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Subject: RE: [Leica] Digilux 2 short hands-on test
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:52:52 -0500

Jerry asked of the Digi2 ---
Exactly how does this camera compare with the Panasonic equivalent,
except for the red dot?
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It costs about $300 more...And, oh, ya, it has a red dot, silver trim,
and an oh-so-very-slightly different body curves. Definitely worth $300
more.

B. D.


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry
Lehrer
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:06 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 short hands-on test


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.



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!
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>  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!
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>  nd!
> er $1000 I'd probably buy one, but not for $1850, no way.
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