[Leica] more on the GF-1, the finder, and a portrait of an artist

[kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)]

Steve sed:

>> Wonderful, Kyle. By coincidence, I received my GF-1 today and have tested 
>> it a bit this afternoon, inside a bar and on the street. Very pleasant 
>> indeed. I got it with the 1.7/20mm lens too, but I also have the M-MFT 
>> adapter, so tomorrow I will test it with my M lenses.

>this all sounds like a very attractive combination, especially with the 
>Pana 
>20mm 1.7 lens. If you use it with the electronic viewfinder, adapter, and 
>manual focus M lenses, how easy is focussing through the viewfinder? 
>compared to the LCD screen ? Is focussing easy enough to attract people who 
>care to frequently use their leica M lenses with manual focus?
 
i ordered the adapter for my Leikon lenses (i'm kind of stoaked to try the 
the 300 2.8 on there -- hilarity ensues) but it has yet to arrive. when it 
does I shall report back post haste about manual focusing. i've manually 
focused the 20 1.8, it functions well enough but has no stop in either 
direction, which can be a bit confusing.

I'm left wondering, with Leica and Panasonic's long history, why they didn't 
make a Leitz branded version of this camera -- I imagine it would have sold 
like water at a house fire. 

The full res images are really marvelous. This camera's a winner. I'll try 
and do a more extensive review this weekend. Oh, and I haven't even tried 
the high-def video yet!

(now listening to Rammstein)

kyle