Re: [Leica] Was Digilux 2 Review, Now Frank Van Riper Speaks

["Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>]

Now your actually disappointed to discover that Mr. Van Riper does 
ACTUALLY USE equipment BEFORE writing his reviews, unlike say, yourself? 
Well B.D., in response to this I can only quote someone far wiser than 
me.... "Better to say nothing and have others think you a fool then to 
open your mouth and remove all doubt".

Regards and Goodnight,

Greg

B. D. Colen wrote:

>Good, Greg - Of course that doesn't respond to my pointing out that his
>"review" is nothing but a recitation of FEATURES and FEEL. I didn't see
>anything about noise at various isos; I don't see anything about the
>appearance of the images; I don't see anything about the kinds of
>digital distortion that do or don't appear, and under what circumstances
>they appear; I don't see anything about color accuracy; I don't see
>anything about the fact that the camera only has a top iso of 400, which
>is definitely limiting in terms of low light use, and which suggests
>that it may be noisier at 400 iso than less expensive DSLRS with
>interchangeable lenses; I don't see anything about write times for
>images, and  on and on and on. I'm glad you and Frank Van Ripper are
>such chums - but that really doesn't respond to my questions/criticisms
>at all. And, again, you well know that it doesn't.
>
>Hey, why not just wait and point us to the Dpreview review when it runs;
>it will be a REVIEW of the camera, and not just a recitation of
>features. ;-)
>
>Your pal,
>
>B. D.
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