John Gellings

I ordered the all silver combo last night from Adorama and will pick it up today. $1098 for latest camera, 15-45mm, and 35mm f2. Insane deal... even though I have the 35mm f2 already.  I can just ...

You can return something you bought online in the store and how can you blame Adorama for a Ricoh issue?

thank you... that’s pretty bad

That sounds like good news for you!

Let me guess, this is 90 photos while never turning the camera off?

Cheaper sure, but it’s not that great of a camera and it’s less responsive than the GR II. I know, I’ve had both.

I understand Ned.  I`m not concerned about the IQ... I`m sure it is fine.  I`m concerned about the AF speed.  I`m only in NYC this week and want to pick one up if I can, but not if it hasn`t ...

Glad to hear that Ned... can you give us some of your thoughts on the overall speed of the camera including the autofocus speed?

Ok, so let`s hear about that autofocus early adopters!  :)

This...

We are referring to crop modes... at 50mm, you are effectively using a M43 camera.

Ok, so, the $5000 M43 camera?

Why is that so amazing?  It's just cropping.

sure, if it can even achieve focus...

Exactly... we don’t all photograph the same things the same way.

Ok, I’m with you, but just because it is a Leica and it is $5,000 you can’t expect it to beat other cameras.  They all use similar parts and are all on similar innovation arcs.  The fact is that ...

I can live with the IQ, but the AF hurts.

Oh ok ... fixed lens 28mm at $5000 for video?  I didn’t realize this was a thing.

What makes it the best ever and so much better than the original Q?  47mp?

At 6400 with a f2.8, you don’t have to be in that low of light.  Not everyone only photographs in bright sunlight at the beach.  Yes, some of photography at night or Inside with high shutter ...