Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Heck, I picked up an Olympus 5050 on closeout and it is an excellent camera. Lets see, 5MP, F1.8 (w) to F2.6 (t) lens, negligible shutter lag when pre-focused. It has gorgeous image quality and very little noise even at 400 iso when using RAW mode. Full manual controls too. A steal at $500. Too bad they discontinued it. Mike D Félix López de Maturana wrote: >>My local dealer yesterday showed me the MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) >>in the Leica book for the D2 at US $1850. >> >>Yes, too high for what it is. >> >>Will von Dauster >>Denver > > > I have ordered a Sony 828. 8 Mpixels, with a Carl Zeiss 28-200 mm, 4 colour > sensor, very short shooting delay, two different cards, magnesium body and > very well built, in fact a excellent p&s digital! Price: 60% of new Digilux. > Both will have for sure a lot of noise at high ASA values due to the small > size of sensor but quite usable at 100 ASA. Why paying more! In my humble > opinion the Sony is the small digital camera to use right now. > > May be in the future there will be a Leica M digital with full frame sensor, > 64-1600 ASA and ready for using M lenses. Not yet. > > Felix > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html