On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > My poor-man's M9.
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>> Rich man's E-330 ...
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>
>
> That would be the Leica-branded version, the Digilux-3. I just need to do
> the cosmetic surgery to cover up the "LUMIX" with a red dot.
You can just do what a friend does and refer to it as a "Lummox."
> Joel, it is kinda your fault. My brief experience with your E-330 kinda
> opened the door. I thought I really wanted the Live-View A mode, but in
> essence it wasn't worth giving up on a few features the L1 has. Like body
> shape and control layout.
The prismless design is a breakthrough. I don't know whether to blame
Oly for not working harder to bridge the gap between marketing and
understanding or just the fickle tastes of the Great Unwashed.
> We'll see, though. If it turns out to be a horrible beast to use, I'll just
> get rid of it. No biggy. But I will admit to being a bit interested in the
> lens--pictures with it have a substantially different "look" than the DZ
> lenses. Oh, and it has optical stabilization. After all, I kinda did justify
> the purchase price by planning on selling the 14-54.
Pssst. I have never yet known anyone who sold the 14-54 who did not
appear later to regret it (though 50 listees are prolly about to come
out of lurkdom to tell me I'm wrong). You might want to wait a little
bit -- just a thought!
In any case, enjoy!
Joel W.
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