Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/11

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Subject: [Leica] Pt Three of Digilux 2 posted
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Sun Apr 11 09:27:13 2004
References: <b02010202-1033-B0BBC6A489E811D880F6000A95C4E7A0@[10.0.1.2]><4078F072.AD60 4F42@chello.nl> <AD08DC8C-8B9A-11D8-9B93-0003938C439E@btinternet.com>

>In a fit of enthusiasm I bought the Panasonic version - I prefer 
>black and the Leica was not in stock. I don't like the EVF at all 
>though it does have the benefit for me of not needing a spectacles 
>change to review the images. It feels like a camera for a change, I 
>like the controls being in the normal places and the results are 
>excellent! Still, I am not fond of zoom lenses and they preclude a 
>nice optical finder, so I guess I have to wait a bit longer for a 
>digital camera I really like. I already prefer digital to film, just 
>not the cameras.

Well, the Contax G has a zooming finder. Granted, most of the zooming 
finders on point-and-shoots suck, but surely Leica could do something 
better? Even having  a fixed magnification with zooming framelines 
would work for me better than an EVF.

Karen




-- 
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/

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