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A small piece of good news for Leica…


JHAG

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… a father at my boy's school was wandering about in the yard with a camera…

It was a D3.

We chatted a little. He went to Leica, coming from Sony.

 

Is it really a good news?

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I would love to know whether "Project Digilux-3" has turned a profit. The Leica people on the Digilux 3 booth at Photokina 2006 looked pretty glum and I doubt they have smiled since. The only person who is laughing is the salesman who sold it to your friend...

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I do not know if, WORLDWIDE, Leica brand is re-catching on... I had three personal small events in the last 3-4 months :

 

- Unknown people into my shop : for what I heard, coming from a Nikon compact zoom 35 mm and a Casio Digital : discussed with the dealer... went away with a Digilux 3.

 

- A friend (female) of my wife ... Nikon FE SLR (macro zoom lens) and a Minox 35mm ... asked me : "hey, I've always seen you with that old Leica... (M4...were many months she didn't see me...:) ), I've seen a digital Leica well compact but with a strong zoom... how is with digital ?..." - She bought a V-Lux

 

- A friend of mine... hard devoted to his TWO 6x6 Rolleiflexes (normal + tele) : "Damn... one MUST go digital, don't escape... what about your M8 ?...." He hasn't YET bought it...

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On this website it's shorthand for a Digilux 3

 

Well it shouldn't be! :)

 

Sorry for the minor rant, but this name hijacking by the 4/3rds junta is driving me mad (there must be a full moon or something:) ).

A D3 is a Nikon camera and a Digilux 3 is a (Pana)Leica camera.

 

Enough, already!

 

Steve

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Well it shouldn't be! :)

 

Sorry for the minor rant, but this name hijacking by the 4/3rds junta is driving me mad (there must be a full moon or something:) ).

A D3 is a Nikon camera and a Digilux 3 is a (Pana)Leica camera.

 

Enough, already!

 

Steve

 

And a V-Lux is a roof window.:D

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It's actually Panasonic. Pana could refer to Panavision, Panoramic, or Panacotta which is a dessert and not a camera.

And a very nice dessert it is too, although along with my Italian friends I prefer Mascarpone.

 

Steve

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I'll say it again: I think the 4/3rds System is actually a good idea, it just needs bigger sensors....

 

Umm... the whole idea of 4/3rds is the smaller sensor, isn't it? Smaller cameras and smaller lenses with 2x lens factor and telecentric optical paths.

 

David

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Umm... the whole idea of 4/3rds is the smaller sensor, isn't it? Smaller cameras and smaller lenses with 2x lens factor and telecentric optical paths.

 

David

 

Small cameras and smaller lenses. Like the Digilux 3 and its 14-50mm kit lens you mean? They are huge...

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