Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for reminding me of one of my favourite places, H?kan. I often go to Louisian when I am in Copenhagen, especially because many of the bluckbuster photo exhibits tend to be mounted there--for example, the big Mapplethorpe exhibit a few years ago, Cartier-Bresson's "Europeans" and so on. Nathan H?kan Dennersten wrote: > Hello H?kan the lurker here . > > I have seen that there have'nt been any discussions yet about D-Lux2, > > I got mine Saturday and had some time during a little trip to Lousiana > Art Centre North of Copenhagen to try it Yesterday. > > Pictures here: > > http://www.hd.pp.se/gallery/album54 > > No masterpieces... but it shows a little what the camera can do. > > > Information about camera : http://www.leica-camera.com/ > digitalekameras/dlux2/index_e.html > > So some first impressions: > > * It's a lot smaller and cooler than i thought. It's really an eye > catcher which even no photonerds liked to ask about. > * The screen is great. > * Lens is razorsharp. > * Anti shake system seems to work really well, se the pictures. I > managed to hold 1/13 s, with decent result. > * It got RAW, Tif and JPG. > * 8,5 MP > * There is all automatic, and manual if you need. > > So it sounds like a dream camera ... yes almost ... > > BUT there is one big drawback- > > ISO is just 80 - 400. > > Above 100 you need to set the camera on "reduce noise". When you have > done so, it's OK up 200 ... but 400 is quite useless if you want > something bigger than small webpics out of your shooting. So thats > kind of a bummer ... > > However, there is a cure. > > If you shoot in RAW, Adobe Raw plugin cleans it very nicely. So it's > not that big thing for me, i am shooting RAW most of the time. > > It seems to clean 9 out of 10 good. But it seems that it's no night > time shoots for me with this camera > > Look at this : http://www.hd.pp.se/gallery/album54/louisiania_1 > > > > Best > > > H?kan > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Bicycle project: http://www.fotocycle.nl Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog