Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Nov 9, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>>> ... I have my doubts about the survival of the 4/3 format. >>>> Cheers, Mike. > > I had my doubts when it was only Olympus producing cameras. But with > Panasonic releasing their DMC-L1 and the almost inevitable Leica > branded version to come, and the fact that Leica is designing lenses > for the format, I wouldn't count it as a goner. > > If you haven't played with an L1 yet, you should take a look. It's a > trifle bulky with the kit lens, but the controls and handling are > really very nice. The viewfinder is, charitably, a bit dimmer than > I'd prefer. But I suspect that if I were to use one, I would rapidly > become accustomed to it. An L1, standard lens and the Oly 11-22 lens > would make a pretty compelling, fairly complete photographic kit. > > Godfrey >
Got a chance to play with one yesterday. I really like the interface, handling is excellent (Although it's not small, this is a brick of a camera). Badly needs a better finder (Although it's better than a Rebel's, if small). -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
