My wife has the DLux Leica. It is a nice camera, little shutter lag, good autofocus, good exposure calculations. But, like most "modern" P&S cameras, no viewfinder. So you have to hold the stinking thing at arms length to frame the image. Oh, and I tried to tell her it was a clone of the Panasonic and we could save a couple hundred bucks, even after we bought some red paint, but she wanted the factory-applied red Leica dot.
stan On Jun 17, 2008, at 5:13 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. >> >> 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. -- 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.
