It's interesting how the prices of the body+lens can drop so much together. That's how I came by my E-1. I wanted the Olympus 14-54mm lens, and found one with the E-1 attached at only £100- more than the price of the lens alone.
Seems like a nice lens, based on your photos (and looks like you've discovered the rule of 3rds!). The body has always looked too bulky to me, though, for a rangefinder-type. > > Bob W and I can share 4/3 mount lenses next time I'm in London... ;-) > Absolutely. It will be interesting to see how the lens compares with the 14-54. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 19 May 2007 07:41 > To: PDML List > Subject: OT: a Panasonic L1 ... > > Watching the price on the Panasonic DMC-L1 drop lower and > lower, when > the price of the camera and Leica 14-50 lens dropped to barely $120 > more than the cost of the lens alone I decided to buy one. I've > gotten excellent results from my previous Panasonic cameras with > Leica-branded lenses, the Live View LCD feature was appealing to me, > and I just liked the darn thing. I figured that if the body was a > total lump of junk, the lens had to be worth it and I could stick it > on a better 4/3 System body as needed. > > It arrived today. I hooked it up on AC power, updated the > firmware to > the latest, formatted a couple of SD cards for it, and put the > battery on the charger. > > An hour later, battery all charged up, I took a short walk, met > friends ... > > http://www.gdgphoto.com/l1test/ > > thots: > - NICE lens. Very NICE lens. > - Very reasonable noise at ISO 400-800, better than I expected. > - A bit on the bulky side; I'll want at least one compact, light > prime lens. > Maybe an old 20mm Nikkor with a mount adapter, or that Oly 35mm f/ > 3.5 macro. > The Summilux D 25mm f/1.4 looks interesting but (as > expected) very > expensive. > I can fit Pentax lenses to it easily with a 4/3 mount adapter too. > - Focusing and shutter release are quite responsive, deceptively good. > - Form factor and layout are very different from the Pentax DSLRs > I've been > using for a while. That will take some time to get used to. Its > capabilities and > strengths complement my Pentax kit nicely. > - Live View is extremely good. > - Optical viewfinder is better than expected although no contest > against the > Pentax K10D. > > It's a very different camera in use, feels much like I remember the > Leica M in the hand although a bit bulkier. The shutter and mirror > are quiet and have a pleasant sound. It feels very nicely made > through and through. I still need to learn some of the > details in the > menu and control functions. > > It was worth it... It will be a nice complement/adjunct to > the Pentax > kit. > > Bob W and I can share 4/3 mount lenses next time I'm in London... ;-) > > enjoy > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
