Audii-Dudii
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then prepare to be really impressed when you see what the L1's 14-50 Vario-Elmarit lens will do on a G1 body!
True, you do lose autofocus, but that's not a big deal for what I'm shooting these days (and having a faster lens makes manual focusing easier at night), and it's also significantly larger and heavier (again, not a problem for me as I'm shooting from a tripod), but early results suggest that getting the image right in the glass trumps getting it right with software later. Images captured with the L1's lens have a combination of resolution and smoothness/creaminess to them that the G1 images, nice as they are, simply can't match.
I haven't yet post-processed any of the kit lens images yet (it was late when I got home from shooting these last night), but impressive as they are, IMO they pale by comparison to those shot with the Leica-tweaked lens that came with the L1. Surely I'm not the only one here who has used the L1 lens on a G1?
True, you do lose autofocus, but that's not a big deal for what I'm shooting these days (and having a faster lens makes manual focusing easier at night), and it's also significantly larger and heavier (again, not a problem for me as I'm shooting from a tripod), but early results suggest that getting the image right in the glass trumps getting it right with software later. Images captured with the L1's lens have a combination of resolution and smoothness/creaminess to them that the G1 images, nice as they are, simply can't match.
I haven't yet post-processed any of the kit lens images yet (it was late when I got home from shooting these last night), but impressive as they are, IMO they pale by comparison to those shot with the Leica-tweaked lens that came with the L1. Surely I'm not the only one here who has used the L1 lens on a G1?