I assume it was Foto Ganz on Rennweg? I am surprised that you found the
prices identical to online--in my years of living in Zurich, I have often
window-shopped there, and occasionally bought film and odds and ends, but
as far as camera equipment I always found it prohibitively expensive
compared to the German and UK online shops, let alone the US ones.
Cheers,
Nathan
Op Wo, 4 juli, 2012 09:50, schreef SwissPace:
> HI All,
>
> Fate played its usual tricks yesterday. On Monday I ordered an OM-D for
> my wife, with the intention that when on holiday I would hopefully be
> allowed to share it on day trips rather than cart my heavy kit around,
> although I really thought the X-pro1 would fit in better with how I take
> photos. I resigned myself to waiting until later in the year to get one
> and having not held or seen one that seemed a relatively easy decision.
> The OM-D is after all just a better m43 camera while the fuji is a
> totally different animal.
>
> Anyway by a quirk of fate yesterday saw us in Zurich (hospital Cai but
> he is ok) and I know there is a camera shop that sells leica and bessa
> cameras nearby so I stole myself away for half an hour to see if they
> had the X-pro1 on display. Well they did and not only that the lenses
> and case, exit one slightly guilty Ian and much lighter bank balance, to
> be fair the price was the same as I would pay online and the guilt was
> only slight as I used money that had been owed to me.
>
> Initial impressions, please note I have not used either properly yet.
>
> X-pro1
>
> I wish it was full frame but oh that viewfinder and simplicity of
> controls its the most like shooting with my 3Ti than any other digital I
> have seen or used, easy and clear to see very easy and quick to set
> aperture shutter and iso and see the meter. Why couldn't others do the
> same instead of over complicating everything.
>
> Its not my perfect camera BUT its very close, just needs to be full
> frame and as I am not a rangie person (although I did use a yashica
> electro 35 for a while) I would prefer it it was an slr but keep that
> optical viewfinder with overlay, nice large numbers and meter easy to
> see oh and live histogram- take note canyon etc..
>
> The case in not quite as convenient as the OM everready case but the
> convenience of digital far outweighs that disadvantage.
>
> Just need to find a nice wide angle for it, one is due later in the year
> which I hope is better than the current 18mm.
>
> OM-D
>
> Just tried it quickly as I have some nice lenses panny 20/1.7 and 7-14,
> from first impressions it works so much better than my E-PL2 the evf is
> much more responsive and actually not annoying, I find it a bit small
> but that makes it better for my wife. On the whole I think they made a
> good job of it. The little 7-14 is sharp but it is no zuiko 7-14 which
> didn't suffer so much from flare
>
>
> And both are so light compared to my 5D2 - although not ready to part
> with it just yet ;-) maybe now I can concentrate on the images again
> without the camera getting in the way.
>
> IanW
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