Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Alternative to Digi2: G5 or C5060?
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:05:53 -0800
References: <200402271936.LAA00846@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <404A46E9.2020901@verizon.net>

Stan

Consensus?  You want consensus, contact BD!  He has it.

Jerry

Stan Yoder wrote:

> OK, the Canon G5 and Olympus 5060 have been mentioned here recently as having merit. Any consensus
> about which is better, if at all? The G5 has a 1-stop faster lens, which might make it easier to put
> backgrounds out of focus, repeat 'might.' Anything the 5060 has that the G5 doesn't?
>
>  From what I can read, the G5 only outputs in JPEG, whereas the 5060 apparently will do TIFF and RAW
> as well, eliminating compression artifacts. But when I handled a G5 at a store I thought, repeat
> 'thought' I was able to get a TIFF choice in the menu. Anyone confirm that?
>
> Stan Yoder
> Pittsburgh
>
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