Razr
09-27-2007, 05:23 AM
But let me buy my PANASONIC DMC-FZ30 with a clear conscience:
Camera Clash: Digital SLR (Canon EOS-20D) vs All-in-One (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30)
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/panasonic_lumix_dmc-fz30_canon_eos-20d_camera_shootout/page2.asp
A Real Leica Lens
One of the key selling points for the Lumix DMC-FZ30 is that it has a real Leica DC lens and not simply a "Leica-branded" lens that's a result of collaborative marketing. This statement may cause a lot of consternation among photographers and Leicaphiles.
Clearly, anyone who thinks that the Leica DC 7.4-88.8 mm f/2.8-3.7 VARIO-ELMARIT lens on the Lumix DMC-FZ30 comes close to the Leica 400mm f/4.0 APO-TELYT-R lens which goes for $8500 used is deluding themselves.
Nevertheless, the Leica lenses in the Lumix line-up are unequivocally using real Leica technology.
All of the Leica lenses used in the Lumix line-up use identical multi-coating to that found in the M- and R-mount Leica lenses.
In comparison, most of the Carl Zeiss lenses used in Sony digital products do not use the famed T* coating.
Since the Panasonic Lumix cameras use Leica's multi-coating, it is in fact a real Leica lens.
A very good comparison of the two and an equally good read.
The black body FZ30 quickly became a "classic" among Panasonic FZ (Floozie/"Fuzzy") shooters and accounts for the near cult yearning among many of them to own a black body FZ30 over a sliver body FZ30, both of which, though old technology-still gather premium prices on eBay.
Camera Clash: Digital SLR (Canon EOS-20D) vs All-in-One (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30)
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/panasonic_lumix_dmc-fz30_canon_eos-20d_camera_shootout/page2.asp
A Real Leica Lens
One of the key selling points for the Lumix DMC-FZ30 is that it has a real Leica DC lens and not simply a "Leica-branded" lens that's a result of collaborative marketing. This statement may cause a lot of consternation among photographers and Leicaphiles.
Clearly, anyone who thinks that the Leica DC 7.4-88.8 mm f/2.8-3.7 VARIO-ELMARIT lens on the Lumix DMC-FZ30 comes close to the Leica 400mm f/4.0 APO-TELYT-R lens which goes for $8500 used is deluding themselves.
Nevertheless, the Leica lenses in the Lumix line-up are unequivocally using real Leica technology.
All of the Leica lenses used in the Lumix line-up use identical multi-coating to that found in the M- and R-mount Leica lenses.
In comparison, most of the Carl Zeiss lenses used in Sony digital products do not use the famed T* coating.
Since the Panasonic Lumix cameras use Leica's multi-coating, it is in fact a real Leica lens.
A very good comparison of the two and an equally good read.
The black body FZ30 quickly became a "classic" among Panasonic FZ (Floozie/"Fuzzy") shooters and accounts for the near cult yearning among many of them to own a black body FZ30 over a sliver body FZ30, both of which, though old technology-still gather premium prices on eBay.