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Down this website aways I was complaining about the time lag from the time you press the shutter and when the flash and the photo are finally taken with my Olympus 8080 wide-angle digital camera. I could antipate a golden moment occuring with an incredible smile from my grandaughter, but when the picture was finally captured, that smile turned out to be a startled look. Another problem that is frustrating is the motor driven wide angle-telephoto. Why the hell couldn't that be manual? It would be so much easier to make accurate adjustments. The problem with this camera is that going from wide angle to telephoto is so fast it's almost impossible to stop it somewhere between the two extreams. This was never reported on from the camera reviewers, either dpreview, steve's digital camera review or any of the magazines.
Finally, I have been looking at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 and the Leica Digilux 2. Boy, it feels good to have a real camera in your hands, with manual adjustments on the lens barrel and a solid precision feel! The Panasonic DMC-LCi is selling for $1350.00 while the Leica Digilux 2 is sellng for $1800.00 The real kicker is that Leica is offering a rebate of $480.00 to go into other equipment such as their flash gun. It seems that with this rebate, the Leica would be extreamly competitive with the Panasonic. They are basically the same camera except I'm told the Leica has better programing, and of course that little red dot makes gives the Leica a better resale value. Any opinions?
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I went through similar problems with my Canon G5, and fixed it with a new 20D. My granddaughter plays hockey, and trying to catch anything with the G5 and a tele extender was an exercise in frustration. Hockey is still a challange to photograph, it moves so fast, but at least with the 20D, I have a fighting chance. Since I got it, I have rediscovered photography. It has forced me once again to think about light and shadow, metering patterns, etc. The opposite of a point and shoot. The LCD gives me instant feedback and each picture is a lesson. So the learning curve is very steep. But the results are to the point of being gratifying.Jerry
A pro unit as opposed to the consumer units you are nitpicking with.
It is SLR with manual zoom, image stablization and almost all the features I crave. And it costs only about $800.00
Although dpreview gave it a recommendation, they were quite criticle of it, which is enough to scare me away.
I also noticed that you can pick up a used Panasonic DMC-LC1 on the internet for about $900.00.
Nikon has a $100 rebate and many of the lenses have decent rebates as well right now.John
Infact 'What Digital Camera' gave them their highist rating in a shootout between it, the Panasonic DMC-LC1 and the Olympus C-8080. So I had to dash down to the local photoshop and give it a look. It seemed more bulky then my Olympus C-8080.
But I think I solved my deloma. While at the shop I bought a used Summicron-R 50mm. lens for my Leica R-6.2 and is considered Leica's best glass. It cost about the same price as the Nikon D70 and not as bulky.
I guess that solves the digital problem, -just keep what I have and buy another lens for my old Leica.
and yoy can stay digi for post processing on computer.
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