I had the same Spirit of Oscar Barnack thoughts as you when I read the original post about smaller sensors and smaller lenses of the Panasonics versus the Nikons. It evokes the differences between the roll film & sheet film cameras and the first Leica's when they came out. Like any analogy it can only be pushed to a certain extent, but the similarities are quite striking. Richard in Michigan _____________________________________ "I think Congressmen should wear uniforms, you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors." _____________________________________ On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Bille Xavier F. <hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Howard, your whales were mostly appreciated here, it brings back > memories of a whale spot: Tadoussac, East Canada. I like the idea of these > small panasonic cameras, well in the spirit of Oscar Barnack. The electronic > viewfinder brakes me out. However, I read that the G3 is outstanding. Well > newer is always better, eh? Thanks, have a good day. > --------------------------------- > > Xavier F. BILLE > > Maisons-Alfort - France ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/