Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sorry that,s not what i ment i was commenting on the good digital versus film debate the point if any i was trying to make that digital is good enough for most purposes,lot cheaper and faster to make then film. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 > Simon > > Whoa! Right there, please. Is there an ethnic propensity to favor > certain color rendition rather than another? What tonality would > a German prefer over a Japanese preference? > > I am really in the dark on this matter. > > Jerry > > simonogilvie@totalise.co.uk wrote: > > > On 2/20/04 6:44 AM, "Sonny Carter" www.sonc.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:45:17 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote > > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04021305pansonicluminlc1.asp > > > > > >> In the case of the Digilux I (as if it has that much to do with the Digilux > > >> II) the software in the Panasonic did not cut the mustard. There > > >> lies the rub. A mustard rub. Which could go either way. The Leica > > >> was Liked. The Panasonic was panned. And might have strangely cost > > >> more money than the Leica. > > > > > > Huh? Do you mean bundled software or onboard? I doubt there is very much > > > difference in the cameras except colors, logos and number of red dots. There > > > is a difference in the bundled software, and the warranty. > > > > There absolutely is a difference between the onboard software of the > > two cameras. We had it "from the horses mouth" at our visit to Leica > > in the UK that the firmware on the Digilux 1 was "tuned" by Leica to > > produce the sort of colours and tonality that would appeal to Leica > > users, rather than the "Japanese colours" (their words not mine) of > > the Panasonic. > > > > I don't know of the same is true with the Digilux 2, but it wouldn't > > surprise me. > > > > Simon. > > > > ---- Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/ > > -- > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html