Guest stnami Posted June 5, 2008 Share #1 Â Posted June 5, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) ......looks like there is no Digilux 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Hi Guest stnami, Take a look here Digilux 4 idea canned. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
elansprint72 Posted June 5, 2008 Share #2 Â Posted June 5, 2008 But the Digilux 5 is looking good, according to.............. Â Â "Never start a sentence with a conjunction, Taylor, take 100 lines"......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted June 5, 2008 Share #3  Posted June 5, 2008 ......looks like there is no Digilux 4 Oh my, next thing you’ll tell us there’s no Santa Claus either … Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 6, 2008 Share #4 Â Posted June 6, 2008 According to a German site, Leica have decided to no longer pursue the 4/3 format as they see it as a dead end and sales of the D3 have been a disaster. If you are into Santa prepare to be disapointed............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted June 6, 2008 Share #5 Â Posted June 6, 2008 According to a German site, Leica have decided to no longer pursue the 4/3 format as they see it as a dead end and sales of the D3 have been a disaster.If you are into Santa prepare to be disapointed............. Â Â if its true its not surprising at D3 prices is it, quite scandalous you happen to have a link Imants ? Â i saw one the other day over at dp, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dot Posted June 6, 2008 Share #6 Â Posted June 6, 2008 According to a German site, Leica have decided to no longer pursue the 4/3 format as they see it as a dead end and sales of the D3 have been a disaster.If you are into Santa prepare to be disapointed............. Â Just give me a Digilux 2 mk II. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 6, 2008 Share #7 Â Posted June 6, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I forget where I found the information, but it has been bandied around here and there ........ I guess the traditional Leica fondlers win out at the moment ( the old farts will die out eventually) as they are not keen on re-badged pana models ... preferring a m or a r Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 6, 2008 Share #8 Â Posted June 6, 2008 I wonder what can be the rationale of 4/3 actually. Why using smaller sensors if cameras are not significantly smaller? Just to get smaller telephoto lenses or to use some Oly glass digitally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivi1969 Posted June 7, 2008 Share #9 Â Posted June 7, 2008 The problem is not the 4/3rds format, Leica sales will always be a disaster as long as they keep pricing its digital cameras 2 times more expensive and offering the same, or sometimes less than all the other brands out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 7, 2008 Share #10 Â Posted June 7, 2008 The problem is not the 4/3rds format, Leica sales will always be a disaster as long as they keep pricing its digital cameras 2 times more expensive and offering the same, or sometimes less than all the other brands out there. You mean PanaLeica i guess. Real Leica's are analogic cameras and APS digicams so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemalk Posted June 7, 2008 Share #11 Â Posted June 7, 2008 Shame to see the Digilux line gone, if this is true. Â The Digilux 2 was/is a classic camera and the Digilux 3 is a fantastic DSLR that I'm exceptionally happy with. Its unique form factor and good handling alone made it a classic. Â I can't see another camera maker breaking the mold like they did with the Digilux 3 - especially seeing how Panasonic launched that "me too" L10 now. Â I'll hold on to my Digilux 3 and hope for the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 7, 2008 Share #12 Â Posted June 7, 2008 According to a German site, Leica have decided to no longer pursue the 4/3 format as they see it as a dead end and sales of the D3 have been a disaster. If you are into Santa prepare to be disapointed...... Why would the D4 be a 4/3 camera? Why not APS-C for instance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 7, 2008 Share #13 Â Posted June 7, 2008 in that case........... my guess it would be renamed to get rid of excess baggage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 7, 2008 Share #14 Â Posted June 7, 2008 Well D1 sensor was 1/2", D2's 2/3" and D3's 4/3 so APS-C would just be an evolution for the D4 and could complement the full frame R10 perhaps. Just a guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 7, 2008 Share #15 Â Posted June 7, 2008 ................ leads us to R or from 3 to R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted June 7, 2008 Share #16 Â Posted June 7, 2008 R will be full frame (again) if the R10 is FF. If Pana is planning to launch a 'serious' APS-C DSLR, we could then have a 'serious' D4 as well. Don't mean to say that previous D's were not serious of course. Edit: makes many if all that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 7, 2008 Share #17 Â Posted June 7, 2008 Hoya may sell Pentax to Pana if Japanese law forbids the sale to a foreign country............. from a economic rivalry Korea would be considered as a alien Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 7, 2008 Share #18  Posted June 7, 2008 German Four-Thirds-Kameras: Rückzug von Panasonic ? | diefotoredaktion.de   Back to point and shoots and .................2:3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted June 7, 2008 Share #19  Posted June 7, 2008 Hoya may sell Pentax to Pana if Japanese law forbids the sale to a foreign country............. from a economic rivalry Korea would be considered as a alien  from another reader "The really big change in Japanese government policy came in 1997, when Ford Motor Company successfully became the first foreign company legally take control (although only with a 34% share) of a company deemed strategic, Mazda. It took about two years to get that through MITI from letter of intent to closure."  Joseph Wisniewski  it seems that isnt a defence anymore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted June 7, 2008 Share #20 Â Posted June 7, 2008 Yea but Samsung is not "just" another rival .......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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