Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Feb 2006 at 17:07, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Feb 26, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > L-mount would be nice too. > > Do you mean Leica M-bayonet mount? The 4/3 mount register is too > large for Leica M lenses. True, it would be nice though, the Epson needs competition. R

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 26, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: L-mount would be nice too. Do you mean Leica M-bayonet mount? The 4/3 mount register is too large for Leica M lenses. Godfrey

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Camera Quest sells a Pentax K-mount to Olympus 4/3 mount adapter. See http://www.cameraquest.com Of course, like all such adapters, it means manual focus, manual diaphragm operation, but if you want to do it you can. Godfrey On Feb 26, 2006, at 4:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Feb 2006 at 16:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I like the look of the body, kinda of like a rangefinder body. Yes, it > is too bad it can't take a K mount. L-mount would be nice too. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://memb

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread japilado
I like the look of the body, kinda of like a rangefinder body. Yes, it is too bad it can't take a K mount. Jim A. > The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect > complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! > > http://www.dpreview.c

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Steve Jolly
Mark Erickson wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! Looks like a rangefinder. Now I want a K-mount digital rangefinder, damnit... S

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread K.Takeshita
On 2/26/06 12:05 PM, "Mark Erickson", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect > complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! Some more pics. Click to enlarge. http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/other/2006/02/

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 26, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Adam Maas wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp Ah, but 'tis an Olympus in sheep's

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Bob Shell wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp Ah, but 'ti

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 26, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Ah, but 'tis an Olympus in sheep's clothing. Is that bad? No, not bad. Depends on the price of lamb, I guess. Bob

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Bob Shell wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp Ah, but 'tis an Olympus in sheep's cl

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Bob Shell wrote: Ah, but 'tis an Olympus in sheep's clothing. Is that bad? Kostas

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Maas
Mark Erickson wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp --Mark Oh, there is an available K mount adaptor for 4/3rds ht

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 26, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement to the limited lens set. too bad it doesn't have a K mount! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06022609panasonicdmcl1.asp --Mark Ah, but 'tis an Olympus

Re: Panasonic made the camera body I want....

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Maas
I'd love one of those, it looks really sweet. Aperture ring? Shutter speed dial? Why am I suspecting there's going to be a Leica version? I want. With a little 20mm or 12mm prime. -Adam Mark Erickson wrote: The newly-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 looks like it would be the perfect complement t