Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i also just go one with the 20mm lens. so fasr it has been a delight. the lens is super sharp even wide open and the camera very lightweight. i also go the M adapter but for me it is not natural to use m lenses with this camera. they already have a good arsenal of lenses for this systems including a leica designed (but not released 45mm macro is) On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com> wrote: > I'll be really interested to hear about your experience with both the > viewfinder and the M adaptor. What's the crop ratio for the M lenses? > > How good is the image stabilization? Is the shutter response fast? > This looks like it might be a good cycling camera for me instead of a > G11. I like that it shoots video also. > > Thanks for sharing your observations. > > Adam > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Clive Moss <clive.moss at gmail.com> > wrote: > > A few weeks ago I thought that the GF1 looked interesting. I placed a > > preship order on Amazon for the kit with the 20mm f1.7 just to get in > line, > > thinking that I would cancel as the time gets closer. Amazon usually send > a > > "will ship soon" message as the time nears. Having waited 9 months for > for > > an 18-200 Nikon a while ago, I did not want to go through the same kind > of > > wait again and I wanted something small and light, but with a semi > > respectable size sensor. > > So, Amazon sent me a shipping notice last week with no prior warning, and > I > > got my hands on it on Sunday. > > > > First impressions: > > > > - Feels great > > - Initial snaps look good, needs a real vieewfinder > > - Instruction Manual is about the worst I have ever seen - but it does > > come in four languages > > > > Now that I am beginning to get out from under the backlog of things that > > should have been done over the summer but were not, I should be able to > > exercise it more. > > > > A Leica M adapter and 40mm viewfinder are on their way from Cameraquest. > > > > -- > > Clive > > Blog: http://clive.moss.net/blog > > Photographs: http://clive.smugmug.com > > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/clive.moss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad