[Leica] The Elusive Digilux 3 compared to the L1 and Oly 330E

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Alastair

I have followed several discussions about that on a german oly forum. Yes 
the O.I.S. works with the Vario Elmarit on a Oly e-330 body - but in the 
"stabilize: always" mode only. Oly users reported it is very power consuming 
and the accus went down in less than the half of the usual time when they 
used the Leica lens. Others also reported the O.I.S. significantly lowers 
the picture quality in terms of sharpness and contrast. One user wrote he 
had to fix the Elmarit's aperture ring as it did not work in manual mode on 
the oly e-330. 

Optical quality seems to be almost equal; the Zuiko may be a tad better, as 
users reported the Vario Elmarit vignets slightly more @ wide angle/wide 
open.

On the plus side, the Vario Elmarit on L1/D-3  is said to be faster in 
autofocus mode than the Zuiko (both used on a e-330).

The users recommended the Zuiko 14-54 for Oly bodies, and the Leica 14-50 
for the L1/Digilux-3 bodies, but not a cross-over combination. 

Didier



>Howard, does the IS work on the OLY?
>cheers
>Alastair