potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For those interested in a non-photography-world reviewer's impressions ... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/technology/personaltech/23pogue.html?_r=28dpcoref=sloginoref=slogin or http://tinyurl.com/6rcj49 enjoy G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:19, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: For those interested in a non-photography-world reviewer's impressions ... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/technology/personaltech/23pogue.html?_r=28dpcoref=sloginoref=slogin or http://tinyurl.com/6rcj49 I was hoping it would be

Re: potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Desjardins
I just saw this and was going to send a post about it. This reviewer seems like a reasonable sort but isn't a photo-weenie like those of use here (and I saw that with great fondest for y'all.) His most serious reason for not buying the camera is that next year's model will have video

Re: potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 13:43, Steve Desjardins wrote: His most serious reason for not buying the camera is that next year's model will have video capabilities. ..and that it's heavier and not really any smaller than the smallest DSLR (Olympus 420). Or did I read that incorrectly?

Re: potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Desjardins
He does say As a result, the new G! occupies 29 cubic inches , in contrast to the 64 cubic inches for the Nikon (D90); it weighs 8 oz vs. 22. He also says it's bigger and heavier than the Olympus 420. The 420 weighs 13.4 oz (so I suspect he meant to write 18 oz. for the G1) and is 38.6 cubic

Re: potentially controversial: The NY Times on the Panasonic G1

2008-10-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 23, 2008, at 13:43, Steve Desjardins wrote: His most serious reason for not buying the camera is that next year's model will have video capabilities. ..and that it's heavier and not really any smaller than