Re: [Leica] Minilux Question

[nbwatson@juno.com (N. B. Watson)]

Congratulations are in order,  to your wife on her upcoming Leica!  My
wife was also the recipient of a Canon ELPH and had sharpness problems
with it also.  I expected it not to perform up to Leica standards or
course, plus the smaller APS format adds to the problem.  I mounted the
little fellow on a Leica table tripod (carefully...the ELPH's tripod bush
is plastic!) and took some test shots on ISO 100 film using the delayed
action.  My conclusion is that much of the ELPH's sharpness losses are
accountable to camera shake...hard to avoid what with the minuscule size
and slowish lens.  The point to this all is that all "mini" cameras to a
certain extent seem rather sensitive to holding technique, and the zoom
models because of their slower lenses, are even more so.  Those of us
with experience handle it in stride, but our happy-snapper spousal units
might benefit from some help in that area.  BTW, the ELPH now accompanies
me everywhere in my coatpocket and it has performed surprisingly well
when called upon.

Regards,
Nigel

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:56:36 -0400 "Richard Clompus"
<rclompus@voicenet.com> writes:
>Dear Fellow LUGnuts,
>
>I made the mistake of purchasing my wife a Canon Elf APS camera.  The 
>camera
>is small, convenient but the zoom lens isn't sharp.  Even my wife 
>commented
>that the images didn't seem clear.  I am about to purchase her first 
>Leica.
>I thought I'd get her the Minilux Zoom.  I already have the Contax T2 
>and
>TVS cameras for travel.
>
>Has anyone had any experience with the Minlux Zoom?  Any comments 
>would be
>helpful.  The top shutter speed is only 1/250 of a second.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Happy shooting,
>
>Richard
>Richard Clompus, OD
>West Chester, PA
>
>

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