Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html