Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe we're talking corporate taste-say Canon glass+Fuji Velvia vs. Agfa RSX + Leica glass. Definitely 2 different looks, one bright and highly (or sometimes over-)saturated, one more "natural". It's all amatter of "Taste". Allen >Simon > >Whoa! Right there, please. Is there an ethnic propensity to favor >certain color rendition rather than another? What tonality would >a German prefer over a Japanese preference? > >I am really in the dark on this matter. > >Jerry > >simonogilvie@totalise.co.uk wrote: > >> On 2/20/04 6:44 AM, "Sonny Carter" www.sonc.com> wrote: >> >> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:45:17 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote >> > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04021305pansonicluminlc1.asp >> > >> >> In the case of the Digilux I (as if it has that much to do with >>the Digilux >> >> II) the software in the Panasonic did not cut the mustard. There >> >> lies the rub. A mustard rub. Which could go either way. The Leica >> >> was Liked. The Panasonic was panned. And might have strangely cost >> >> more money than the Leica. >> > >> > Huh? Do you mean bundled software or onboard? I doubt there is very much >> > difference in the cameras except colors, logos and number of red >>dots. There >> > is a difference in the bundled software, and the warranty. >> >> There absolutely is a difference between the onboard software of the >> two cameras. We had it "from the horses mouth" at our visit to Leica >> in the UK that the firmware on the Digilux 1 was "tuned" by Leica to >> produce the sort of colours and tonality that would appeal to Leica >> users, rather than the "Japanese colours" (their words not mine) of >> the Panasonic. >> >> I don't know of the same is true with the Digilux 2, but it wouldn't >> surprise me. >> >> Simon. >> >> ---- Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/ >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html