave new world.
>>
>> I moved from Tucson awhile back and lost my capability (and for  some 
>> reason,
>> the will) to develop and print my own film. It is time, I guess, to 
>> enter
>> the digital world. I mean, what the heck, I just switched from PC  to 
>> Mac,
>> why not analog to digital image capture?
>>
>> Selling my MP and lenses is a big step, but I am seriously  considering 
>> it.
>> My M6 is already gone. The Huge (and unused) Nikon system now lives  with
>> someone else.
>>
>> Thanks much
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> Jack McLain
>>
>> In the desert near Maricopa, Arizona
>>
>> "But It's a Dry Heat!"
>>
>>
>>
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