Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGers Today I also had my first experience with this camera. Our local dealer has a demonstrator Dig. 2, and I spent 30 minutes with it. Quite versatile. I can probably get it over a Sunday, but my computer can't handle it. (Windows 3.1, non pentium 386, 8meg RAM). I was impressed by how much cropping and sizing can be done in the camera, but maybe other cameras can do this. Exactly how does this camera compare with the Panasonic equivalent, except for the red dot? Jerry Leicajay@aol.com wrote: > My local dealer got a Digilux2 for a customer yesterday and I had the chance to handle it while he was there to pick it up. I was surprised at the size, it is about 30% thicker (deeper) than an M camera, and sized between a CL and an M but closer to an M (we had both for comparison in the store). It's also *heavy* for a non-DSLR, the heaviest P&S digicam I've ever held. Finish is really nice pseudo-Leica, much nicer than the Miniluxes. The lens (according to the store owner, I forgot to verify this, sounds fishy) takes a 69mm filter???? The electronic viewfinder is not as bad as ones I've seen in the past (Minolta Dimage 7Hi, Nikon 5700) but it ain't no rangefinder. The zigzag built-in flash has great features but a complicated deployment that could be troublesome, time will tell. The manual-camera-type interface is a welcome relief from the multiple pushbuttons, dials and LCD menus which must be memorized in order to work other digicam P&S's. The coverage of the le! > ns! > is really a perfect range for the type of general snapshooting, travel-documentation, etc photography this camera will probably be used for by 90% of its (most likely very small # of) buyers and the extensive depth of field at even the "equivalent" 90mm end (actually 22.7mm) might be useful for that kind of shooting. But if you like to emphasize a subject against an OOF background, forget it, it's impossible (well maybe there's a way to cheat and do it in Photoshop, I wouldn't know). Will I buy one: in a word, no. It's $350 more than a Canon 10D, which I *can* use selective DOF and a whole host of interchangeable lenses and which has a much larger chip. At 5MP with a postage-stamp sized chip the Digilux 2 is already way behind the curve, as the latest digicam P&S's which cost a lot less are coming in at 8MP. And with the Epson-Bessa M-mount digicam in the offing, and a real Leica M digital confirmed, I will wait. The Digilux 2 looks and feels very nice, if it were u! > nd! > er $1000 I'd probably buy one, but not for $1850, no way. > -- > 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