[Leica] Re: Re: Digilux questions

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

David Morton, you are absolutely correct. The Kodak 260 is a Bow Wow!
(dog). We (here at Photo Access) use it as an example of how NOT to design
a digital camera. We have a great deal of communication with Kodak about
digital stuff. Even Kodak admits that the 260 is a woof woof. This is one
of the reasons they are talking to us.

Jim
www.photoaccess.com

At 10:57 PM 11/18/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Brian Reid wrote:
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>> I do not love the Digilux because the quality is not there. For the same
>> amount of money that you would pay for a Digilux, you can buy a Kodak
>> DC260, which is vastly overwhelmingly better. The DC260 is no M6 and its
>> lens is no Summar, but it is an amazingly good electronic camera with a
>> current street price of about $700.
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>I'm *astonished* that you say this. I reviewed the DC260 for a UK
>publication and gave it the worst review I've ever written about anything.
>A colleague writing independently for another magazine did the same.
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>It's *dreadful*! 15 seconds from pressing the on button to being able to
>take a photograph. *Neither* viewfinder offers accurate framing (an
>astonishing achievement that, considering one is an LCD). The lens
>distorts *horribly*, is as soft as old boots, and the AF is unreliable.
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>I could go on, but I'd wind up posting the entire review.
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>Quite simply the worst photographic product I have ever used.
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