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LX2 is missing a viewfinder


wim

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This is not a new point to make, I know. But I find it such a darn shame there is no electric viewfinder on the LX2.

Shooting with the big lcd can be the way to go in some cases, but for most occassions one needs the relative seclusion and concentration of a viewfinder, I find.

 

I know this is not gonna happen, but wouldn't it be great if Leica could add one to the D-lux 3? Wouldn't that be just the perfect little camera?

 

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wim

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A viewfinder would indeed make this camera much better.

 

We have the D-Lux 2 and it is very good. But it misses a viewfinder.

Maybe the next version will have one. It would be nice. And quite a few people may be interested.

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I don't think it is that pointless.

 

I do notice a definite lack of serious compacts. These days either you get a dslr or some superzoom that is trying very hard to be a dslr, ór you get a small camera that is tailored to the needs of the happy-go-snappy cohort of photographers - the people that use a camera as a means of communication instead of as a tool for making art that is a means of communication.

The LX2 is a case in point; it could be a really serious machine for photography, if only it had an EVF that would allow the photographer to concentrate on the subject and the task at hand. Without the EVF it is camera that is especially suited for making pictures on the fly, and without thinking.

 

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wim

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The real issue though is that the camera is aimed at the 'happy-go-snappy' photographers (which is not to say that it won't produce quality images).

 

Many on here were wishing for a fixed lens digital compact - a digital CM. Ricoh have brought out exactly that, but I don't know of anyone who's bought one? Of course the M8 will meet this need albeit at a substantially higher price.

 

Perhaps the market for a niche camera (circa £400, manual controls, small size, fixed or zoom lens and optical finder) is just too small.

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The big drawback to the Ricoh, for me at least, is the 28mm lens, with a 76-degree angle of view. It's just too damn wide for my general purposes. I'd happily buy a digital CM equivalent with a 40mm lens (57 degrees), or even at a pinch a 35mm fixed (64 degrees). With enough mp, I don't mind doing a bit of cropping, but from a starting point of 28mm it would just be a crop too far.

 

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Bill

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Wim, for the most part, zoom=slow. Fast zoom=bulky. Look at the Digilux 2/LC-1. A fast zoom, but hardly fit into the pocket material. There is no equivalent - yet - of the Minilux/CM/T2/T3 school of very high quality prime lens "supercompacts" - the Ricoh is good, but it's not right. Until there is, there will continue to be a thriving secondhand market in this type of camera - and new sales for the CM.

 

"Ye cannae fight the laws of physics..."

 

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Bill

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Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I'm with the "where the #$%@ is the viewfinder?" side here. I love my original D-LUX, but it has some definite technical limitations. I was all excited about the D-LUX2 til I looked closely and noticed the lack of a viewfinder. I take perhaps 90% of my pictures using the VF.

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