On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Michael Levy <[email protected]> wrote: >> but what good is it if you can't keep it still? I'll probably sell that >> lens. >> > > There are some cures for this: > 1) Hire a small boy as a "camera bearer" (like one of those Safari "gun > bearers" who will offer his shoulder when needed > 2) Buy a bigger tripod and an adapter that camps on the Nikkor. They are > available for lots of money > 3) Donate the lens to a seephoto meber and take a tax write-off as a > charitable contribution > 4) Buy a canoe and use it as an anchor... > > Other ideas will come to me after my seventh cup of coffee this morning. > Mike > PS: Did I tell you that Panasonic PR promised to let me know when the 20 mm > prime is going to be available? I hope it is soon. I want that, and > eventually want a wider/faster optic (preferably prime) than the 18-45 zoom > kit lens and maybe something a tad longer as a prime. I will NOT deal with > 4/3 to Micro 4/3 adapters as your images show the disproportionate size > these adaptations have. As you already own the good glass it make sense for > you. >
I would kill for a 14mm f2 and/or 18mm f1.4 for m43. Especially if they were OIS. Was out fooling around with the G1 in the subway today and discovered that if I'm lightly braced I could shoot acceptably sharp shots at 14mm and 1/2 second with OIS on on the 14-45 kit lens. That's pretty impressive considering that the same limit for my D300 and 16-85VR is 1/10 of a second in a less convenient (and far more obvious) position. The 20 is definitely on my must-buy list. I know Leica's apparently a little miffed with Panasonic over the lack of success of the PanaLeica 4/3rds stuff, but they really need to get cracking on some m43 stuff. I'm becoming convinced that the m43 format is the true successor to the M series as a street shooters camera and a set of Summicron-G's would rock many worlds. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
