j._woo

I'm a new Contax T3 user, formerly a Leica Minilux user. I can

attest that the lenses between the two are neck in neck in terms

of sharpness. Pleasant bokeh on the T3 and corner falloff is not

unpleasant at wide aperatures. The T3 seems a quiter overall--

focus is definitely quieter, and advance is slightly quieter. The

noisiest thing about the camera is turning it on-- the lens pulls

out with a loud motor noise similar to the Minilux.

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The T3 is a clear winner over the Minilux in terms of portability

(it's pocketable). The ability to remember your default flash

setting is reason alone to consider the T3 over the Minilux. The

T3 is more unwieldy when it comes to manual focus, but for a

point-n-shoot like this you probably won't be using MF too much.

You can always prefocus the lens, and even lock focus for the

duration that the camera is on, a great feature (handy for street

photography-- ASA 400, outdoors, lock focus at 2 meters, and

shoot away!)