Hi Carlos,
The GF1 and M8 is exactly the combination I have. I find the IR sensitivity of
the M8 highly useful, as it allows me to engage in IR photography again for the
first time since switching to digital in 2004 (I still have the IR filters from
my film days):
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/IR/
Regarding wide angle zooms for the GF1, I am very happy with the 7-14mm I
bought in the US in May and use it quite a bit.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:24 AM, Carlos J. Santisteban wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> It's been a long time since my last post -- this was a crazy end-of-term
> but, like Alice Cooper sang: School's Out! Having had to repair the computer
> didn't help either :-(
>
>
> Now I have in front of me 53 OM digests to read... I hope to catch up
> relatively soon! I however have a look at the archives from time to time,
> just to keep in touch, at least in lurk mode...
>
>
> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Chris, I was tempted to buy the 9-18 too, but after reading the reviews and
> looking at
>> the samples at dpreview, I concluded that too many compromises had been
> made to
>> achieve the small size and opted for the 7-14 instead. I will pick it up
> next week.
>
>
> This was a very interesting thread, because since I replaced the EOS300D
> with the GF1, I suffered from severe wide-angle _hunger_... And despite the
> total adaptability of MFT bodies to manual focus lenses in any mount, the x2
> crop factor made that great wide-angles nearly useless :-(
>
>
> But I eventually took a rather "radical" solution, since I already made a
> notable investment on Leica-M mount wide-angles (esp. CV)... the M9 is "a
> bit" beyond my budget; but _used_ M8's are becoming sort-of-affordable
> nowadays, so... I got one ;-) Definitely a different approach to digital
> photography, but being very keen on rangefinders I find it a joy to use. And
> starting from a 16mm equivalent...
>
>
> Another advantage over having purchased a wide-zoom for MFT (for not much
> less money) is that... now I own _two_ digital bodies (I never had a digital
> compact, BTW) so doing funny things like
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuiko21/4776683911/>
>
>
> or
>
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuiko21/4777568368/>
>
>
> is easier to me now ;-)
>
>
> About the well known bug/feature of the M8, the unexpected IR sensitivity...
> I have yet purchased the preceptive UV-IR cut filters, but tried it a bit
> before that... No, it can't see thru clothes, however I've discovered that
> it can actually "see" thru hair dyes -- especially those for grey/white
> hair, which look _purple_ on the unfiltered M8!
>
>
> Seriously, this IR sensitivity looks interesting in Astrophotography -- my
> other digicam is almost blind to emission nebulae :-(
>
>
> On the negative side... it seems that Panasonic can't make a decent
> JPEG/imaging engine! The advantage of shooting Raw is enormous... Definitely
> I'll keep the M8 in DNG mode all the time, JPEG is a waste of time with it
> -- and the more "calmed" approach (instead of the thousand-point-and-shoot
> pics) makes Raw development feasible (yeah, I'm lazy). ACR is great, and
> reason enough for me to purchase the full-featured PS... especially with
> teacher's edition discount!
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
> IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
> <http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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