[Leica] What would you do with $200

[aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)]

To take you seriously for a moment, it might actually be worth the extra 
money to some folks...

I already bought the LX1 (and therefore saved the $200), but I believe the 
Leica comes with a 3-year warrantee (vs 1 for the Panasonic) and Photoshop 
Elements (not with the Panasonic), in addition to the red dot.  If you need 
PSE and want the added warrantee, it might be worth the extra $200.  Up to 
you.  There may also be slight differences in the internal programming, 
which might result in a real functional difference...don't know yet...have 
to wait for the Leica reviews to see if that's the case.

Either way, budget some $ for an extra battery and a couple of memory 
cards.  This thing eats batteries and fills up those cards as, I believe, 
most similar cameras do.

-Aaron

PS--The Panasonic version in black is very cute...If you are single and 
don't want to be, I definitely recommend that one.  ;)


>Hi all. This is a Leica loyalty question.
>What would you do with $200?
>Would you spend it in a nice chrome body with a red dot or use it for 
>something else?
>The Leica D-Lux 2 is comming....and so is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1.
>Same cars different colors...
>I mean, would you spend $200 for a filter screw?
>;-)
>peace
>David