RE: [Leica] OT Digital question

["Bill" <woc2@earthlink.net>]

B D,
  I never got any free equipment from Olympus :->  but I currently have the
Stylus 400 (a disappointment after owning film based Stylus for years), the
5050 and the E10 in question.
  The 5050 does not seem up to the level of the E10 even though it is a 5mp.
I will admit not having done a direct test, perhaps I should......
  We had looked into moving to the E20 a while back but that will not solve
the current issue.
  Quite agree with the lag comments but again, we are dealing with She Who
Must Be Obeyed and although she has her own Nikon outfit and has been taking
very nice photographs for decades, she has never warmed up to the M outfits
I have introduced into the household, from CLs to 6s to the current 7.
Besides once you add a few lenses to the bag she is back to the same problem
anyhow.
  It very will could be that what she wants does not yet exist, or it does
and it's the Digilux 2 or it's Panasonic sister.  Perhaps the answer will be
to actually try some of the recommend cameras and let her make her own
decision.

Thanks to the others that answered as well. I made a folder of responses to
assist.

Bill

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:28 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT Digital question


I have gotten free equipment from Olympus:

That said - Having used all three cameras, I will say the lag time on
the Olympus C5050 or C5060 is shorter than that on the Canon G5 -
obviously not only is it nowhere near the lag time on an M, it's nowhere
near the lag time on a good DSLR, but that's the nature of the digital
p&ses.... The C5050 has an f 1.8 lens, and can be found on sale.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
rclompus@cox.net
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:04 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] OT Digital question


The Canon G5 although not pocketable has an f 2 lens at some focal
lengths.
Try www.dpreview.com - this site has a number of reviews that may
shorten
your search.  Nothing has the short shutter lag time of an M6 or even R6
for
that matter.

Richard Clompus
>
> From: JCB <jcb@visualimpressions.com>
> Date: 2004/02/29 Sun PM 10:45:44 EST
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] RE:  OT Digital question
>
> Contax makes some very pocketable digital cameras that are Zeiss
> sharp! I
> hear nothing but accolades from my colleagues.
>
> JB
>
>
> At 10:25 PM 2/29/2004 -0500, Bill wrote:
> >I'll probably regret this but here goes.  If you have no digital
> >desires, quickly hit the DELETE key.
> >
> >She Who Must Be Obeyed just returned from 9 days in Italy.  Because
> >of the
> >nature of the trip, she only brought one camera, an Olympus E10.  She
> >is very happy with the results of this camera but got to wondering if
> >there was
> >not something a bit smaller and perhaps more importantly, lighter.
> >Yes I know, the M7 with a lens would be smaller and lighter but not
> >as flexible, and for these trips, she prefers digital anyhow.  An R
> >would also be going in the wrong direction, as would our Fuji S2, so
> >the question is, has anyone
> >used a smaller camera that would produce as good an image as the E10? I
> >know there are plenty out there with a higher pixel rating but that
> >does not
> >always translate into better image as we all know.  Just by chance I
> >happened to be playing with the new Leica Digilux 2 on Friday.  Aside
from
> >hurdle of the 1,850 tag, the Nintendo viewfinder annoys me and there
> >is the
> >nagging question about others that may perform as well.  The new
> >Canon G5
> >has received some good 'press' from folks that should know good from ok.
> >I guess what I'm attempting to do is narrow down the search using the
> >collective wisdom of those that have actually used a digital that
> >they are happy with the large prints from.  Preferably with an
> >optical 4x or larger zoom, a relatively fast lens, and hopefully an
> >optical viewfinder.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any help.
> >Bill

- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html