Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: P&S cameras
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Wed Sep 27 09:05:27 2006
References: <200609261530.k8QFU6SZ095395@server1.waverley.reid.org> <FEE5797F-5F2F-4FCF-A3FD-CC76242B8E06@optonline.net> <9b678e0609261021v4f77563fn68924488fca5d385@mail.gmail.com>

Although you can get a nice shed for the backyard WITH concrete pad!

Adam

On 9/26/06, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
> Larry,
> The trick is that it was $50 45 years ago.  Mercedes were in the $4000 
> range
> and you could buy a nice suburban home for $18,000.  Now, $18000 won't buy
> you a bathroom.  :)
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 9/26/06, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sep 26, 2006, at 11:30 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting. Quite a big sensor for such a camera. Knowing Sigma it
> > > won't be expensive as the way overpriced Ricoh GR-D, and probably
> > > much faster in cardwriting speed, too. I would not hesitate to buy
> > > this one for my alpine hikes where 28mm is my preferred FL, but all
> > > this camera unfortunately misses is an accessory shoe for adding a
> > > 28mm finder (CV or other).
> > > Didier
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06092604sigmadp1.asp
> > >> -------------------------------------
> > >> regards, mehrdad
> > >
> >
> >
> > I am disappointed that most of the new high quality fixed focal lens
> > P&S cameras, Ricoh, Fuji, and now Sigma, don't include an eye level
> > viewer. These are basically grab shot cameras. There is a qualitative
> > difference in simply being able to bring the camera to your eye and
> > snap a picture and being required to hold the camera a foot or so
> > away to compose the shot on a LCD finder. Its the difference between
> > a Leica and an SLR. I know - aftermarket finders can be attached to
> > most of them but these make it difficult to slip in and out of a
> > pocket. How hard would it be to include an eye level finder? They
> > don't take much space and are cheap to make. My old Olympus Pen 1/2
> > frame camera (not the SLR) had a very decent finder and the whole
> > camera cost only $50 new.
> >
> > Larry Z
> >
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> >
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: P&S cameras)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: P&S cameras)