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yes, the lights are going to give me trouble.
it already feels odd carrying a camera and no handheld meter in the bag.
but i want to try the zi on it's own. who know, perhaps i'll get used to it.
so, on the way home from work today, i stopped at my local camera store to show off the zi to one of the 'old timers' who really knows his stuff.
we pulled out the leica m7 with 35/2 from the showcase and started to compare.
first thing i noticed was how much heavier the leica was and i said so. the guy who knows his stuff said, 'i bet it's the lens'. huh, i said. he proceeded to remove the lenses from both bodies and damn! if the bodies were not about the same feel in my hands. the summi was way heavier than the biogon but with the bodies i could tell no difference.
the biogon is heavy enough as far as i am concerned.
the finder was not dramatically different but the zi did win out by a touch. body size was not much different when seated side by side. he liked that the frame lines had the focal length written in the finder.
he noticed a resemblance to the cle, as had i, but he liked that the zi was bigger. 'never could get used to the cle' he said.
i like to talking to people who hold no bias and who know their stuff.
i bought a couple of rolls of delta 100, a new big micro fiber cloth and a 43mm uv filter (a cokin glass hi resolution filter) and was on my way.
joe
it already feels odd carrying a camera and no handheld meter in the bag.
but i want to try the zi on it's own. who know, perhaps i'll get used to it.
so, on the way home from work today, i stopped at my local camera store to show off the zi to one of the 'old timers' who really knows his stuff.
we pulled out the leica m7 with 35/2 from the showcase and started to compare.
first thing i noticed was how much heavier the leica was and i said so. the guy who knows his stuff said, 'i bet it's the lens'. huh, i said. he proceeded to remove the lenses from both bodies and damn! if the bodies were not about the same feel in my hands. the summi was way heavier than the biogon but with the bodies i could tell no difference.
the biogon is heavy enough as far as i am concerned.
the finder was not dramatically different but the zi did win out by a touch. body size was not much different when seated side by side. he liked that the frame lines had the focal length written in the finder.
he noticed a resemblance to the cle, as had i, but he liked that the zi was bigger. 'never could get used to the cle' he said.
i like to talking to people who hold no bias and who know their stuff.
i bought a couple of rolls of delta 100, a new big micro fiber cloth and a 43mm uv filter (a cokin glass hi resolution filter) and was on my way.
joe
