Re: [Leica] Digilux Zoom. Was: Digilux use by professionals

[Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com>]

Well I for one don't mind the discussion on digital
cameras.  I don't own a digital camera of any kind,
and it may be some time before I do, but hearing about
how Leica users relate to them is more interesting to
me than going to a generic digital camera list. 

- --- Martyn Oliver <martyn@wordspace.co.uk> wrote:
> This might be a timely place to dip a toe into the
> LUG water.
> 
> For many many years I've used my bashed-about, 
> held-together-with-insulation-tape, silent,
> RANGEFINDER IIIc for 
> everyday 35mm picture taking. Enough said. <laughs>
> 
> Now I've picked up on eBay a second-hand Digilux
> Zoom (one of the 
> Fuji models), and I'd like to ask a few questions in
> the hope of 
> receiving some constructive answers.
> 
> I appreciate that most ppl here will not class this
> camera as a 
> Leica, since it doesn't even have the virtue of
> looking like one. But 
> surely someone in the group was tempted a couple of
> years ago. And 
> clearly the fact that a unit was not manufactured by
> Leitz doesn't 
> preclude its use and discussion here.
> 
> Brian Reid, who I believe is the group's owner,
> suggests I go 
> elsewhere (he writes: "... its purpose [the LUG] is
> to discuss 
> rangefinder film cameras"), but whereas there are no
> doubt many other 
> digital camera discussion groups online, very few of
> them will have 
> knowledge of the Leica range.
> 
> So, should I close the door quietly?
> 
> Martyn
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