Why get the LC1(Digilux2)??

It is the perfect point&shoot professional fastest Photographic (and Digital)

camera invented with all the control you need and the best optimized tonal range thanks to the Leica lens.

Leica lens+Leica manual controls design+2/3sensor+Venus engine=the perfect color balanced digital picture I've ever seen from a non dSLR.

Add the convinience of a small compact camera in your bag that is able to produce "negs" that can be blown-up to A3 perfect prints (at least on an Epson printer) and start thinking more to photography and less to bits and bites.

Finally we are getting there...check this link as well: http://www.noise-to-signal.com/2003/10/possibly_my_nex.html

Kind regards and Happy New Years

dp
(not a native english speaker:)
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