Greg Gebhardt
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I am also slightly worried about the size of the D-Lux 3 as my hands are large!
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Greg Gebhardt in
Jacksonville, Florida
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Can someone convince me to give up my G9 for a D-Lux 3?
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Jim Radcliffe
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I now have THREE compact cameras: D-Lux 3, Sigma DP1 and the G9, my latest purchase.
I would not give up the D-Lux 3 because it has its own pros and cons as do all of them. 16:9 is native to the D-Lux 3 and it also shoots RAW.
G9 is a more versatile camera and has exceptional macro/closeup capability, not to mention the great video and the time lapse.. built like a tank and great image quality considering the small sensor.. also has IS.
DP1 beats both of them when it comes to image quality but it is slow as a turtle.
Each camera has some function or characteristic I like.. that is why I have 3 of them.
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Jim Radcliffe
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The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear.
tjkoko
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...I'd strongly recommend adding the half-case by Luigi to accomodate, your large hands. His case made handling my D-Lux 3 much easier as I, too, have very large hands.
A very pocketable camera, the D-Lux 3's performance is best in bright daylight but seems to suffer a bit of noise in low light. And I prefer using my 4 year old Canon A80 for indoor macro photography; images are not pastey or appear to have brush strokes taken to them. The D-Lux 3 will perform well if you bear in mind its good and bad points.
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kokopuffs
A very pocketable camera, the D-Lux 3's performance is best in bright daylight but seems to suffer a bit of noise in low light. And I prefer using my 4 year old Canon A80 for indoor macro photography; images are not pastey or appear to have brush strokes taken to them. The D-Lux 3 will perform well if you bear in mind its good and bad points.
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Greg Gebhardt
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Looking at your images and others, I see the D-Lux 3 is a great performer. I will likely make your same choice and get the D-Lux 3 and keep the G9.
From what I can see the D-Lux 3 has some really nice color I do not see with my G9. The detail is incredible!
You have been using this camera for a while. Does it feel comfortable to hold and use with one hand? Did you get the leica leather case for it. And last, do you find yourself using an extra battery? I usually get extra batteries for my cameras and seldom use them.
Sorry for the "questionnaire"
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Greg Gebhardt in
Jacksonville, Florida
From what I can see the D-Lux 3 has some really nice color I do not see with my G9. The detail is incredible!
You have been using this camera for a while. Does it feel comfortable to hold and use with one hand? Did you get the leica leather case for it. And last, do you find yourself using an extra battery? I usually get extra batteries for my cameras and seldom use them.
Sorry for the "questionnaire"
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Greg Gebhardt in
Jacksonville, Florida
Greg Gebhardt
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noise in low light will not bother me. Noise is part of digital and as I remember, it was part of film, too!
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Greg Gebhardt in
Jacksonville, Florida
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tjkoko
Senior Member
...the noise seems a bit more splotchy than grainy, especially when magnifying (or cropping!?!?) the image.
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kokopuffs
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tjkoko
Senior Member
Adobe CS for your post processing? Sometimes I feel frustrated at my images - just having only PS and not the more elaborate software that improves some pictures a great deal.
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Jim Radcliffe
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It feels small and likely to be dropped and I have small hands... I always use a wrist strap with the D-Lux 3. It's a bit slippery and small so I do not wish to drop it.
The leather case would just get in my way. I use a belt pouch and there is no point in advertising you have a Leica. Yes to the extra battery. I always have two batteries with me.
Not a problem.. that's what forums are for.
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Jim Radcliffe
http://www.boxedlight.com/dp1
http://www.boxedlight.com/dlux3
http://www.oceona.com
The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear.
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Jim Radcliffe
Guest
I use Photoshop CS3.. but let me give you a little secret... Picasa is also quite good for use with the D-Lux 3... and it's free.
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Jim Radcliffe
http://www.boxedlight.com/dp1
http://www.boxedlight.com/dlux3
http://www.oceona.com
The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear.
Tim Wright
Leading Member
Don't know about getting rid of the G9 but my dlux3 is probably the nicest pocket camera I have used. I carry it in a small belt pouch with an extra battery whenever I am out and don't want to carry the M8 or my 1DMKIII. Shoot in raw and you wont be disapointed.
JimRockfordII
Senior Member
The D-lux 3 is a great camera but the G9 is no slouch, we cannot really tell you to give up a great camera for one we like I guess, it is a matter of taste and what is useful to you. I sold a GX100 which is an excellent camera, terrific, but I did not seem to use it as much as the D-lux, the D-lux seems to inspire me as in itself it is pleasing to meand this encourages me to use it, it is very aesthetically pleasing which should not be important, but I find it technically acceptable too and am enjoying using it to produce pictures. best wishes ...paul
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tjkoko
Senior Member
Damn, that's some nice software!!!!!!!!!!!!! I owe youone!
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