Looking at Leica D Lux as travel camera,

[tonyniev]

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I own an M10, Sony A7RIV and use them with at least 2 sets of lenses, lately I find these camera heavy for my aging body, I am looking at the new DLux, any thoughts on how good this camera for one who is used to good IQ?

 

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[Einst_Stein]

I was back from El Camino de Santiago (long walk) recently. I am probably similar age as you. The main gear I have is APS-C with two lenses, a normal zoom and and a super wide zoom. But next time, I would carry AF-FF, and increasing riding bus more instead of all walk. I am not sure yet whether I should have 24-90mm or 24-105mm.

But for travel, my wife would use her DLUX 8. 

The diffrerence is obvious the dynamic range and adjustability in post processing.

[goldgranada]

Great small compact carry camera. FYI.. if you're incline to carry a small flash other than the supplied one from Leica, the Godox IT30 "O"Pro "TTL" (Olympus version)                         https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1895978-REG/godox_it30pro_o_black_it30pro_o_ttl_mini.html

will communicate perfectly with the DLUX 8 for TTL flash.

Just for fun, change the JPG settings to Medium for a 105mm zoom or small JPG for 150mm zoom. The files are very small but usable in a situation where you're feet won't get you there to capture the image. With proper lighting and reasonable settings in daylight of F8@125th second will produce pretty nice images. Good luck! 

[wda]

1 hour ago, Einst_Stein said:

.... ...The diffrerence is obvious the dynamic range and adjustability in post processing.

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[PhotoCruiser]

vor 12 Stunden schrieb tonyniev:

I own an M10, Sony A7RIV and use them with at least 2 sets of lenses, lately I find these camera heavy for my aging body,

To carry the whole setup around or holding the camera for long time in your hand?

There is not much to do for carry heavy and bulky cameras in the hand, a small, light lens what will balance the camera to avoid that wrist need excessive force to keep camera horizontally will help a bit.

For hauling the whole setup around a better bag or sling bag will do the trick, a small sling bag with camera extraction from the side to not take it off is for my use the most comfortable to wear for a long time.

I have no experience with the D-Lux but i don't doubt that it's a great camera and has a zoom lens, however i would prefer a Q series.

Chris

 

[Einst_Stein]

5 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said:

To carry the whole setup around or holding the camera for long time in your hand?

There is not much to do for carry heavy and bulky cameras in the hand, a small, light lens what will balance the camera to avoid that wrist need excessive force to keep camera horizontally will help a bit.

For hauling the whole setup around a better bag or sling bag will do the trick, a small sling bag with camera extraction from the side to not take it off is for my use the most comfortable to wear for a long time.

I have no experience with the D-Lux but i don't doubt that it's a great camera and has a zoom lens, however i would prefer a Q series.

Chris

 

You hit the right spot about the proper bag. A proper monopod or chest pod helps too, if the travel is not backpack all thing all day.

In my previous El Camino Walk, I have to carry all luggage on my back, so minimum weight was essential. I could manage with two APS-C lenses, with the walking stick as monopod. This would be probably my last time of such long walk, In the future, I would use shipping service to ship some luggage stop to stop, only carry minimum necessaries on my back. This would be like leaving some gears in the hotel, only carrying the needed for the day on each day, depends on what to see of the day.

In such trip, the stand-by parts would be in my backpack, and the active camera would be on my waist clip or shoulder clip. I would not carry the camera on my neck, but if it is light enough, I may carry it with very nice strap on my shoulder across-body. 

DLUX could be a good choice depends on how important is the nature of photography in the trip. I should encourage to have it if money is not a consideration. You can  then try it at home to feel the IQ difference compared to other choices. You would know when to carry it when not.

[tonyniev]

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Thanks to all, I looked at the Leica CL and at that time the first 2014Sony A7R, was very small and  was good travel camera, plus I paired with Sony A6000....the Leica M10 & A7R was a good pair, the heavy Sony G lenses changed the weight factor, that in 2024 for 100 days of travel across Europe I only carried the A7RIV, also this year so far 30 days in Spain I brought only the A7RIV.

I will try the DlLux at the camera store.

In the meantime, I may go back to Leica M10 and 28 mm lens, use the iPhone 17 more for daily shooting. 

 

Leica M10, A7R4 with 24-100 mm, 2014 A7R with 16-35 mm lens

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Thanks for Camera bag input, I actually have repurposed by putting camera inserts into two Tumi messenger bags, small and large, I canny the A7R on a black rapid sling plus the Leica with small camera bags of extra lenses, but at at 81yrs, not easy anymore, this was 7 years ago in Cartagena

A7R vs Leica CL

 

 

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[Einst_Stein]

1 hour ago, tonyniev said:

Thanks to all, I looked at the Leica CL and at that time the first 2014Sony A7R, was very small and  was good travel camera, plus I paired with Sony A6000....the Leica M10 & A7R was a good pair, the heavy Sony G lenses changed the weight factor, that in 2024 for 100 days of travel across Europe I only carried the A7RIV, also this year so far 30 days in Spain I brought only the A7RIV.

I will try the DlLux at the camera store.

In the meantime, I may go back to Leica M10 and 28 mm lens, use the iPhone 17 more for daily shooting. 

 

Leica M10, A7R4 with 24-100 mm, 2014 A7R with 16-35 mm lens

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Thanks for Camera bag input, I actually have repurposed by putting camera inserts into two Tumi messenger bags, small and large, I canny the A7R on a black rapid sling plus the Leica with small camera bags of extra lenses, but at at 81yrs, not easy anymore, this was 7 years ago in Cartagena

A7R vs Leica CL

 

 

You have lovely web site. Thanks for sharing.

It seems you use wide angle a lot, wider than 24mm (eq). Dlux7/9 are 24-75 (eq). You might want to consider CL + 11-23mm (add 18-56mm if you will). It should be lighter than Leica M + somthing else. It might not be as good IQ as the full frame stuffs you have, but, hey, life is full of compromise.  

[tonyniev]

Thanks Einst.