Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Digilux 2 vs Panasonic LC
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:25:16 -0500

Well....The Leica Digi2 point and shoot is listed on the Leica site as
135 x 82 x103 mm / approx. 5 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/16 in - The Olympus E-1
Digital SLR is 141mm x 81 x 104 mm (5.6 x 3.2 x 4.1 ")- So in other
words, the Leica point and shoot is, for all intents and purposes, the
same damn size as a DSLR....As to weight, the weight with battery is
listed as 705 grams - the weight of the E-1 is listed as 660g - although
I don't know if that's with or without batter (I think it's with) but it
is without lens.

The bottom line here is that for a digi point and shoot, this thing is a
Clydesdale...a VERY expensive Clydesdale. ;-)  

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Richard F.
Man
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:13 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Digilux 2 vs Panasonic LC


At 01:52 PM 1/4/2004 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote:
>Good catch, Karen. Damn, that thing looks bigger than my Olympus E-1 
>DSLR. In fact it looks like one of the "Texas Leicas." So it's $1800 
>for a HUMONGUS point-and-shoot? :-) Wait! Maybe that's why it's so 
>expensive
>- they're charging twice the going rate for a 5 mgp p&s because it's
>twice as big.... ;-)
>...

Hi B.D. and Karen, that has been discussed before. The particular shot
was 
a Wide Angle shot AND the model was a small person. The Digilux 2 is
bigger 
than most digi-P&S, especially the lens, but it will NOT be bigger than 
your E-1 :-)


// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
please 
use richard@imagecraft.com) 

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