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Leica Digilux 2 Review
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Review Summary
Reader Score: 9.00 (out of 10)
First Impression Review: For most serious photographers, Leica is a name that needs little introduction. For decades now, the German company has produced some of the finest small format cameras ever made. Made famous in part by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helen Levitt, Robert Frank and Garry Winogrand, the small, light, quiet, precise and rugged Leica rangefinder film cameras, in particular, have earned a stellar, almost mythic, reputation among both professional and serious amateur photographers. It is in large part because of this reputation that photographers, for several years now, have been calling for a digital Leica “M” rangefinder camera; something like a digital equivalent of the current Leica M7.
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Other Reviews For This Model
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| Photo.net |
9.67 |
06-02-04 |
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| The Leica Digilux 2, and its Panasonic twin, the DMC-LC1, are an interesting exercise in digital camera design and ergonomics - in essence, a throwback to the shape and handling and analog controls of mechanical 35mm cameras from the last half of the 1900s. As an operating tool in the hand, the Digilux 2 is very successful. There are many shooting situations where being able to scale-focus the lens, or set the shutter speed on a dial - even before the camera has been turned on - greatly simplify and speed up operation, compared to the push-here-while-twirling-that-and-watching-the-LCD controls common on most non-SLR digicams. The Leica-designed lens is almost supernatural in its ability to define details and separate tones and colors, and pushes right to the limits of what 5 megapixels can record - a bonus I wasn’t even expecting. |
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| DPReview |
9.00 |
05-01-04 |
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| On 1st December 2003 Leica announced the all new Digilux 2 digital camera. The five megapixel Digilux 2 has a unique 'retro' design and style with an all metal case and rubber coating which look more like an analogue film camera of the 1970's. The quality 28 - 90 mm equiv. F2.0 - F2.4 Leica lens has the appearance of a removable 35 mm lens (although it is fixed to the camera body). The controls have a tactile response and have been cleverly designed to be used in a fully automatic position or an immediate manual setting. |
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| DPReview |
8.31 |
05-01-04 |
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| On 1st December 2003 Leica announced the all new Digilux 2 digital camera. The five megapixel Digilux 2 has a unique 'retro' design and style with an all metal case and rubber coating which look more like an analogue film camera of the 1970's...... |
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| CNET Reviews |
6.80 |
03-25-05 |
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| Remember these relics: shutter-speed dials; metering-mode switches; and mechanical rings for aperture, zoom, and focus control? Stone Age technology, sure, but here's an amusing factoid: they work a whole lot better than the motorized, menu-ized, electro-fantabulous cybercontrols that dominate new digital camera design. Enter Leica and its 5-megapixel, 3.2X zoom Digilux 2, which boasts all of those Stone Age controls. It thereby outclasses nearly every other consumer digital model, but alas, it ends up falling far short of being the old-school enthusiast's dream digital camera. Plus, it costs as much as a higher-resolution, entry-level digital SLR with a couple of lenses, which will rightly be a tempting alternative for many. |
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