Re: RE: [Leica] And Now for Something Completely Different

[GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>]

B. D. Colen writes in part:

> Actually, I read this "review" yesterday, and was about to post 
> it. But
> then I realized that there is not one word about RESULTS - in fact,
> there is no real indication that Van Ripper actually USED the camera,
> just that he handled one. But there is NOTHING in this review to indicate 
> that Van Ripper actually USED the camera and has images from it that he can
> compare to those from any other camera. 

Your not serious I hope? Perhaps you missed all of the following which I quote from his article:

"Hell, there's even a round shutter speed dial that you twirl with your fingers – my kind of "digital" control – as well as a manual focusing ring that feels as if it were placed on the lens deliberately, and not as some post-production afterthought."

and

"But in the case of the Digilux 2, it appears as if Germany has had a major input as to the way the camera actually looks and feels."

and

"Put simply, the Digilux 2 is a camera that just handles like the real thing."

and

"One of the first I noted – and which took me back a whole lot of years to the days of split image rangefinder focusing in oldtime SLR's – was the Leica's novel system for manual focusing. Turn the focusing ring while peering through the viewfinder and the center part of your image suddenly will enlarge so that you can focus a whole lot more precisely."

and

"As for the lens, it's Leica glass, which should be all that I need to say. A 28-90 mm (35mm equivalent) Vario Summicron zoom that is plenty fast at f.2-2.4. And sharp, too – aspherical glass with 13 elements in 10 groups."

and

"The pop-up flash, for example, is a very discreet thing that is slightly elevated to lessen red eye. But it also can be clicked into a 45-degree angle (unheard of on almost every other digicam of its kind) to render far more natural-looking flash photographs." 

and

"Here, you actually can adjust white balance within the chosen menu, via a series of click stops that show real-time changes in the viewfinder or LCD."

and 

"There is a "burst" shooting mode that I made out to be about 3-4 frames per second."

 


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