Re: [Leica] Alternative to Digi2: G5 or C5060?

[Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>]

On 3/6/04 8:38 PM, "Leonard J Kapner" <ljkapner@cox.net> wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> I am fortunate to have both the Leica D2 and the Canon G5. Just for fun, I
> took them both with me this morning to make some family snaps at a
> restaurant breakfast. Both set for aperture priority, no flash assist and
> fine JPEG. 
> 
> Net? Resolution results on card are almost identical. On auto indoors with
> fluorescent and some mixed daylight from the east, color balance with the D2
> is "cooler" than the G5, sort of like it used to be between Ektachrome and
> Kodachrome 25 years ago.
> 
> DOF with the D2 at max extension seems shallower than with the G5, perhaps
> the result of a larger sensor size?
> 
> The D2 is very camera-like in its operation, although I'm still getting used
> to the EVF. Its form factor is larger than the G5, but grips nicely due to
> the textured skin and feels substantial. The D2's EVF is preferable to the
> optical viewfinder on the G5.
> 
> Menu visibility in the D2's EVF is excellent. The D2's basic controls are
> just like the film-based rangefinder camera, the G5's are a combination of
> radio buttons as well as two and four-way rocker switches, and there are a
> lot of them - generally a "fussy", non-intuitive human interface design.
> 
> The G5 has very good battery life, the D2 less so, but both were adequate to
> burn through a 256mb card of fine JPEGs without going flat.
> 
> If I could have only one, price no object, I would choose the D2. But
> factoring in the current street price, the G5 is about 3 x less expensive
> than the D2, so I would have to choose the G5.
> 
> Both cameras make excellent snapshots, if that's what you're looking for.
> The D2 approaches being a serious work tool; only time will tell if I begin
> to use it in place of M or R systems cameras for other than amusement and
> family documentation.
> 
> Regarding the other camera mentioned, I have no experience with the C5060,
> other than its designator is the same as the last four digits of my 'phone
> number. :-)
> 
> Hope this is of help.
> 
> Len
> Leonard J Kapner
> E-Mail: ljkapner at cox dot net
> Tel: (310) 377-5060 / Mobile: (310) 291-0140
> 
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Leonard where's you sense of propriety menioning a Leica Digilux 2 is
entirly off topic!


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland, Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/



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