Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] The Elusive Digilux 3 compared to the L1 and Oly 330E
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Feb 28 20:07:56 2007
References: <200702200421.l1K4Jusg023863@server1.waverley.reid.org> <CD2F6AD9-9D8C-4688-9B81-C5DCCB354407@netvigator.com> <733837FB-3C6D-47E2-8670-882682489A44@ncable.net.au> <20070226121145.77F6A2FC6D@donald.hostspirit.ch>

thanks, very helpful

On 26/02/2007, at 23:11, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> Alastair
>
> I have followed several discussions about that on a german oly  
> forum. Yes the O.I.S. works with the Vario Elmarit on a Oly e-330  
> body - but in the "stabilize: always" mode only. Oly users reported  
> it is very power consuming and the accus went down in less than the  
> half of the usual time when they used the Leica lens. Others also  
> reported the O.I.S. significantly lowers the picture quality in  
> terms of sharpness and contrast. One user wrote he had to fix the  
> Elmarit's aperture ring as it did not work in manual mode on the  
> oly e-330.
>
> Optical quality seems to be almost equal; the Zuiko may be a tad  
> better, as users reported the Vario Elmarit vignets slightly more @  
> wide angle/wide open.
>
> On the plus side, the Vario Elmarit on L1/D-3  is said to be faster  
> in autofocus mode than the Zuiko (both used on a e-330).
>
> The users recommended the Zuiko 14-54 for Oly bodies, and the Leica  
> 14-50 for the L1/Digilux-3 bodies, but not a cross-over combination.
>
> Didier
>
>
>
>> Howard, does the IS work on the OLY?
>> cheers
>> Alastair
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer) ([Leica] The Elusive Digilux 3 compared to the L1 and Oly 330E)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] The Elusive Digilux 3 compared to the L1 and Oly 330E)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] The Elusive Digilux 3 compared to the L1 and Oly 330E)