Your Opinion Please (D-Lux 3)

[sub_quercu_felicitas]

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Hello,

I am the proud new owner of a D-Lux 3. I am happy with its performance so far. This summer's holiday will be spent in London, Paris and Venice. Will I be happy with the results I get from the D-lux 3 or should I pack around my Compu Trekker with D200, 70-200VR, D70, 18-55, and several other lenses and flash. The weight alone scares me, but I want good results.

 

Thanks in advance!

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[tommycrown]

Mark,

 

I have traveled all those places except Paris when I had Nikon FM2 (film of course)

 

As a proud Leica Dlux 3 owner, you may understand both strengths and weaknesses of the camera.

 

First, the camera is small and take excellent outdoor photos.

 

Second, even night shots are pretty usable.

 

third, if you have a slave flash, even an indoor shots can be flashy nice.

 

However, you cannot compare the shots from this camera to Nikon D200 or D70.

 

If you are extremely serious about the quality of photos, then take your D200/D70, but if you are traveling for fun and just want some snap shots, take Dlux 3.

 

Most of all, fun should be a big factor to your photography whether it's a hobby or a job.

 

Good luck and share some photos when you are back...

 

Tommy

[sub_quercu_felicitas]

Tommy,

Thanks for the info! I suppose I could benefit from the extra weight workout. I will try to use all three. It will make for an interesting comparison.

 

Cheers

[robert_parker]

Mark

 

Where the D-Lux 3 comes into its own is those times where you want to travel light and don't want the weight of a camera bag, or situations where you normally wouldn't have tried to taket a camera - the D - Lux 3 is pretty much able to slip into a coat pocket and you can carry it anywhere without noticing the weight.

[Paul Gruyters]

How do you all cope with no viewfinder on the D Lux 3?

 

Regs,

PJG

[Guest malland]

There nothing exceptional about using a small sensor camera for a trip to Paris, as long as you're familiar with the camera and can use it with ease. Here is a picture taken with the D-Lux 3:

 

 

...and here is a series of Paris pictures talen with the Ricoh GR-D:

 

 

As for not having a vewfinder — I like shooting by framing with the LCD monitor because it leads, or forces, me to a more "fluid" and "looser" shooting style than I had with my M6: I only use the LCD for framing — for establishing the edges of the picture — and usually look at the subject when taking the shot.

 

You can also look a pages 5-6 of my flickr site for D-Lux 3 pictures:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/page5/

 

—Mitch/Potomac, MD

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

[rob_x2004]

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TRAVEL WARNING:

Ok, I have the predecessor to your camera, in the LX1. It rightly lives on 80ISO. Picked it up went for a walk last night woa what a moon. Turns out it is a blue moon. No problems pull a frame. Hang on that went to card pretty quick must be on jpeg no problems scroll the menu back to RAW the clouds are coming quick so get the frame.

 

Later...uploading...squizz...WTF!? Check camera...Someone has set it to 200ISO. Results as follows. Now I dont actually have the DLux3/LX2 I have its predecessor. But be warned about travelling away from lower ISO.

 

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[Guest malland]

No big deal: the picture that I posted above was shot at ISO 200, as was this one:

 

 

And the following was shot at ISO 800:

 

 

—Mitch/Potomac, MD

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

[rob_x2004]

Yes Mitch, but rough as suits your bangkok series. They are also in b&w not blue. Boost the curves of the colour one you posted and it exposes how cranky that file is. Can you get an acceptable print off it? I have plenty of low light ISO stuff that was pretty good, and it is what I will stick to. The 200RAW producing that file surprised teh heck out of me. Never realised the LX1 could produce anything that cranky in any setting. Aint good. In aside I didnt try to tweak it either. Its a lost cause.