G, The L1 is the body that I wish Pentax made (with an APS-C sensor and K mount, of course). I really like the old-school rectangular metal body. Imagine if Pentax did it with an LX-style prism.
On a related note, you realize that you can use Pentax glass with your L1, right? Here's where you can get a K mount adapter: http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm I'd love to see a picture of the L1 with a black 43mm Ltd lens mounted on it.... --Mark Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Had a shoot today and decided I had enough experience with the L1 to > give it a try for this. It was a landscape setting, at a place I > haven't been before. A chance to really fettle out how effective the > Live View mode is. > > Well, ran into two issues almost immediately, only one of which was > my fault. First was the weather ... All week long it's been nicely > overcast until almost 9am. I was on the site at 6:45 and crying as > there was nothing but clear, crisp, hazeless sky and bright sun. The > site is full of trees and such, makes working around the shadows and > sunlight very difficult. > > Other issue was that I don't have a 72mm polarizing filter and I > needed it; I didn't realize there'd be a nice pond to work with at > the site. I'll have one this afternoon. > > Other than that ... Wow. The L1's Live View is a marvel to work with, > makes me feel like a have a tiny view camera. I can quickly and > easily check the histogram while live, put up a grid overlay to get > the framing leveled, use the focus assist magnification to nail the > focus *precisely* where I want it every shot. It is an absolute > pleasure to work with for this stuff, the best DSLR I've used yet for > life and landscape. No peering into the eyepiece while crawling > around on the ground or climbing on a stool, trying to get my eye > lined up. Press button ... magnified and movable focusing tools with > up to 10x magnification, press button and evaluate the scene on the > nice big display. Beautiful. > > I'm in love. Um, err ... well, I like the camera a lot. It works well. > > Ok, so I'm gushing a bit. > ;-) ];-) > > As I've said before, the review press has undervalued the L1: it > doesn't stack up numbers on the spec sheet the way a Canon 1D II or > Nikon D200 does. It just takes exceptional photographs. I guess that > doesn't count for as much these days. > > G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
