[Leica] Pt Three of Digilux 2 posted

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

On Sunday, Apr 11, 2004, at 21:42 Asia/Hong_Kong, 
lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> Message: 18
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:29:05 +0100
> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Pt Three of Digilux 2 posted
> In a fit of enthusiasm I bought the Panasonic version - I prefer black
> and the Leica was not in stock. I don't like the EVF at all though it
> does have the benefit for me of not needing a spectacles change to
> review the images. It feels like a camera for a change, I like the
> controls being in the normal places and the results are excellent!
> Still, I am not fond of zoom lenses and they preclude a nice optical
> finder, so I guess I have to wait a bit longer for a digital camera I
> really like. I already prefer digital to film, just not the cameras.
> Frank

Luggers,
The following discussion on photonet also deals with users' experience 
of their Digilux 2's and LC 1's.

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007ul9

I am ordering some CV viewfinders from Dr Yao to compensate for the EVF 
and we together have discovered that a Metz 32 CT4 on a G15 grip turns 
the Digilux 2 / LC 1 into a formidable flash machine. This is kind of 
important if you don't want the slow shooting of recording in RAW but 
prefer the lack of grain using ISO 100 JPEGS. It is not, I admit, an 
available-light Leica-style approach to low light photography - but the 
results are surprisingly good!  It is a "slightly" flawed camera (the 
EVF and no RAW buffer) but, in my opinion, the best of the P&S bunch in 
terms of ergonomics. I am growing to really like it very much.

Cheers,
Howard