Posted by Frank Winters on March 13, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Has anyone used this camera? What can you tell us about it? Any good for landscapes? I'm thinking of trying one out. Would use it for landscapes and street photography. It is reputed to have very high IQ but be very, very slow. Any comments are welcomed. Thanks.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on March 13, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Frank,
As an alternative I can suggest the Panasonic LX3. The DP1 does have very good image quality from what I've seen, but the lens is fixed and somewhat slow. The LX3 has a stellar 24-60 (equiv) f2-2.8 Leica lens and a bunch of features that would make for a killer street camera. For one, you can set the focus to manual and it provides a hyperfocal scale based on your selected aperture and focal length. When set in manual, there is virtually no shutter lag.
My LX3 has replaced my DSLR for day hike type of stuff and added the ability to have a camera I can always carry.
I can provide some samples from this camera and my most recent image on ESS was shot with this.
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1 repliesAs an alternative I can suggest the Panasonic LX3. The DP1 does have very good image quality from what I've seen, but the lens is fixed and somewhat slow. The LX3 has a stellar 24-60 (equiv) f2-2.8 Leica lens and a bunch of features that would make for a killer street camera. For one, you can set the focus to manual and it provides a hyperfocal scale based on your selected aperture and focal length. When set in manual, there is virtually no shutter lag.
My LX3 has replaced my DSLR for day hike type of stuff and added the ability to have a camera I can always carry.
I can provide some samples from this camera and my most recent image on ESS was shot with this.
Mel-