Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I did have one in my hands and it feels much more like a Leica as the digilux 1 and it looks like a big CM. In my opinion it is a bit too big. The camera handles like a 'normal' camera because all the rings and knobs are in the same place. The FV is LCD and will take a lot of getting used to. If you move the camera the vf can't follow as fast as you would like. Also it is not full color, it looks a bit like b&w with a blue haze. The focus is done manually like with a normal lens. As far as i could see no AF. The built in flash is very strange. It does not flash straight into the subject but is under an angle of 45 degrees up. It also looks very tiny. On the other hand it has a hot shoe with the same contacts as the R9. So I presume it is fully compatible with the SCA 3502 flashes. Best regards, Michiel Fokkema Rei Shinozuka wrote: > my observation was clearly uninformed, true, but by "design" i was commenting > on both the physical appearance and the ergonomic features, such as > using rings around the lens barrel. but to your point, once doesn't really > know until one gets one's hands on one, and even then one don't really > really know until one has used it a while. > > -rei > > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 07:24:08AM -0800, Ted Grant wrote: > >>The LEICA DIGILUX 2 is announced >> >> >>>>>but design-wise it's quite fetching.<<< >> >>Hi folks, >>This and many other "it looks nice, well put together, nice feel, cool" >>comments have come to screen. But "nice looking camera doesn't always equate >>to nice looking pictures!" >> >>How many of you have had the moment in life where you've got all excited >>about a, "she sure looks nice, I like the way she's put together!" similar >>to the camera comments. Only later to find when you got her in your >>hands.... "she's pretty looking, but can't do anything worth while compared >>to what you saw and thought! ;-) >> >> >>I'd suggest we all wait to handle this "pretty looking, well put to-gether >>Digilux 2" before we get excited hormones over the picture of a camera. >>Remember we're only seeing the cover and not how well it works. ;-) >>ted >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html