Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 short hands-on test
From: Patrick Jelliffe <pbjbike@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:37:41 -0800 (PST)

Jay,

Good to see you here.  Thanks for the hands on review.
 Looking forward to your future posts.

Regards,

Patrick

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