Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the 50s and 60s here in England non-SLR cameras were either "viewfinder" or "rangefinder". That summed it up well enough. This thing has no viewfinder at all, so for me it is a highish quality point and shoot of a type I hate to use, ie hold camera at arms length, compose on screen, if your old eyes can focus on it, try, but fail, to hold it still enough to take a picture. I couldn't be more unimpressed, I am afraid. It is a styling exercise. Maybe some of the lenses will be OK on a Panasonic? Frank On 16 Jun, 2009, at 00:45, Gary Todoroff wrote: > Hi George -- In the text, I said "rangefinder style", since the EP-1 > is about as close as you get to the concept of a handy, quality > camera very much in the concept of a rangefinder. Of course since it > has autofocus, it does not need a rangefinder. What do we call this > kind of camera? I believe the EP-1 may be the kind of > photojournalist camera in the digital world that the M3 was to film > many years ago. I'm really looking forward to getting one as soon as > they are on the market. > Gary >> Looks like an attractive little camera. >> >> However, I'm not sure why you're referring to a "range finder" >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On Jun 15, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: >> >>> Finally, here is the digital rangefinder-style camera that I keep >>> waiting for Leica to make: >>> http://tinyurl.com/leayqa >>> More info at: >>> <http://tinyurl.com/mju236>http://tinyurl.com/mju236 >>> >>> There is even some indication that the Micro 4/3 mount may be able >>> to take the Leica M lenses using an adapter. The Olymus EP-1 not >>> only celebrates the 50th anniversary of the unique Olympus Pen >>> series of cameras, it even looks like one: >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0906/09060201olypen50years.asp >>> >>> Gary Todoroff >>> Tree LUGger and Lympa Logger - http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information