It was not, until just now. :) Thanks, Boris, under consideration.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was Panasonic LX100 mentioned? > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, it's 35mm equivalent. I have a Fuji X100, which was the first >>> generation of that series. It's a nice camera, but my X20 sees far more >>> use, and I may sell the X100 to fund my French bicycle habit. >>> >>> These two Fujis are not, in my opinion, simple to use. The menus and user >>> interface are a mess. It's all to easy to change settings inadvertently, >>> without any warning, and I find it really confusing and difficult to >>> restore them to what I like. They are also not good for manual focusing >>> because although you can do it, there is no indication in the optical >>> finder of what you're focused on. On the X20 you can do focus peaking in >>> the optical finder, but to get it you have to do without other settings (or >>> absence of) which I find useful. >>> >>> Overall it is compromised in my opinion by its excessive complexity and its >>> attempt to do everything. They need me to tell them what it should be like. >>> >>> You can shoot some lovely black and white though, when you set it up right. >> >> I am both heartened and disheartened to hear this. I really dislike a >> cranky UI, especially one that encourages random changes that are hard >> to restore. >> >> >>> What Bruce really wants, deep in his heart of hearts, is a Leica M typ 262. >>> He should bite the bullet, and go out and buy one. And some lenses too. >> >> You know something crazy? I see that you are right. The Leica is just >> about perfect for what I'm looking for, size and price aside. >> >> I gently approached this concept with my wife this morning during our >> dog walk. I said, "it's a bit pricey." She said, "oh, what, like 600 >> dollars?". I admitted that no, it's actually six thousand dollars. >> >> She did not hit me with a blunt object, so I took that as a positive >> sign. I haven't mentioned lenses yet. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
