dlux4 and M8.2 two of the best cameras of '09?!

[sliversurger]

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albeit according to men's health magazine. not really the authoritative word on camera equipment but what's interesting is that they picked the dlux 4 over the panasonic lx3.

 

Men's Health - Tech & Gear - Cameras

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[sean_reid]

albeit according to men's health magazine. not really the authoritative word on camera equipment but what's interesting is that they picked the dlux 4 over the panasonic lx3.

 

Men's Health - Tech & Gear - Cameras

 

Unfortunately, the comments on the M8.2 reflect a great deal of ignorance:

 

"We loved the original M8 when Leica introduced it two years ago, but it was riddled with hardware hiccups (notably, a noisy shutter and sensitivity to infrared light). The M8.2 fixes these shortcomings, and makes good on an even more glaring omission: lack of full-auto mode. As much as it may undermine the M8 line's classic approach, casual shooting doesn't always need to feel like an art school practicum. We appreciate the ability to let the camera do the dirty work, like selecting aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance--especially at this price. $6,300"

 

The comments on the D-Lux 4 aren't much more useful:

 

"Leica's little pixel engine adds a pivotal step between "point" and "shoot": compose. Unlike other wham-bam compacts, the 12.8-megapixel D-Lux 4 features a host of fully manual functions, including focus, shutter speed, stops, and exposure. $800"

 

It seems likely that whomever wrote this had never worked with an M8.2 in his or her life. The superficial, cooler than cool, writing style doesn't help either. In fact, its that whole style of self-consciously "hip" writing, with almost nothing to support it, that has really turned me off to a lot of magazines in the past few years. There's good content in some magazines but this isn't it.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[Mark Pope]

Can't wait to see the "Get your rock hard abs" article appearing in a LFI near you soon

[usayit]

Um... isn't that the wrong picture in the article for the MJU 1050SW?? Isn't that the picture for the Olympus micro 4/3rds prototype?

[Bo_Lorentzen]

Maybe they simply picked the Leica cameras because they sounded most sophisticated regardless how they actually work.

 

Interesting that they feel the lack of full-auto is a "glaring omission"

[ho_co]

But what a great phrase: "Leica's little pixel engine."

 

Just out there chugging away...

 

Nothing wrong with a positive mention IMHO.

[mhoersch]

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I wonder what camera Mickey Mouse is using these days...

[sliversurger]

sean, will you be doing a review on the dlux 4 in the future?

[earleygallery]

So who's going to get the flack when someone realises his M8.2 doesn't set the aperture automatically.........

[Ecaton]

Unfortunately, the comments on the M8.2 reflect a great deal of ignorance:

 

"We loved the original M8 when Leica introduced it two years ago, but it was riddled with hardware hiccups (notably, a noisy shutter and sensitivity to infrared light). The M8.2 fixes these shortcomings, and makes good on an even more glaring omission: lack of full-auto mode. As much as it may undermine the M8 line's classic approach, casual shooting doesn't always need to feel like an art school practicum. We appreciate the ability to let the camera do the dirty work, like selecting aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance--especially at this price. $6,300"

 

The comments on the D-Lux 4 aren't much more useful:

 

"Leica's little pixel engine adds a pivotal step between "point" and "shoot": compose. Unlike other wham-bam compacts, the 12.8-megapixel D-Lux 4 features a host of fully manual functions, including focus, shutter speed, stops, and exposure. $800"

 

It seems likely that whomever wrote this had never worked with an M8.2 in his or her life. The superficial, cooler than cool, writing style doesn't help either. In fact, its that whole style of self-consciously "hip" writing, with almost nothing to support it, that has really turned me off to a lot of magazines in the past few years. There's good content in some magazines but this isn't it.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

 

But they deserve credit for being the first ones to have figured out of how to "let the M8.2 select aperture". Something Solms hasn't told us and you haven't discussed in your review yet.

[adroitmachine]

Also the D-LUX 4 isn't a 12.8-megapixel, it's 10.1-megapixel.