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Feb 02, 2010
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46 / M / Rome, IT
What's the best camera for street photograpy? Lumix GF1 with 20mm 1,7 or Olympus EP-2 with 20mm 1,7?
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    Jeroen W.
    37 / M / Stockholm, SE
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    They're very similar! I should say go in to a store and feel for yourself. I guess you already read the excellent test att Dpreview.com [ http://Dpreview.com/] ? http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicGF1/ [ http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicGF1/ ] Myself, I bought the GF-1 a month ago. Design and quicker auto focus were the yop issues for me. I really like it! Some samples at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroenw Good luck!
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    46 / M / Rome, IT
    Very nice photos! :) I love this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroenw/4315855320/ What do you think about hig iso noise? I usually take this kind of picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightfromshadow/ using ricoh grd III and Leica M.
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    Jeroen W.
    37 / M / Stockholm, SE
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    Nice street photo's in BW there! Actually, I haven't tried out anything above ISO 800 (since I've heard it's quite noisy), but with the nice pancake f1.7-lens that's mostly enough. I could take some test-shots and put them on Flickr …
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    46 / M / Rome, IT
    Thank's a lot!!! You're very kind! :) Could you try hig iso shoot of a human subject in low light (ambient and artificial light source) and the response of autofocus in this situations?
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    Jeroen W.
    37 / M / Stockholm, SE
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    Sure, I'll try. There is an auto focus light when it gets dark. I must say I've rarely seen it. But I'll get back to you!

    I just uploaded the first two photo's with high ISO to Flickr. Unfortunately I didn't have the time for extensive testing, but two pics at ISO 1600 and 3200. I'll upload some more later. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroenw/
    Friend 1
    46 / M / Rome, IT
    Thank You very much, Jeroen! What's about the autofocus response time? Thank's again! :)
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    Jeroen W.
    37 / M / Stockholm, SE
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    10 Qs & As in last few weeks

    I didn't try it for very long, but it was quite good. An occasional miss - but I haven't activated the auto focus assist light either. I'll try it some more, perhaps at the pub tonight ;)

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