Digilux 3 - Next Lens Purchase

[drdannn]

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With a D/3 you can use any 4/3 lens, just like you do with your Oly bodies, as it's a fully 4/3 compliant body. Just to avoid any misunderstanding, let's not confuse 4/3 with the *micro* 4/3 standard, but guess you know all this already.

 

On the D/3, when the aperture ring is missing, the f/stop will be set via the thumb wheel at the back, so you won't miss any function by using an Oly lens, everything will work just as expected.

 

On the other hand, with lenses like the Leica R ones, everything turns to manual and the AF LED will just give you a focus confirmation in the viewfinder.

I do not expect that you will lose anything on the lens brightness as the adapter is just what the name says, something that connects the lens and the body, and not, say, a macro extension tube, which by the way would not allow to focus to infinity.

 

Hope it helps, and of course have my warmest welcome to the forum.

Really appreciate the swift reply, and thanks for the welcome mat! Dan

[DavGreg]

As to your question about the X1.

 

As the owner of a Digilux 1, Digilux 2, & a Lumix L1 (Digilux 3), I will not be buying the thing. It's the most overpriced Point and shoot camera ever made and IMO is a mistake by Leica. I see it as pandering to the Leica wannabe snobs who discounted the Digilux line as PanaLeicas. I really don't care if the thing is made in Mozambique- I do care how it works and how well it's made.

 

You can get the same camera from Sigma for way less than half the price and then pocket the rest or buy a used Digilux 2 and still have money left over. I wouldn't trade my Digilux 1 for the snapshot Leica.

 

Serious cameras have viewfinders and a huge LCD on the back panel is not a viewfinder. For 2 grand Leica could have put a decent EVF on the camera.

[Tekerolant]

(This might be blasphemy to true believers...)

 

I just got a nice telephoto lens: Samyang 85/1.4. It is from Korea and the price was ridiculous 200 euros. The lens has internal focus and an aspherical lens element. Mechanically it is all manual, and I mean ALL: The bayonet is just a plain "lock" without knobs or levers.

 

The build quality is ok and the pictures are surprisingly good, even if you keep the price in mind.