The Leica DLux-3 is sibling to the Panasonic LX2. They share all the hardware, other than the external case styling, but the image processing firmware and JPEG settings are somewhat different reflecting the two different companies' notions of what is best for their clientele. They are both manufactured by Panasonic, the Leica model is then subjected to additional QC scrutiny by Leica.
Aside from the sensitivity issues, in general I find these small pocketables poor when it comes to responsiveness (although not as bad as some might make out), as well as being too small and fiddly with respect to control ergonomics. My Rollei 35S, tiny as it was and peculiar as its layout seems to the new user, is a remarkably simple camera to learn and operate with little to get in the way of setting focus, aperture and exposure time, framing and making a photograph. Same for the Minox 35GT-E, the Contax Tix APS film camera, and the assortment of Minox subminiatures I hang on to for sentimental reasons. While a lot of very good work can/has been done with the ultracompact digital cameras, most are simply a chore for me to work with and I lose more great photographs than I make with them. I have one of the "now cult item" Fuji F30s ... the only camera in the class that has an ISO 400 setting that is halfway usable imo ... and every time I take a few pictures with it that are good I hear myself saying "if only I'd had the other camera with me ..." As soon as I hear myself saying that, the F30 goes on the shelf and I forget it exists for a few months. Godfrey On Jun 17, 2008, at 3:13 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > 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. >> -- 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.
