I know about the old Lumixes, and the brick-feeling Leica digitals and all that. My subject line, "the next leica" referred to the way the camera is used, not to the brand name.
But I'll take a look at that thread. Thanks! j On 7/22/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juan, > > A lot of Leica M photogs are, and have used, the Panasonic Lumix. There > results, at least on the web and with the few printed pics I've seen, are > quite good. You may go here: > http://www.leica-camera.com/cgi-bin/discus_e/discus.pl and poke around as a > guest. Right now there's a thread going on about the DMC-LX1 > > Leica and Panasonic have partnered on digi cameras for quite some time, > with Panasonic providing the bodies and electronics and Leica providing - > what else? - the glass. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Juan Buhler > > > I was thinking that I'd like to try one of the new high resolution P&S > > cameras for street shooting. There are now 6Mp and 8Mp compact point > > and shoots, and it is tempting to get one to play with in the > > street... > > > > The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 even has a RAW mode, and at 3:2 the images > > are higher res than the ones from the istD: > > > -- Juan Buhler - SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Posters Chair http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
