[Leica] A camera for your pocket.... if you can wait a bit longer

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

I thought the Panasonic/Leica contract was discontinued quite a while ago.  
I was told this last July by a Leica dealer.  I would guess that it is not a 
Panasonic, but maybe another alliance?

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:04:25 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] A camera for your pocket.... if you can wait a bit 
longer

On the issue of it being a Panasonic sensor, I'm not sure what difference
this makes, as we already know Leica doesn't make sensors. It ought to be
Kodak?

But it is a CCD sensor, I notice: the Panasonic LX3 has that but the lens is
a 2.5 zoom starting at 24mm whereas this is 12X starting at 25mm so it's not
the same camera -- the Panasonic LX's and the earlier Digilux's were
essentially the same, yes? That was my impression.  Apparently many
connoisseurs reacted this way to the CL when it came out but now we like it.
I suspect when Leica puts its name on something it attempts to control
quality sufficiently to protect its brand, which lives and dies on that
issue.

AND of course the whole conversation is moot because what was wanted
included a viewfinder, which neither the Digilux not the LX3 has.

Vince



On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:49 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> I think I already have one. It's called a Panasonic ZS3. Only 10 MP
> but same lens so probably less noise. Not a bad camera, pocketable and
> handy but it's now discontinued.
>
> Jim Laird
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> wrote:
> > It's Panasonic finger nail sized sensor re-badged, with the Leica name
> > premium.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
> > gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> News for Larry who wanted a high quality digital pocket-sized camera and
> we
> >> all argued for forty days and forty nights until Satan threatened to
> turn
> >> all our bread into rocks..... did we not know about this at the time? B
> & H
> >> lists it at $699.  No doubt the price is locked in everywhere. That's
> $200
> >> more than the Canon G11 but it's much smaller and has a 12X zoom (25-300
> >> equiv).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/686706-USA/Leica_18391_V_LUX_20_Digital_Camera.html#Physical
> >>
> >> Ooops I forgot probably no viewfinder. Still, worth a look.
> >>
> >> _
> >>
> >
> >
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