Stan-o-Stan
Senior Member
i have been use the digilux 1 for 2 years now, and a lot. It was
intended as a back up to my 6x6 rolliflex and has somehow taken
over, and I love 6x6! maybe it's the addictive 'instantness' that
always reminds me of shooting polaroids. Anyhow I've enjoyed it
very much. It's simple and versatile and the massive LCD is a
winner. I don't know why more camera's have big lcd's it's such a
part of shooting digital. Great feel to the images, good camera,
but...
Problems:
after such extensive use I can say the following:
often takes shots out of focus - when the green spot locks to tell
you focus has locked.
Low light can be tricky with slow searching before focus lock.
genrally my main issues with the camera are it's slow and
unpridictable focus/searching - lock. many times I had a subject up
close and composed great in the viewfinder (which is a bit naff
although usable) or the LCD and the bloody camera would not
take the shot, just searching back and forth, and it happened many
times.
Tiff is very heavy and slow - it takes around 25 seconds for 1 shot
to write (maybe faster with a bigger card - I use 128mb). My flash
has stopped working (although it has been 2 years in the field,
travelling in asia, used every day...)
all that said i still love it and think it's got many advantages over the
others in it's class. very low shutter lag (when it fires!).
intended as a back up to my 6x6 rolliflex and has somehow taken
over, and I love 6x6! maybe it's the addictive 'instantness' that
always reminds me of shooting polaroids. Anyhow I've enjoyed it
very much. It's simple and versatile and the massive LCD is a
winner. I don't know why more camera's have big lcd's it's such a
part of shooting digital. Great feel to the images, good camera,
but...
Problems:
after such extensive use I can say the following:
often takes shots out of focus - when the green spot locks to tell
you focus has locked.
Low light can be tricky with slow searching before focus lock.
genrally my main issues with the camera are it's slow and
unpridictable focus/searching - lock. many times I had a subject up
close and composed great in the viewfinder (which is a bit naff
although usable) or the LCD and the bloody camera would not
take the shot, just searching back and forth, and it happened many
times.
Tiff is very heavy and slow - it takes around 25 seconds for 1 shot
to write (maybe faster with a bigger card - I use 128mb). My flash
has stopped working (although it has been 2 years in the field,
travelling in asia, used every day...)
all that said i still love it and think it's got many advantages over the
others in it's class. very low shutter lag (when it fires!).