[Leica] Digital questions . . . .

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Norm, its a slippery slope. As for the SD cards, you can easily check  
the camera's instructions at the time you buy it: they almost  
certainly will upgrade the firmware to cope with 2 gb cards, I know  
the DMR has a firmware upgrade to go to the 4 gb cards. Although the  
reviews do not say, I know the instruction book with my cameras  
quickly told you what size it would accept: if not, try it in the shop.

As for batteries, we bought the cheapest ones we could to back up the  
Olympus for our trip to Antarctica and they have functioned every bit  
as well as the branded one that came with the camera.

The slippery slope is the hidden cost of going digital: but you will  
find out ;-)

On 09/10/2006, at 7:15, Norm Aubin wrote:

> Greetings all -
>
> I'm preparing to order a new Leica D-Lux3 this evening - it's time  
> to try
> digital capture - and I'm not able to go for an M8 yet - if ever.
>
> In addition to the camera I'm going to order a bunch of SD cards  
> and a spare
> battery - and therein lies the question!
>
> I saw Brian's point about the 2GB cards being at the knee in the
> cost/capacity curve - but neither SanDisk nor Lexar seem to
> be able to assure that their 2GB cards will work with the D-Lux 3  
> or the
> Panasonic equivalents - whereas they both assure that
> their 1GB cards will work.  Does anyone have experience yea or nay  
> about
> these two brands and the Leica P&S cameras,
> I'm not sure that the DSLR or R9 cameras are enough the same to  
> count . . .
> or do you have an practical experience with other
> makers of SD cards to give a recommendation.
>
> Batteries are the other question - the Leica branded battery, the  
> BP-DC4 is
> listed at $59.00, but USBATTERY.net has them at
> $11.49, and a charger for $16.99 - the set for $25.48.  Can one  
> really get a
> battery at that price and expect it to work well - or are
> there other discount (but reputable) sources out there?
>
> I've just returned from a week in Jacksonville Fl., shooting M6  
> with 24/35 &
> 50 mm lenses and lots of Portra 160 and UC100, film
> is in  process and then into scanning.  I love my M6, but after  
> reading
> about the M8 and about the D Lux-3 and then looking at all the
> work I've got in front of me to get images ready - I'm ready to  
> take the
> first baby step into the 21st century.
>
> In a similar vein - I've been using MIS inks in my Epson 1280 with  
> great
> success on Epson Enhanced Matte papers, I can get neutral
> and cool images with no effort using the Roark curves, but nothing  
> else
> works well - no other paper I've tried yet fails to give banding!
> Anyone getting success using the 1280 and other brands of paper  
> with MIS
> inks, and how'd you get it to work?
>
> Thanks all for any advice you can give -
> Norm
>
>
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