please copy leica again

[thom_english]

I just saw the Leica Digilux 2. Looks like a classic rangefinder.

Has the old fashioned shutter speed dial on top and apeture ring on

the lens. Is manual focus. And is digital! Call this 32 year old a

fogey cause that is what I want in a digital camera- a basic manual

focus machine with a memory card.

 

OK, I really want my OM-4Ti to be digital. Build a digital back or

something, but give me my OM!!! I just aint thrilled with the E-1

and dread the thought of having to buy a Canon, but give me a OM

type camera-metal body, manual focus, analog controls, even a fixed

lens (24-80) and then I would want a digital.

 

Olympus are you listening???

[lars_arvid_s.]

I agree with you. A manual focus, preferably RF-based digital camera would be nice. But the new digilux 2 is not even close. It's got a really small CCD-sensor, which means extreme DOF and extreme noise/grain. Highest ISO is 400 (again, the noise will be really bad), no optical viewfinder (only EVF) and it will cost approx. $1800.

 

What *I* really want is for Olympus (or another company) to build a small (little bigger than the Olympus XA) RF with a fixed 35/2 or 50 /1,4 (35mm equiv.) with the 4/3-sensor and an optical viewfinder.

That's all I need! Really (how modest..).

 

..if they could make it look like the Olympus 35SP or something then I will probably buy two.

 

Again, the most important spec. is the sensor-size. All non-DSLRs have really small sensors, and thats what's holding them back, not the amount of pixels or the missing 14x zoom.

 

IMHO...

[tom_s.]

I too want something along the lines of what Arvid mentioned -- but along the lines of my P&S camera of choice, the Olympus Stylus Epic.

 

Give me a small digicam with a fixed 35mm f/2 lens, 4/3 image sensor, great quality at ISO 400, and fast response, and I'd buy it tomorrow even if it cost $700.

[mark_kaminsky1]

Hello, I would like a non zoom lens with a 3 step range...In 35mm terms 18mm, 35mm & 85mm......Of course around 6 megs & with either manual or autofocus..........Im considering the Olympus 5060 ...

[george_shihanian]

Check out the Leica CM. I know it's a film camera, but the large window on the back that contains a LCD disply seems a perfect size for a color screen. I think for the future, the CM body has a good chance to morph into a digital CM.

[jeff_drew4]

Those of you wanting an XA digital size/type check out the Pentax 33WR 3.2MP

camera. I just got one and love it! Small - It fits in my pants pocket, totally sealed

against dirt and wet, 38~105 zoom lens is entirely internal, autofocus, program or

manual focus & expoure, macro to 3", and priced reasonably. www.pentaxusa.com

[j.martin___]

Copy and improve, I hope. Digilux 2. Only up to 400 asa equivalent? Even the XA

took you to 800. And maybe I am missing something on storage. But it comes with a

card that stores 5 (five!) raw images. I'm not sure what the multimedia card holds.

Of course, if you will be limited to Leica memory upgrades, i'm sure they will be

reasonably priced, if available.

[jim_mcbride]

Thom: If you want to spend US$1800 just to have a little red dot on your camera, go

ahead and buy the Digilux 2. The D2 is a hyperexpensive P&S with yesterday's

technology and, when it finally becomes available for sale, will be DOA.