Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, well, well. Interesting camera. I like all the looky-feely talk, their priorities seem to match my tastes. But that really has little to do with getting pictures. The main advantage I see, functionally, over the Olympus 330 is that Panasonic has finally provided a 4/3 system that uses USB 2.0 High Speed, which non of the Olys do. This makes a real difference on- site, the download speed lets the photographer clear the camera much, much faster. The other interesting feature, IMO, is the fact the autofocus works in the mirror-up mode. I suppose there is no reason now not to make an interchangable lens EVF, should the quality of the EVFs ever get good enough. It will be fun to actually handle one of these when they actually show up in the store. Panasonic (Matsushita) is a large enough manufacturer to sustain a significant pipeline if the demand grows with the system. Will On Jun 21, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > On the Panasonic site there's an interesting discussion of this camera > and the Leica/Panasonic lens - although (warning to Frank) it's > marketing so don't get too excited. > > Surf to: > > <http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/lumix/> > > Then click on "Developers tell the story" which is below the big > picture of the camera at the top left of the page. Vol. 4 deals with > the Leica D Varia-Elmarit lens. > > Pricey bugger though and this doesn't even have a red dot on > it . . . yet. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information