Serious Compacts: The Care and Feeding Of

[simonclivehughes]

I wanted to let forum members know that I've written an article on Serious Compacts that, rather than being a test, is a user discussion and perspective on the Leica D-Lux 2, the Ricoh GRD II and the Ricoh GX100.

The article discusses the following:

• Introduction
• Defining the "Serious Compact"
• Personal Odyssey
• Usability Issues
• Operational Commonalities and Specifics (including parameters setups for each camera)
• (The Dreaded) Flash
• Shooting Strategies
• Workflow & Processing
• Future Thoughts

You can find the article at www.seriouscompacts.com as well as on my own website.

I hope that you will find it useful.

Cheers,

 

[Joan]

Nice article, Simon. Appreciate it, and I want to steal your D-Lux 2 in the Luigi case.

 

[simonclivehughes]

Thanks, Joan! She is a beauty, isn't she?

Cheers,

 

[Terry]

Nice article....a lot in common....Digilux 2 was my entrance back into photography. So, d-lux3, TZ3, M8, M8, D300, GRD2.....passed on the DP1 and waiting to see what Dr. Kaufmann gives us at Photokina.

 

[simonclivehughes]

Thanks, Terry. I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick with the D300s for my main cameras at this point, and for now at least, the Ricohs are keeping me happy.

Ciao,

 

[Player]

Simon, thanks for the article! Well done!

I'm giving your My1 and My2 settings a go. It makes way more sense than what I had with one setting for Raw and one for jpeg. I don't think I'll be shooting too many jpegs anyway. Thanks again!

 

[simonclivehughes]

I'm glad that the article provided some new ideas for you. Have fun with your camera(s)!

Cheers,

 

[micampe]

you've made me want the GRD II with the two lenses. baaaad simon.

 

[simonclivehughes]

Please note the author assumes no responsibility for incidentl gear lust. :lecture:

Ciao,

 

[cam]

Please note the author assumes no responsibility for incidentl gear lust. :lecture:

don't believe a word of that nonsense! thanks to Master SimonCliveHughes, i now own Ascough Actions and an R-D1. and this evil, evil, temptress of a man doesn't feel the slightest bit a guilt about it. sheesh

btw, wonderful article!