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Subject: [Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 for$599 w/ lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:08:28 -0600
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Sounds like a digital version of my Exa, the baby brother of the Exacta.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 
for$599 w/ lens


> Steve, you can flip up the EVF so that you look down into it, like on a 
> Rollei.
>
> To the general point: for me, the GF-1 is not a substitute for the M8/M9, 
> but rather for the DSLR. I can get true macro capabilities, I can get long 
> lenses beyond what the M system can provide. And an additional bonus is 
> that it is much smaller and lighter than even an M8 outfit. In a couple of 
> weeks I will go to Bath to visit my son for a weekend, flying on a low 
> cost airline with hand luggage only--the GF-1 is just the ticket (pun 
> intended) for such trips.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>>
>>> Feb 9, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Jan Decher wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Peter et al.,
>>>>> I fully agree with you regarding the LCD screens and their utility in
>>>>> bright light or dark situations.  I am amazed this Leica(!) list is so
>>>>> enamoured by digital cameras w/o rangefinders.
>>>
>>> Steve pointed out:
>>>
>>>> or do you mean viewfinders?
>>>>
>>>> if so, that sounds like a broad conclusion, perhaps there are a few 
>>>> people
>>>> that like them...
>>>
>>> I wasn't keen on it before I tried it. But the EVF a) is TTL and 
>>> therefore without parallax error and b) it includes 
>>> shutterspeed/aperture info in the finder as well as a histogram and 
>>> other information that otherwise you'd have to take the camera away from 
>>> your eye to see.
>>
>>
>>> The one
>>
>> ??
>>
>>> on the GF-1 is also bendable so you can use it also as a wlf
>>
>> ??
>>
>>> , or with the camera all the way to the ground.
>>
>> ??
>>
>>
>> these sound like good points Kyle, though I'm not sure I understand this 
>> sentence...
>>
>>
>> please clarify for me,
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With auto focus and face recognition it focuses a lot faster than I can 
>>> with a rangefinder.
>>>
>>> The thing that I like most about my M's is the size, not so much the 
>>> focusing system.
>>>
>>> YMMV
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 for $599 w/ lens)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 for $599 w/ lens)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Olympus hits back with a stripped down micro 4:3 for $599 w/ lens)