squirrel$$$bandit
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That looks terrific. It almost makes me slightly like the form factor of the G1.
C'mon Olympus, bring it on. M lenses with stabilization, baby. That's the future!
C'mon Olympus, bring it on. M lenses with stabilization, baby. That's the future!
Tuolumne
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scho
Well-known
No, it doesn't need the UV/IR cut filter.
oris642
natural person
Just picked up a G1 last night. Overall I'm very impressed, and is making me think hard as to whether I should keep my Sony DSC-R1.
As it's my Dad's Christmas present I have to, um, play with it so I can show him how it works. : )
As it's my Dad's Christmas present I have to, um, play with it so I can show him how it works. : )
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i am looking forward to mine arriving, with luck it will be here this coming week.
i also just ordered the 45-200 lens (2 day delivery) and m adapter (end of jan. delivery) for it.
joe
i also just ordered the 45-200 lens (2 day delivery) and m adapter (end of jan. delivery) for it.
joe
I used to have a Sony 828, the forerunner to the R1, and liked it. But being able to use so many types of lenses, and the amazing EVF and manual focus assist makes the G1 very enjoyable.
I'll be playing with a 50/2.8 Tessar, a 40/1.8 Hexanon, a 50/2 Summicron-R, and a 50/1.5 Sonnar, all of which have different mounts, and all of which will work on the G1.
I'll be playing with a 50/2.8 Tessar, a 40/1.8 Hexanon, a 50/2 Summicron-R, and a 50/1.5 Sonnar, all of which have different mounts, and all of which will work on the G1.
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on flickr, in the g1 group, there are some shots taken with several leica lenses on the g1 and they are fabulously sharp.
i cannot wait to see some results from my zeiss lenses.
joe
i cannot wait to see some results from my zeiss lenses.
joe
Joe, there is a pic in that set of an M8 with 21/4.5. I wonder if he's tried that lens on the Rayqual...
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i asked...
Yoshinori Kikuchi said:
back alley-san,
Yes, C-Biogon ZM can use DMC-G1 with adapter.
yes!!!
That is excellent news, back alley-san.
boy_lah
Discovering RF
Any sample pix taken with the G1 using a m lens?
Novoflex adapter pics.
Tuolumne
Veteran
Where did you buy it?
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/T
Direct from Novoflex on the 12th, just arrived in today's mail.
mervynyan
Mervyn Yan
sweep, other than 2x crop, i want one
gohaj
Well-known
does it allow to focus to infinity?
HKHoward
Howard in HK
Ray Tai and Chris Topher and I met at the China Tee Club today and mated my L > M4/3rds adapter with
Chris's black G1. We used my 15 Heliar, the 24 Elmarit, the 35 Summilux Asph, The Tri-Elmar, the 50mm Summilux Asph,
the 90 Summicron APO, my old 135 Elmar (from 1964) and Chris's 50mm Zeiss f1.5.
Pictures taken with some of these lenses can be found at:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/M+Lenses+to+Micro+4-3rds/
http://tinyurl.com/9bh9zx
The EVF is better than I remember it at Photokina. Under fluorescent lights
there is strobing in the viewfinder but with daylight or other lighting the EVF works quite well.
A Leica rangefinder viewfinder it isn't but still it is usable. You have to set the G1 to fire
the shutter without a lens on the camera and that takes some digging through the instruction
book to find the menus within menus.
What is very appealing is that in manual focus you touch the left arrow of the control wheel on the back
and that brings up a 10X magnification box. You can move the box over the area you want
to enlarge and then push the set button in the center of the control wheel to enlarge that section.
You have to be quite fast to fix focus because the magnification shuts off in about 3 seconds. It is easiest to use
with wide angle lenses because the magnified camera shake is not so great. For telephotos like the 90 Cron and the
135 Elmar - the shaking of the hand held camera is so magnified that it is hard to fix focus before the magnification
turns off. Chris believes a firmware upgrade has already been announced to allow the user to extend the timing
of the magnification.
I didn't get to take the camera out for any street shooting so I can't comment on its use there and I didn't have
time (nor inclination) to work through all the camera's features and menus.
Still, as you can see from the pictures it performs pretty well - although we did notice that white balance when set to auto
fluctuated quite a bit from shot to shot.
A feature which appeals to me for street shooting is the moveable view screen on the back but I will have to test it
another day.
Bottom line: Would I buy one? Could be, but I wasn't so blown away that I ran next door to get one today. Still, I might
when the new prices fall a bit more.
Comments and questions welcome.
Cheers
Howard
Chris's black G1. We used my 15 Heliar, the 24 Elmarit, the 35 Summilux Asph, The Tri-Elmar, the 50mm Summilux Asph,
the 90 Summicron APO, my old 135 Elmar (from 1964) and Chris's 50mm Zeiss f1.5.
Pictures taken with some of these lenses can be found at:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/M+Lenses+to+Micro+4-3rds/
http://tinyurl.com/9bh9zx
The EVF is better than I remember it at Photokina. Under fluorescent lights
there is strobing in the viewfinder but with daylight or other lighting the EVF works quite well.
A Leica rangefinder viewfinder it isn't but still it is usable. You have to set the G1 to fire
the shutter without a lens on the camera and that takes some digging through the instruction
book to find the menus within menus.
What is very appealing is that in manual focus you touch the left arrow of the control wheel on the back
and that brings up a 10X magnification box. You can move the box over the area you want
to enlarge and then push the set button in the center of the control wheel to enlarge that section.
You have to be quite fast to fix focus because the magnification shuts off in about 3 seconds. It is easiest to use
with wide angle lenses because the magnified camera shake is not so great. For telephotos like the 90 Cron and the
135 Elmar - the shaking of the hand held camera is so magnified that it is hard to fix focus before the magnification
turns off. Chris believes a firmware upgrade has already been announced to allow the user to extend the timing
of the magnification.
I didn't get to take the camera out for any street shooting so I can't comment on its use there and I didn't have
time (nor inclination) to work through all the camera's features and menus.
Still, as you can see from the pictures it performs pretty well - although we did notice that white balance when set to auto
fluctuated quite a bit from shot to shot.
A feature which appeals to me for street shooting is the moveable view screen on the back but I will have to test it
another day.
Bottom line: Would I buy one? Could be, but I wasn't so blown away that I ran next door to get one today. Still, I might
when the new prices fall a bit more.
Comments and questions welcome.
Cheers
Howard
The manual focus assist magnification is adjustable, via the wheel on the front grip.
The firmware update allows continuous focus assist, so there is no 3 second limit.
Here is a list of what the firmware update does:
Makes it possible to check the exposure with Live View during the AE lock.
Makes it possible to continuously display the enlarged screen of the MF assist.
Added "color adjustment function" for the LCD monitor/View finder.
Added "Red-eye reduction forced flash on" to the flash setting for the [PARTY].
Improved the performance of AE(Auto Exposure) and AWB(Auto White Balance).
Improved the accuracy of flash control.
Improved the noise reduction during high sensitivity photo shooting.
The firmware update allows continuous focus assist, so there is no 3 second limit.
Here is a list of what the firmware update does:
Makes it possible to check the exposure with Live View during the AE lock.
Makes it possible to continuously display the enlarged screen of the MF assist.
Added "color adjustment function" for the LCD monitor/View finder.
Added "Red-eye reduction forced flash on" to the flash setting for the [PARTY].
Improved the performance of AE(Auto Exposure) and AWB(Auto White Balance).
Improved the accuracy of flash control.
Improved the noise reduction during high sensitivity photo shooting.