martin woolnough

I am presently in the same position as the original posting by Ricardo ... what to buy as a

backup compact. I too have been looking at the Leica D-LUX 3 since it seemed to read

well in reviews. Up till now, I have been using a FujiFilm E550 which frankly has given me

great results in terms of trade off for size vs control etc. I was seriously considering the

FujiFilm E900 as an upgrade on pixels etc ... Looking at the G7 specs I guess it really

comes down to how important it is for you (Ricardo) to stay with RAW ... that's why I wrote

off the G7 ... having read the strong support for G7 above and the negatives for Leica ...

I'm tempted to go back to my E900 thinking - check out this review http://

www.photoxels.com/fujifilm-e900-review.html. You will find the E900 has RAW and a

viewfinder.

The concept of ratings is an excellent one and is helping me learn.

One thing I miss in the new changes to photo.net is not being able

to identify (via double clicking)the rating broken down by the

individuals who made them.

I can see the pro's and con's e.g. privacy as a pro. However, it

realy helped me to make my own judgement on the 'value' of those

rating me since I could look at their own work and see how I

considered their photo's (the low ratings as well as the high).

Additionally it enabled me to identify which other users I would

enjoy 'keeping an eye on' so that I could learn more.

Is there a way I can still do this?