Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I did play with the Digilux 2 and found the electronic viewfinder to be awful. But then again, I have no experience with other electronic viewfinders, so it may well be that this one is better than most. My frame of reference is what I see when I look through my M6HM, and this is definitely far from that... :-( Which is really too bad, because everything else about this camera is quite good--solid feel, the focusing action is not bad, and the LCD screen on the back is the best I have seen on any digicam (which is not saying much, but I have seen a few). The viewfinder, however, rules this out for me as a digital option. Nathan Don Dory wrote: > Yesterday I played around with the Panasonic LZ10 I think. The > electronic viewfinder had a pretty fine pitch to the LCD and the manual > focus worked very well. A center rangefinder patch showed a very high > magnification of the central part of the image until you put pressure on > the shutter release at which point the magnified area went away > revealing an uncluttered viewfinder. > > So, I think manual focusing will be a relatively pleasant possibility > for the new Digilux. The feedback from the focusing ring was very much > like the feedback from an USM or silentwave lens switched to manual. > > As an aside, the 8X10's that I printed showed that Panasonic has > definitely revised their in camera processing. Very fine detail with > excellent shadow detail was revealed without blown highlights. There > was a little more sharpening and contrast than was revealed for the 10D > whose shots I used as a comparison. I think that the images coming off > the new Leica will be very competitive with what else is out there. > > Some have complained about the price, but it will all depend on > assembly, engineering, and material choice. Most people on this list > have already demonstrated their weakness for upper end goods, whether it > is scotch, bicycles, watches, automobiles, fountain pens, or cameras. > For example, when I am cutting rabbits, I would much rather use a fine > tooth Japanese hand saw than a Makita. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html