I sometimes go back and look up my old images from the archives and sometimes I really find an image that I missed at the time I processed them. Some photographer say that once you have processed your images, don't look at them for a couple of months, then come back to them and look at them again. This is supposed to get some distance from those images and when you come back to them, it's like seeing them for the first time with a fresh eye.
That's exactly what I did here but the images are a few years old. I still think they are great images and that from a camera that looks like a brick and has one of the worst OVF of all time, but that's my opinion. The Panasonic is still on ebay for around €300 to €400 and the Leica Digilux 3 (same camera, different firmware) is going for between €500 and €600. That says something about this now ancient (in digital terms) camera.
I think this is my favourite camera of all time because I got some marvelous images out of it, but then again I was using it with a couple of great lenses. The kit lens, 14-50 f2.8-3.5 OIS, was quite heavy but has great image quality. I still use mine today although I haven't used it for some time because I've been testing some other stuff lately. The second lens is the PL 14-150 f3.5-5.6 OIS and is still my favourite lens of all time. It is sharp at all focal lenths and at all apertures. Those that haven't used this lens don't know what they've missed. It's pure magic on the L1. But, it's still quite expensive today. It's still going for over a €1000 new. That's about how much I paid for it, and that is some years ago. Worth every cent though.
Although the camera was only a 7.5MP camera The resulting images were of a very high standard. I used to process these using Silkypix and I was very happy with the resulting images. Just look at the those images in the compilation above, I think it says it all.
So why bring up these images again now? Well I was thinking about the Panasonic GX7 camera and it really reminds me of the L1. Personally I think this is the new L1 because they really look alike. Some say that it's the next GX1 or G3 replacement but I don't buy that at all.
This is the new L1 and I'm looking hard at that camera. One of the main reasons I'm looking at it is that it has focus peeking (in different colours) and it has a built-in wiewfinder as well as an internal OIS system. This really makes it perfect for me as it's what I was waiting for in a m4/3 camera. Some may be asking why not the Olympus E-P5? Well, I just don't want a camera with a large hump on top, especially when I have to pay extra for it. That's it for me, no more cameras with an external viewfinder.
Now, about that Panasonic GX7.
That's exactly what I did here but the images are a few years old. I still think they are great images and that from a camera that looks like a brick and has one of the worst OVF of all time, but that's my opinion. The Panasonic is still on ebay for around €300 to €400 and the Leica Digilux 3 (same camera, different firmware) is going for between €500 and €600. That says something about this now ancient (in digital terms) camera.
I think this is my favourite camera of all time because I got some marvelous images out of it, but then again I was using it with a couple of great lenses. The kit lens, 14-50 f2.8-3.5 OIS, was quite heavy but has great image quality. I still use mine today although I haven't used it for some time because I've been testing some other stuff lately. The second lens is the PL 14-150 f3.5-5.6 OIS and is still my favourite lens of all time. It is sharp at all focal lenths and at all apertures. Those that haven't used this lens don't know what they've missed. It's pure magic on the L1. But, it's still quite expensive today. It's still going for over a €1000 new. That's about how much I paid for it, and that is some years ago. Worth every cent though.
Although the camera was only a 7.5MP camera The resulting images were of a very high standard. I used to process these using Silkypix and I was very happy with the resulting images. Just look at the those images in the compilation above, I think it says it all.
So why bring up these images again now? Well I was thinking about the Panasonic GX7 camera and it really reminds me of the L1. Personally I think this is the new L1 because they really look alike. Some say that it's the next GX1 or G3 replacement but I don't buy that at all.
This is the new L1 and I'm looking hard at that camera. One of the main reasons I'm looking at it is that it has focus peeking (in different colours) and it has a built-in wiewfinder as well as an internal OIS system. This really makes it perfect for me as it's what I was waiting for in a m4/3 camera. Some may be asking why not the Olympus E-P5? Well, I just don't want a camera with a large hump on top, especially when I have to pay extra for it. That's it for me, no more cameras with an external viewfinder.
Now, about that Panasonic GX7.
