Comments on: Shibuya Bar

By: Katrina Vallejos

Katrina Vallejos — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:15:18 +0000

awesome shots… ^^

By: shibuya246

shibuya246 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:50:15 +0000

sorry, whats an M42 lens?

By: shibuya246

shibuya246 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:49:53 +0000

Thanks. I was just showing the people I was with how the camera worked and clicked the end of the bar for them. I was surprised myself how nice it looked. You can see the photo data by clicking on the menu on the right of the photo. It shows the ISO which I had on auto stayed low at 400 and did a good job. The f/stop I set manually to f/1.7

By: Tristan

Tristan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:33:54 +0000

love the first photo…you make me want to buy a decent camera!!

By: HELLOSHEENA

HELLOSHEENA — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:22:35 +0000

Yummy!

By: shibuya246

shibuya246 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:35:59 +0000

I have seen this in the stores, but never given it a close inspection. http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/compact_cameras/d-lux_4/ Thanks for pointing it out. I think the f/stop goes down to 2.0

One of the drawbacks of the Lumix is you have to manually put the lens cap on and off. That is a big time waster when trying to get a quick shot. Also, the pancake lens is fixed 20mm (produces a 40mm effect), without zoom. I don’t use flash so having that built in is not a benefit.

The Olympus Pen has stabilizing built into its body, Lumix does not (it puts it into the lenses, but the pancake lens is too small to have it). This doesn’t bother me, but might be worth thinking about for some people.

By: salvidali

salvidali — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:46:17 +0000

I’m thinking about getting the Leica D-LUX 4 – it has video capabilities and a HUGE viewing screen – might have to search a bit for one.

By: lithiumangel

lithiumangel — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:59:53 +0000

Just read the Steve Nagata article about camera’s in Japan. He’s very right. If you go to any regular store or even big chain (Softmap/Yodabashi etc.) I was shocked at how expensive things were compared to back home in Europe. America’s still the cheapest for camera equipment it seems. So hence keeping mind my own Euro price for the GFE-1 I was expecting it in japan to be in excess of that; funny that it IS cheaper in Japan . I suppose it’s not everything that’s more expensive in japan.

I wonder tough. If It would be possible to just upload English language firmware to a Japanese GFE-1. I mean. The hardware should be the same and it’s not the first time that cross-flashing firmwares have helped I think I will go and research this further ! Thanks !

By: whipcracker

whipcracker — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:33:56 +0000

RT @tweetmeme http://bit.ly/6vyXfj A great looking restrauant. Hope your meal tasted as good as it looked.

By: whipcracker

whipcracker — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:10:32 +0000

This doesn’t look like fish at all. Looks like a steak. Not a big fish eater.

By: whipcracker

whipcracker — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:07:07 +0000

These blue lights cast a warm glow,adding to the ambiance of this restrauant. Nice reflection also.

By: shibuya246

shibuya246 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:34:25 +0000

yes, that is the pancake lens kit, but in Japan I have only seen a Japanese language model. If you click on the “Camera Info” icon on the bottom right hand corner of the photo, I have now included a photo of the camera and a link to see it on Amazon. The Amazon Japan price is YEN 66,000.

However, they took the English language setting off the cameras sold in Japan probably so they could keep selling the more expensive ones overseas. You might want to have a read of Steve Nagata’s article about cameras in Japan. http://blog.gaijinpot.com/tech/buying-a-camera-in-japan-think-again/4832/

My D700 just made a coughing sound at your D900 comment