Al Patterson
Ferroequinologist
Well, nobody here REALLY believes you'll ever settle on eon kit, but a digital CLE or CL? Since I'd go for one, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
I'd like a GF-1, but the price is too rich for my current income, so I'd be more likely to go for a Canon G11 or a EPL-1, but I can see why people would want a GF-1. A Summicron-C 40 as a portrait lens? My Canon FD 35 to 105 F3.5 as a telephoto? Yeah, I could go for that...
fotofanatic
Member
buy the gh1 body with the novoflex adapter instead. and get the 20mm pancake because that thing will blow you away. so will a 90mm cron or elmarit on the gh1 - nuts.
GH1 is wack. May as well get a DSLR.
rolleistef
Well-known
Mr Kobayashi, hear our prayers...
Btw, isn't RFF just the best marketing and prospection department for Cosina-Voigtländer?
Btw, isn't RFF just the best marketing and prospection department for Cosina-Voigtländer?
shyoon
Well-known
I've been keeping a close eye on Panasonic's Micro 4/3rds efforts. The GF-1 with the 20mm lens is really impressive and comes very close to my ideal digital camera. Might just wait for one with a built-in EVF (GF-2?) and the release of the 14mm f/2.5 before pulling the trigger.
A compact digital camera kit with a 40mm and a 28mm would serve as a great complement to my film cameras.
A compact digital camera kit with a 40mm and a 28mm would serve as a great complement to my film cameras.
Paul T.
Mentor
I've used my GF1 a fair bit, but yesterday was the first time I took it around all day. I really enjoyed it.
It felt rather like my beloved Hexar AF - not remotely CL-like, but well-engineered and purposeful, I found myself doing a lot of grab shots for the fun of it; it's a revelation compared to my G9, which I always hated, and I found in spot-focus mode it's not hugelly slower than the Hexar. And although I'll never come to love the screen to focus, it's significantly easier to sneak photos of people - I think because it's pretty obviously a digital P&S people expect you to spend more time composing the shot than it needs.
For me, though, there's still a big learning curve in terms of digital processing. You can process an awful lot of TriX for the cost of Lightroom.
It felt rather like my beloved Hexar AF - not remotely CL-like, but well-engineered and purposeful, I found myself doing a lot of grab shots for the fun of it; it's a revelation compared to my G9, which I always hated, and I found in spot-focus mode it's not hugelly slower than the Hexar. And although I'll never come to love the screen to focus, it's significantly easier to sneak photos of people - I think because it's pretty obviously a digital P&S people expect you to spend more time composing the shot than it needs.
For me, though, there's still a big learning curve in terms of digital processing. You can process an awful lot of TriX for the cost of Lightroom.
I hope they get these two right... seems like a great combo in theory.
Jonas Adolfsen
Architect & photographer
Well i have a CL with cron 40, and the other day i couldn't help myself and bought a GF1 w/20mm. For me it does the same thing as the CL except for the B&W. Digital still has problems to match B&W film....but i rellay enjoy the GF1. I was actually thinking to sell the CL, but then the street cred will be gone 
Al Patterson
Ferroequinologist
Well, none of us REALLY believe you, but one can believe that the CLE is the one camera we could settle on...
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shot a bit this morning, carried a rd1 with 15,25,40 and 2 50s along with the gf1 with 20.
only used the gf1/20...
only used the gf1/20...
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
I don't know, but having the E-P2, it's a darn good camera in its own right.
Btw, GF-1 doesn't have in-body IS, nobody miss that feature?
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panasonic has it in the lenses...
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:
Not for me, I'll keep the CLE for quite a while, but just put my GF1 up for sale in Classified section, plus Cmount lenses and lens converters (includes a M-mount converter).
Flinor
Well-known
I'm the guy who dismissed any thought of a digital CLE as heresy when this thread first started, but a couple of things are staring to modify my feelings, at least a little.
My preferred setup for years was a CLE with a collapsible 50 Summicron mounted and the 28 and 90 in my pockets. I had M3, M5 (the best M, IMHO) and M6, but the CLE was my camera. Now looking at the GF-1 and the EP's, the 20 and 25 lenses currently available, the rumored 14 2.5 and the 45 2.8 I think maybe it's coming.
The form factor is right, the focal lengths are right, even a little faster than what I had, and the size is right. All that, coupled with what a delight my wife's G1 is to use makes me feel that maybe again I can go out with a lens on the camera and a 28 and 90 in my pockets. Now if the would only put that great EP-2 VF built into the body all would be right with my world.
No quite all. I despair of ever getting a digital replacement for my Contax T.
My preferred setup for years was a CLE with a collapsible 50 Summicron mounted and the 28 and 90 in my pockets. I had M3, M5 (the best M, IMHO) and M6, but the CLE was my camera. Now looking at the GF-1 and the EP's, the 20 and 25 lenses currently available, the rumored 14 2.5 and the 45 2.8 I think maybe it's coming.
The form factor is right, the focal lengths are right, even a little faster than what I had, and the size is right. All that, coupled with what a delight my wife's G1 is to use makes me feel that maybe again I can go out with a lens on the camera and a 28 and 90 in my pockets. Now if the would only put that great EP-2 VF built into the body all would be right with my world.
No quite all. I despair of ever getting a digital replacement for my Contax T.
hub
Crazy French
I don't know what a CLE is (pardon me being still a n00b) but I'm always bugged by the tendency of camera makers to push the viewfinder less. I still believe that shooting involve in most situations to bring the camera to your eyes (or close to you like when you use a TLR). That's what bugs me with the GF-1, or the Olympus E-PL1 (and friends). Granted that I still haven't tried one in the field...
Am I just "high" for thinking that?
Am I just "high" for thinking that?
Meatboy
Member
I carried a T2 and T3 for years. There is a freedom of having one focal length with you. Images that fit that FL is all you look for.
Ok, its not a replacement but IMHO the Ricoh GRD series is the closest to a Contax T you will get at the moment in digital.
Paul T.
Mentor
I take my GF1 around with a Helios viewfinder permanently attached. IT's actually a pretty poor match for the 40mm, despite being nominally 35mm, it shows a much narrower frame than what's captured on the sensor.
But I find having both the screen, and the VF, is fantastic. There are a lot of shots that are far easier to capture at chest level... particularly of people. THey never really notice when you compose on screen.
Conversely, there are a lot of shots, particulalry in crowds, where you have to put your camera up to your eye. Having both is not an option I've tried before and I'm surprised how well it works.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
But not on the excellent 20/1.7.
Which I think almost all RF-type folks would prefer than kit zooms.
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i haven't missed it in the 20, yet.