Which digicam to replace my Digilux 1?

[lct]

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Funny that i've posted this last year and i'm still unable to replace the D1.

Ganon G9 yes but f/2.8 is slow when one try to get some OoF and i don't like the yellowish and somewhat plasticky look of Canon pics generally. But i did not try the G9 yet. Would you say that the color rendition of the G9 is nice guys?

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[sebastian]

Faced with the same decision a couple of years ago, I went with a Canon S80. Nice camera, nice glass, but bright primary colors... particularly reds and blues... had a very "plasticy" look. So that didn't work out.

 

Then, I went for a D-Lux 3. I know it doesn't have an optical viewfinder. I decided to see if I could live with it.

 

I can. I'm not thrilled about it, but in exchange I get very natural colors, the ability to make very detailed 13"x19" (or greater) prints, and the additional control offered by RAW. Pix at ISO 200 and 400 aren't as good as at 100... but it's less noisy than the D1 at the same speeds. Above 400 is only good for... well, lemme think about it.

 

It's also smaller than the D1, and thanks to the little joystick, much easier to change shutter speeds, aperture, and that sort of thing.

 

I haven't played with the Ricohs, so I can't compare. But as a D1 user, the DL3 is a very usable alternative. Even if it doesn't have a viewfinder.

 

Think of it as a teeny-tiny view camera. The tilts & shifts happen in Photoshop.

 

Dave

[lct]

Still need this little window Dave sorry.

 

[nzeeman]

and lct - maybe you can try rd1. i know its a bit bigger but its pictures are great. if i ever get enough money in far future i will try it. (it would be hard with 250euro monthly as i am earning now but maybe one day...)

 

and also i have a question for you lct - do you ever use 200 and 400 and if you use what do you use for cleaning noise?

[lct]

and lct - maybe you can try rd1. i know its a bit bigger but its pictures are great. if i ever get enough money in far future i will try it. (it would be hard with 250euro monthly as i am earning now but maybe one day...)

and also i have a question for you lct - do you ever use 200 and 400 and if you use what do you use for cleaning noise?

Great minds think alike! I'm the happy owner of a R-D1 and a R-D1s actually but they're not that compact with a couple of lenses unfortunately.

I never use higher iso than 100 with the Digilux 1 sorry and to reduce noise i always set contrast, sharpness and saturation to 'low' ('poor man's raw') and adjust afterwards in PP. This way noise reducers can be avoided in most cases but if you need to use them however, try to apply reduction selectively i mean only on noisy parts, not on the overall image IMHO. Also you could wish to try a sharpening software which does not sharpen the soft parts of the picture like Fred Miranda's Nikon CS Pro that i use with all my digicams BTW.

[nzeeman]

about noise - also i read on some forum that some people had much more noise when they left lcd on. it seems that lcd make some mess with sensor. so turn it off (but since we think alike - i think you alse dont use it) - that could additionaly help you.