Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Compact Camera Conundrum
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Jun 7 13:01:29 2007
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Dave,

Cameras like the Ricoh GRD or this Sigma DP-1 may not be  
professional, but they are certainly not consumer "point and shoots"  
either. I do not know any person who is not into photography who  
would buy a camera with a fixed focal length lens, as both of these  
have, and spend several hundred $ on it, when for considerably less  
he can pick up a camera with zoom and all kinds of other bells and  
whistles. Such a person does not care about RAW etc.

So these two cameras that I am comparing here are aimed at at least  
the serious amateurs and should be judged as such. At least for me,  
when I use the Ricoh GRD, it is the only camera I have with me,  
because I only use it in situations where it is not feasible to bring  
anything else (for example, when I go on business to London next  
week). While I do not expect it to deliver the same image quality as  
my Canon 1D2, I do expect it to deliver quality that is more than  
just "quick snaps". And it does, as long as I keep the ISO at 400 or  
less.

Nathan

On 7-jun-2007, at 18:58, Dave Mason wrote:

>
>
> I think this somewhat misses the idea behind a "point and shoot"
> doesn't it? These are not supposed to be professional cameras and its
> pretty amazing how good they have become at their sizes. I carry the
> Panasonic lx1 of which people complain about the noise - I don't find
> it a problem at all because when I want to shoot at higher ISOs I pull
> out a different camera - why worry? Its designed for my pocket and
> quick snaps - it performs both very admirably.
>
> Dave
>
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