[Leica] A camera for your pocket.... if you can wait a bit longer

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Nope! And more things to come there.
This camera is the Red Dot verson of the Panasonic TZ10. For some odd reason
marketed as  ZS7 in USA.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 25 April 2010 11:03, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> I thought the Panasonic/Leica contract was discontinued quite a while ago.
>  I was told this last July by a Leica dealer.  I would guess that it is not
> a Panasonic, but maybe another alliance?
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:04:25 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A camera for your pocket.... if you can wait a bit
> longer
>
> On the issue of it being a Panasonic sensor, I'm not sure what difference
> this makes, as we already know Leica doesn't make sensors. It ought to be
> Kodak?
>
> But it is a CCD sensor, I notice: the Panasonic LX3 has that but the lens
> is
> a 2.5 zoom starting at 24mm whereas this is 12X starting at 25mm so it's
> not
> the same camera -- the Panasonic LX's and the earlier Digilux's were
> essentially the same, yes? That was my impression.  Apparently many
> connoisseurs reacted this way to the CL when it came out but now we like
> it.
> I suspect when Leica puts its name on something it attempts to control
> quality sufficiently to protect its brand, which lives and dies on that
> issue.
>
> AND of course the whole conversation is moot because what was wanted
> included a viewfinder, which neither the Digilux not the LX3 has.
>
> Vince
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:49 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I think I already have one. It's called a Panasonic ZS3. Only 10 MP
> > but same lens so probably less noise. Not a bad camera, pocketable and
> > handy but it's now discontinued.
> >
> > Jim Laird
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > It's Panasonic finger nail sized sensor re-badged, with the Leica name
> > > premium.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Vince Passaro <
> passaro.vince at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> News for Larry who wanted a high quality digital pocket-sized camera
> and
> > we
> > >> all argued for forty days and forty nights until Satan threatened to
> > turn
> > >> all our bread into rocks..... did we not know about this at the time?
> B
> > & H
> > >> lists it at $699.  No doubt the price is locked in everywhere. That's
> > $200
> > >> more than the Canon G11 but it's much smaller and has a 12X zoom
> (25-300
> > >> equiv).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/686706-USA/Leica_18391_V_LUX_20_Digital_Camera.html#Physical
> > >>
> > >> Ooops I forgot probably no viewfinder. Still, worth a look.
> > >>
> > >> _
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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