Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No offense, but the first eyeball shot.... On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com>wrote: > > >I have got to the stage where I want an alternative to my Nikon DSLR gear > that is more like the M6 I used to know and love. The reality is >that I > want an M8 or M9 but simply cannot afford more than about ?400 ($600) and > have been looking at the Canon G11. Are there any >viable alternatives that > shoot RAW out there, with personal recommendations? > > >Thanks, > > >Gerry > > ===================================================================================================== > I'm loving my Panasonic Lumix LX3. It shoots RAW, has a Vario-Summicron > lens that is an f/2 at 24mm equiv. and zooms to an equivalent of 60mm where > it is still an f/2.8. I like 90mm lenses, and wished the zoom went there, > but I still love this camera. (I was a bit non-plussed to hear this week > that there will be an LX5 that goes to an equiv. 90mm. Oh, well.) > > I handled a G11 and an S90 before I bought my LX3, and found them "fiddly", > with controls that were too easy to change accidentally. The Lumix seems to > fit photographers (like me) who like to tell the camera what to do. > > Check out these samples I've shot: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/EyeBall_AMR_LX3_067.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Cows_AMR_LMX101.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Cars/Millers+at+the+Mile/ > > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]