Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] DMC-FX7
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Sun Dec 19 09:30:31 2004

The Panasonic DMC-FX7 has been a huge success for us.  We have sold more
than 12,000 of them in Hong Kong since its launch in September.

To stay on topic, its 'Leica Vario-Elmarit ASPH' lens is indeed impressive
and the IS enables me to shoot with shutter speed down to 1/8 second.

My only complaint is that, due to its large 2.5" LCD monitor, its 710 mAh
battery does not last very long.  I always carry a spare battery with me.

Joseph


on 19/12/04 2:53 pm, James Laird at digiratidoc@earthlink.net wrote:

> I got my FX7 for $419 at B&H.
> 
> Neither the Casio nor the Sony has a Leica lens this good nor does it have
> IS. The photo I shot and posted on the Leica Gallery was shot hand-held at
> 1/15 sec and my 58-year-old hands are long past their 'rock steady' days.
> More pics to follow.
> 
> BTW, my comment about the CL being 'beasty' was just my lame attempt at
> sarcasm. I use it and both the 40 and 90-C and love them dearly. But try as
> I may the outfit just won't fit into my shirt pocket. So when I want to
> travel really light I take the FX7. I can shoot in color or B&W, sans flash
> at ASA 80, 100, 200 or 400 in almost any light by adjusting the white
> balance. And the FX7 even has a fairly easy and straight-forward custom
> white balance routine for really difficult lighting.
> Works for me.
> 
> James Laird


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