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Subject: [Leica] Another Lumix zoom picture - why there are no Leica lensesfor the Micro 4/3rds
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:21:49 -0500
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Howard,

A very nice informal portrait.  Don't worry about the lack of Leica glass. 
You are doing fine with the Lumix zoom.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:55 PM
Subject: [Leica] Another Lumix zoom picture - why there are no Leica 
lensesfor the Micro 4/3rds


> Hi Luggers,
> I am continuing to play with Esther's G1 and the newly acquired 45 -  200 
> Lumix zoom
> Here is a picture of Esther, long suffering wife and photo subject of  40 
> years,
> taken with the Lumix zoom set at 84mm, f4.5 @ 1/125, processed in CS4.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Lumix+45+-+200+Zoom/EsBW.JPG.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ce2vdu
>
> In an interview posted on Digital Review, Panasonic states that the G1 
> performed
> in camera lens corrections when using Lumix lenses.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09031901panasonicinterview.asp
>
> Panasonic points out that Leica doesn't allow them to do digital 
> correction on Leica lenses so there
> are no Leica lenses for the Micro 4/3rds system.
>
>
> Please look at the photo enlarged.
> C&C always welcome.
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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