D-Lux 3 Flash

[PVB]

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Hello, this is my first post on this forum. I got my girlfriend a D-Lux 3 for Christmas and she used it this weekend at her nephews 6th birthday party. It seems the flash works great at about 7ft from subject. Any closer and the picture is cooked. further away and it is too dark. Also if it is not at 28mm equevilent then it is about 2 stops too dark. Also about every picture had motion blur. She used Program, Auto, and Aperture priority all blurry. even when eating cake or opening presents (Not Moving!) the image stablization was set to 2. We never had any problems like this with her Canon elph 3.2mp. It seems like a lot of work for such poor results. Has anyone else had problems like this? Does it need to be repaired.

[Par70]

I had similar results....

I tried adjusting the flash output...you can set this in the d-lux menus...but I found it to be too much of a bother...

The camera just didnt work well for family pictures...

I could get good shots if I moved in close and lowered the flash...

But as you move away the pictures look soft...( watercolor like)

You will get a bunch of posters that will tell you the camera is set incorrectly...and that you have the ois off...but I tried many settings and even sent the camera back to leica to have it evaluated..

They set it to factory settings and returned it with the same problems....

Look around...you will see great pics with the camera...100 iso and close up...no flash..

I wish you good luck...you will get a bunch of posts saying I am wrong...but this is the Leica forum..and dlux owners seem to take this personally...

I am not saying that the camera is bad...but it may not be good for what you are using it for...

I sold mine...there are better p&s cameras for indoor family pics...

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[gesper]

If you need to use on-camera flash this is probably not the camera for you. I avoid it at all costs. If I can't use the DLux3 at 200 or below ISO without flash, I dont use it. I only use the flash if I absolutely have to have a picture regardless of what it looks like. Actually, this has been true of every P&S I have owned as on-camera flash snapshots usually look like crap anyway.

[schatzoy]

I agree with Par70 and PVB. The D-Lux3 is great outdoors but indoors...forget it. I have bought myself a Nikon D80 DSLR last week and I am finally getting the results I was hoping to get from the D-Lux3. I know the D80 plays in a different league. But even my 4-year old Canon Powershot S45 with 4MP made better pics than my D-Lux3.

[dugby]

I inititially had similar issues with my daughter's D-Lux2 when I had set the ISO to a fixed 80.

 

After seeing a bad run of photo's, even with OIS Mode-2, I decided to try her with Auto-ISO,....

now her photo's are great.

 

I suspect the D-Lux 2 and 3 cameras are better suited to AUTO-ISO.

[ECliffordSmith]

Paul,

 

I own the D-Lux 2 not the D-Lux 3 but I believe that the flash is the same in both models.

 

Whilst this is not the camera of choice for flash photography the results you are reporting seem to indicate a camera issue. I personally use the flash in aperture priority mode as this locks the shutter speed in conjunction with the flash output level (set through the exposure compensation).

 

Perhaps you could post some of the results? There are plently of people here who own these cameras who could comment.

 

I hope this is of some use to you.

[j_w_davies]

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I've got the D-Lux 2, and when I want to use the flash I set the camera to fully manual. The manual focus is easy to set, and gives you a fast response, and changing the aperture/shutter speed with the joystick gives you great control over the look of the photograph.

[barjohn]

I too had a D-Lux3 and was having similar results with flash. I was never happy with flash results and since its low light capability is lacking I sold mine. I replaced it with an R-D1 and now an M8:) However, I am thinking of getting the Canon G7 for my wife as she wants all auto and I want ability to take control of it on the occasion I need to use it.