Convince me not to

[_dobbo_]

I've been after a decent compact forever now and can't bring myself to want anything on the market except one of these.

D-Lux 4

I can't really afford one but I've got that itch. Someone convince me that it's not a good buy!

[LongQ]

This seems to be quite popular at the moment. I believe it is a tad cheaper.

[Simpo Two]

Because it's 98% Panasonic with a very expensive badge on it?

[_dobbo_]

But the Panasonic doesn't say Leica on the front...

If there were one place I thought badge snobbery would be ok it would be PistonHeads!

[LongQ]

_dobbo_ said:

But the Panasonic doesn't say Leica on the front...

If there were one place I thought badge snobbery would be ok it would be PistonHeads!

It's on the lens ...

Wonder if you can get them de-badged?

[Simpo Two]

LongQ said:

Wonder if you can get them de-badged?

A de-badged Leica - so no-one knows you're a badge snob

[Ren-Raku]

Title said:

Convince me not to

Don't do it.

[Holst]

I bought the panasonic version and im very happy with it.

As long as you understand the limitations of the smaller sensor, especially that higher ISO settings are quite noisy. You also wont get the same depth of feild as you can get on an SLR.

I think the LX3 is one of the best point and shoot cameras that you can buy. I dont find the lack of zoom a problem and the wide angle lense is great for landscapes and buildings.

Oh, and it does not say Panasonic on the camera, it says Lumix

[crmcatee]

It does have that Buy me now look about it..


Debadge it, then get it chipped.

[Bigdrift]

buy the panasonic LX 3 and save some dosh i would buy the panner over the leica every time its just badge snobbery at the end of the day imho

[beano500]

JFDI!

[jackal]

DO IT !

badge is everything !

[_dobbo_]

jackal said:

badge is everything !

Two M8s!?!?!? That's just greedy. Send me one immediately.

Despite it being clearly almost entirely the same as a Lumix but twice the price, I still want the Leica. Itchy trigger finger is in full effect, I suspect the bag will be heavier to the tune of one D-Lux 4 by christmas day... Present to myself!



edit - if you don't already know, take a look at what an M8 runs to... my comment might make more sense then!

Edited by _dobbo_ on Sunday 14th December 21:30

[_dobbo_]

Let's be honest, it was a forgone conclusion from the outset.

Luckily I have a wonderful wife who made the decision very easy by buying the camera for me!









Waiting for the battery to charge now....

[LongQ]

_dobbo_ said:

Luckily I have a wonderful wife who made the decision very easy by buying the camera for me!

Hmm.

If you ever feel the need of a part-exchange feel free to contact me.

[Simpo Two]

Wonder if it'll be worth as much as this one day?



http://tinyurl.com/6qhzl7

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 15th December 23:36

[RobDickinson]

Almost double the price for a badge which will only make it more stealable.

Mad. Could have had a sigma dp1 or DMC-G1...

[_dobbo_]

RobDickinson said:

Almost double the price for a badge which will only make it more stealable.

Mad. Could have had a sigma dp1 or DMC-G1...

I'd rather get robbed of the Leica than my other kit bag. If I want to carry a big camera around I've got a D200 so the DMC-G1 is worthless to me. The Sigma looks like a nice bit of kit but with a maximum aperture of F4 it's not really in the same league as the Leica's F2 lens is it?

[jackal]

_dobbo_ said:

Let's be honest, it was a forgone conclusion from the outset.


Waiting for the battery to charge now....

good stuff, they are sexy little things

enjoy it.. just watch the noise.. i think most people only use them up iso200 or below



I fancy a minilux again actually. Keep menaing to pick one up off ebay. Had one many moons ago and they are an incredible little film camera. One of the sharpest P&S's ever made along with the contax. Too all my honeymoon pics with it.

[_dobbo_]

Thanks Jackal!

I was planning to put it through it's paces against the D200 to see what noise is like. I don't like using the D200 over ISO200 either so I'm used to that.

One thing about Leicas is that they appear to hold their value in an improbable way for digital gear. I was watching some D-Lux 3 auctions on ebay that were finishing higher than the new price, madness.