Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/20
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>On 20-05-2002 07:00 Allan Wafkowski wrote:
>
>> It's difficult to understand how this happened. Granted, some of the
>> testing procedures are extreme--really, how many people blow up their
>> digital images 200 times? But Panasonic knew what its camera would be up
>> against. How in the world could they have let the cameras leave the
>> plant looking conspicuously less commanding then their peers?
>>
>> I suspect Leica is waiting for improvements before releasing the camera
>> under its name. It hard to ask for a premium price when lower priced
>> cameras are out performing you.
>
>I find all these testing results very odd. Chasseur d'Images has tested the
>Panasonic camera and came to the conclusion that it is an excellent camera,
>with flattering picture quality.
>
>Odd. Very odd.
This has certainly made me cautious. I lost my digital camera and
need one for work. I was going to lash out with the diglux, so that
ifffffff I took a good image, it could still go in for FOM2, but now
the alternatives need to be considered. Please someone tell me it
"aint" so. ;-)
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http://www.familyofman2.com
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