Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ohmigod. They are the SAME camera, for God's sake. We're not talking differences in image quality created by software, we're talking differences in national/ethno color preferences. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:22 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Digilux 2 short hands-on test > The C5060 is an excellent high-end P&S. It's viewfinder is nothing to > write home about, but beyond that, I have no complaints. Of course > it's nowhere near as 'cool' as the Digi2. But frankly, it doesn't > surprise me at all that it came out even with, or slightly ahead of > the digi2. Just to be clear (and correct), your statement should read: "slightly ahead of the Panasonic". The digi2 wasn't tested (will be next month) but they did give the reader a comparison between the Panasonic and the Digilux 2 (the bundled software). Now, I doubt that the extra price tag will necessarily give it the edge over the Panasonic and thus the Olympus :) Daniel That > is, essentially, the point I've been trying to make since the Digi2 > was > announced- Hey, gang, it's an $1800! friggin point and shoot, with a > essentially the same tiny sensor the $500-700 point and shoots have. But > hey, it looks like a Leica - so it must be worth 3x what similar cameras > cost. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:25 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: Digilux 2 short hands-on test > > > Daniel: > > >FOTO (a German magazine) compared the Panasonic DMC-LC1 (Digilux 2) > >to the Olympus C-5060 (Olympus came out every so slightly on top > > I bought my wife the C-5060 for Christmas. She loves it. I'm > impressed for a point & shoot digital. Lots of nice features. It was > $600. That doesn't bode well for either Panasonic or Leica if the > $600 camera comes out slightly ahead over something 2-3x its price. > > > Eric > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html