Leica V-Lux 4 camera

[lepetitmartien]

For Leica/Panasonic, the Leica crew designs its own camera and part of the Lumix series now they are a division of Panasonic. The lowest range of Lumix cameras are 100% Panasonic, the others are Leica conceived, and it changes everything. The good Lumix are very good and it starts at reasonable prices.

Once they were really ahead of others on the image quality side. Now, it's more difficult to choose, the lowest level once you spend about 300$ is high.

 

[abax]

In doing my research, I found another little glitch...no written operations
manual. It seems CD instructions are cheaper for the company. I want
a manual on paper I can refer to when I need it without cranking up the
CD player and trying to find the info. I want to review.

Did an extensive review of Panasonic FZ200 and it's a very nice camera,
but again, no manual on actual paper.

LM in Paris, do you recommend the Leica V-Lux 4 at $899.00 over some of the other in this class?

Ed, I briefly looked over the Hokia Lumin 41MP and I suspect camera shake will still
be an issue for me.

 

[gonewild]

Ed, I briefly looked over the Hokia Lumin 41MP and I suspect camera shake will still
be an issue for me.

The major problem with phone cameras is the shutter release button.
In photography the press of the shutter button is the major cause of camera shake in photos.
A careful gentle press of the button is one of the learned techniques of a good photographer.

Why is this a problem with phone cameras?
Because they don't have a button to push. The touch screen button requires a "tap" rather than a gentle touch. The tap sends vibrations through the camera that moves the camera enough to create "camera shake" blur in the image.

Adding more MP to the image quality simply records more blurred pixels it does not make each pixel sharper. Then when you resize the image to a internet friendly size you throw out most of the pixels anyway.

 

[SlipperFan]

If you don't care too much about controlling the camera, a pretty cheap P&S camera can take decent pictures. Even ones under $200 have image stabilization. So V-lux 4 is probably an overkill. As Lance said, any cameras are good enough for web purpose (most of the time). I still occasionally use my first 4MP digital camera from 11 years ago, and it can take decent photos.

The major problem with phone cameras is the shutter release button.
In photography the press of the shutter button is the major cause of camera shake in photos.
A careful gentle press of the button is one of the learned techniques of a good photographer.

Why is this a problem with phone cameras?
Because they don't have a button to push. The touch screen button requires a "tap" rather than a gentle touch. The tap sends vibrations through the camera that moves the camera enough to create "camera shake" blur in the image.

Adding more MP to the image quality simply records more blurred pixels it does not make each pixel sharper. Then when you resize the image to a internet friendly size you throw out most of the pixels anyway.

Yes.

 

[naoki]

If your cell phone has a self-timer (preferably 1-2 sec), it can minimize the movement due to "pressing" the shutter. It's a pretty standard technique, I think. When I don't have a remote (cable release), I frequently use the self-timer even on my sturdy gitzo + RRS BH-55.

Don't most of cameras come with CD manuals (instead of printed one) recently? Or even if it comes with printed version, the printed version is frequently not the full manual. I only bought 4 brand-new cameras in the last 3-4 years (most of the time I buy used ones), and none of them had a full printed manual.

 

[ehanes7612]

my iphone has a second delay from the time i press to the time it takes a shot..to minimize shake due to pressing the button..i would imagine the Lumin has that too

 

[lepetitmartien]

If I were on the prowl for a decent camera (now that I'm with a Canon 7D for a week… currently in learning curve, sigh) I'd go in the Nikon 1 J3, or lumix equivalents. I'd look for one I can change the optics.

My old camera was a small fujifilm compact, very good at macro. Now I can see the differences with the Canon, colors are crisper and truer. I'd avoid going in the top end if you don't want to bother too much with tech issues.