On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:26:01 -0700, Serge Desplanques
wrote in
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On 2007-11-16 14:45:24 -0700, John Navas said:

Since the lens is designed by Leica and built to Leica standards, I'd
personally say it's a Leica (without quotes).

I have a distant friend of long standing who was bitching about the
difference between modern "Leica" lenses versus the twehty- to
forty-year-old ones he still uses on his RFs (I think he has about six
bodies from the screw mounts up through an R8 digital) ...

With all due respect, I think that's just good old days syndrome --
current Leica lenses consistently score excellent in tests.

Current EVF have gotten very good, and can now do things that can't be
done with an optical viewfinder, including 100% image, visible image in
very low light, and magnification while focusing, not to mention image
replay.

How's the view in strong sunlight?

Just fine -- it's in an eyepiece -- but even the display on the back of
the camera is clearly viewable.

--
Best regards,
John Navas
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)