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5.0 due to 5 stars best point and shoot.. EVER, December 8, 2006
This review is from: Leica D LUX 3 10MP Dslr camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) (Electronics)
First the bad news NOISE!!!!! Maybe with a sensor this small, there exists just nothing you can try regarding this, lacking getting a noise plug in with photoshop. At ISO 100 and 200 it is not a problem jump to 400 and above that's why becomes a major issue.
Now the favorable news because of the image stabilization, it is possible to choose a lower speed, and minimize the noise whenever you can.
The lens is located at least the equal of the one on my Contax TVSIII, that wasthat's the sharpest I've ever seen for the pocketable camera.
The internal flash is adequate for many conditions, but if you may be takin good thing about the wide format, aiming to obtain a large room or group many feet away, you will get the Metz compact digital flash which matches in it well.
I took RAW and JPEGs of the scene and blew 'em nearly 13x19 inches. While the raw image was marginally better, the JPEG (with minimal tweaking) was almost as good, and both were quite usable.
If you plan on shooting RAW bes guaranteed to get yourself a largish top speed Facts.
I love that one could shoot manually, and getting great portraits is often a snap uncomplicated to blur out the background and receive an incredible sharp portrait.
The preset modes suck.
The screen is excellent.
If you have a good photo stitching program, and you simply use a landscape photo along with the camera vertically (say 4 to 5 sequential shots), utilizing the wide format, you're going to be floored. Within this combination you can print landscapes 48 inches wide. Used to do this for the Eagles game on Monday night (Eagles won thankfully!) along with print was remarkable.
Nobody entirely planet contains the brown leather case. i like one and i also have to have one bad.
Get this camera, be ready to take care of the limitations of any camera by using a small sensor, and you will be a happy clam. It's possible to leave your SLR home more reguarily, as well as have a good camera for you always so that you never miss an attempt.
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