The deal killer is the shutter delay. In truth, I think the Leica is a clone of the Panasonic. Paul On Jun 17, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> Steve Desjardins asked: > "Someone mentioned that some of the P&S cameras are starting to > fill the > niche rangefinders used to have. I'm not agreeing with this, but > what is > the highest quality P&S you can get?" > > A quick trawl of DPR's database got me these: > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sigma/sigma_dp1.asp is a > large sensor > compact. > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Ricoh/ricoh_grdigital2.asp is > the > latest digital version of the cultish GR series. > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_cpp5100.asp & > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_g9.asp are > Nikon's and > Canon's highest spec versatile compacts. > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Fujifilm/fujifilm_F100fd.asp is > Fujifilm's latest in the cultish F**fd series. > > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Leica/leica_dlux3.asp is a > very nice > compact Leica. There's a clone Panasonic but I don't know its name. > > Mostly the cameras I chose are not ultra compact and usually have > redeeming > features to deserve cult status, such as exceptional low light > performance, > a good wide angle lens, good manual controls, good viewfinders (not > just the > rear LCD), RAW file saving, or they just look good. If a camera > doesn't > tick all the boxes it will be outstanding in one or more of the other > criteria. > > It's not a definitive list, just my feelings. > > Regards, > Anthony Farr. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
