I can't speak to the particular photograph presented, I don't know enough about it. It looks like it was overprocessed to some degree. You can't really judge a camera from marketing collateral.
However, the L1 is identical to the Digilux3 in terms of noise and rendering when both are capturing RAW format exposures. I've compared the L1 against the Pentax K10D and *ist DS very closely, have over 7000 exposures with it (35,000 or so with the two Pentax bodies), and there is virtually the same noise signature on all three of them at ISO settings between 100-400. So if you don't like the Digilux3 image quality, you also don't like the *ist D or K10D for image quality. The Pentax cameras' larger sensors are a bit less noisy at 800, moreso at 1600. The $3000 price tag you quote is high. The Digilux3 kit is available at B&H for $2500 and has been offered with a 30% price rebate from Leica as well from time to time, many have been purchased for $1800. The lens alone is typically sold standalone for $970 ... it's not a cheap kit lens, it's performance rivals the Pentax Limited primes. The Panasonic L1 sibling is the same camera, modulo Leica's additional QC and warranty (and different firmware for in-camera JPEG rendering, irrelevant if you capture RAW format), had an MSRP of $1995, sold for $1599 until a few months ago when for one reason or another several vendors offered them at about $1050. I bought two. A great bargain considering the lens and image quality. Many have balked at the price of these cameras. Funny, though, is that nearly everyone who bought one has been very happy with the photos they make, despite the lukewarm reception in the review press, rumors and nonsense about noise and other stuff. Even those who own Canon 1Ds, Leica M8, and other such exotica ... Godfrey On Oct 4, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Roman Melihhov wrote: > I'm speaking of extremely high noise even at ISO 100 > > http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/d_system/digilux_3/ > > click at PERFORMANCE PROOF link to see large sample image taken at ISO > 100. It won't require a microscope to see poisoning amounts of high > ISO > noise at a very low ISO choice. I was interested because saw this baby > at my local photo store with price tag above $3000 duh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
