The Early Days

[fotografr]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

I was digging through my photo files today and came across this image I took in 2004 with my Digilux 1, the first digital Leica I owned. The kids are my wife's nieces. The older one now has two Master's degrees and is teaching in Seattle. The other is a filmmaker in South Carolina. 

The Digilux 1 had a 1/1.8" 4 MP CCD sensor and used SD cards up to 1 GB to record jpeg or tiff files. I didn't do any work on this image and it demonstrates one of the criticisms of the camera, which was that it produced "watercolor like photos."  The technology has certainly changed in the last 20 years.

Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here…

Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!

Edited March 28, 2022 by fotografr

[Advertisement]

The Leica Q3 is available for pre-order at B&H Photo Video and Adorama

[carl_valiquet]

5 hours ago, fotografr said:

I was digging through my photo files today and came across this image I took in 2004 with my Digilux 1, the first digital Leica I owned. The kids are my wife's nieces. The older one now has two Master's degrees and is teaching in Seattle. The other is a filmmaker in South Carolina. 

The Digilux 1 had a 1/1.8" 4 MP CCD sensor and used SD cards up to 1 GB to record jpeg or tiff files. I didn't do any work on this image and it demonstrates one of the criticisms of the camera, which was that it produced "watercolor like photos."  The technology has certainly changed in the last 20 years.

Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here…

Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!

Reminds me of some aged kodachrome. Beautiful portrait and a great souvenir for the girls. I read somewhere that the kodachrome produced in USA and the one in Europe were different in color rendering. If I am not mistaken the one in Europe, it's colors were warmer. Regards. Carl.

[fotografr]

3 hours ago, carl_valiquet said:

Reminds me of some aged kodachrome. Beautiful portrait and a great souvenir for the girls. I read somewhere that the kodachrome produced in USA and the one in Europe were different in color rendering. If I am not mistaken the one in Europe, it's colors were warmer. Regards. Carl.

Thanks, Carl. I had the exact thought when I came across this in my files. It very much resembles Kodachrome. I don't know who produced that CCD sensor but it might have been Kodak. Cheers,                                      Brent

[stuny]

Very nice.  If I recall, the camera is a rebadged Fuji.

[fotografr]

6 hours ago, stuny said:

Very nice.  If I recall, the camera is a rebadged Fuji.

I think that's correct. After partnering with Fuji on the Digilux 1, Leica moved on to Panasonic. Hard to say whether that was a good move. Fuji has a long line of very nice digital cameras. The X100 series is very impressive. If there was a Leica counterpart to the X100 v,  I'd buy it without hesitation.

Edited March 28, 2022 by fotografr

[Henry Taylor]

Very nice photo and the colors truly do  remind me of shooting Kodachrome 10 . Never used the Digilux 1 but I loved the Digilux 2  I use to  have, wish I still  had it  but was afraid I wouldn't  be able to  get parts and sold.