[Leica] Dlux2

[csemetko at earthlink.net (Craig Semetko)]

Aaron,

I'm chuckling over here because you gave me EXACTLY the information I 
was looking for! It was almost as if you created those pages for me. 
Thank you! And Jerry, thanks for the input as well. I have read the DP 
Review review and am aware of the noise issues. Thanks for the 
heads-up, though.

Thanks again, Aaron, you really helped me out. Think I'll be getting 
one of these after all...

Cheers,

Craig


On Jan 10, 2006, at 10:00 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> Message: 29
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:54:36 -0500
> From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Dlux2
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
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> Hi Craig,
>
> I have the LX1.  I think it's viable for pretty fast shooting in the
> street...it won't beat a Leica M, but it beats my old Stylus Epic.
>
> I put my first impressions of the LX1 on my webpage here:
> http://www.duke.edu/~ahh2/2005_10_18_LX1First/whythiscam.html
> and here:
> http://www.duke.edu/~ahh2/2005_10_20_NCStateFair2005/LX1_street.html
>
> In answer to your questions:
>
> You can use it exactly the way you describe...the manual settings
> (aperture, shutter speed, focus distance in feet or meters including a 
> DOF
> scale!) are quite easy to do with the separate "joystick" and once you 
> set
> them they are there until you change them...it definitely remember the
> settings between shots.  If you turn it off it will remember the 
> exposure
> but not the focus setting.  If you don't touch any buttons for a while 
> the
> thing goes to sleep, but when you wake it up the same settings are 
> still
> there.  I've developed the tick of half-pressing the shutter button to 
> keep
> it from going to sleep.
>
> Issues with using it this way are:
> 1) There is a lag of a couple of seconds between shots if you are 
> shooting
> RAW files.  Much faster for jpg.  I still shoot RAW for the 
> flexibility in
> post-processing.
> 2) RAW files are huge...16MB each...I get 53 shots per 1GB card.  You 
> need
> several cards and plenty of storage space on your computer.  I just
> installed two new 250GB drives.  :)
> 3) Battery life can become an issue when you leave the camera on for a 
> long
> time as there's no way to turn off the big bright LCD.  I bought a 2nd 
> battery.
>
> That said, it's a small camera and I like it very much.  I do miss the 
> M
> viewfinder for composing, I find the LCD (nice as it is) to be a very
> different feel since you're looking at a 2D projection of the scene 
> rather
> than the the 3D sort-of-looking-through-the-camera feeling of the M.  I
> feel less a part of the scene, less connected to it, the when I'm 
> using my
> M.  But it's a lot smaller and a LOT lighter...and digital.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best,
> Aaron
>
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm interested in the Dlux2/LXI as it is small and has manual 
>> ability. Are
>> there any pro shooters out there using it and, if so, what are your
>> impressions? Is it viable for fast shooting in the street? As in, set 
>> it
>> at 28mm, set a hyperfocal distance, and fire away? If you take a shot 
>> like
>> under those, does it remember the settings or switch back to auto? 
>> I'm not
>> asking what the depth of field is, I'm just asking if it's relatively
>> simple to set the camera manually, have an idea of your hyperfocal
>> distance, and leave it that way for a long period of time without 
>> having
>> to restart the camera or reset the controls.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Craig