Leica Digilux 2
I bought my Leica Digilux 2 camera new in March 2004. It was used for illustrating my articles on crafts and small businesses for a few years, before being retained for personal photography. It is now seventeen years old, which is remarkable for an early digital camera.
Apart from receiving a replacement sensor, a wide-spread problem resolved by Leica at no cost to owners at the time, my Digilux 2 (D2) has performed faultlessly. (Unfortunately, Leica is no longer able to support this camera, due to the unavailability of spare parts) Although I use my D2 rarely, nowadays, it is fair to say that it is a trip down memory lane and still a joy to use. Given advances in image processing software and photographer skills, even better results are possible today. Noise reduction software even makes ISO 400 more usable now than when first launched.
Despite its relatively old technology and fairly low-resolution 5 mega-pixels sensor, the D2 is winning new converts worldwide. Photographers appreciate its exceptional lens, (28-90 mm equivalent f/2 Vario-Summicron), automation and yet wonderful ergonomics for manual operation. For those interested, look at the Leica User Forum>digital Forum and locate the thread entitled: "Do Digilux 2 Photos have a Distinctive Look?". Currently, it has had over 440,000 viewers! Here is the link: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/20016-do-digilux-2-photos-have-distinctive-look/ (Make sure you are signed in to access this thread)
My portfolio shows a random selection of some of my 6,000 retained Digilux 2 pictures from my library. Here is a picture of the camera with the optional ELPRO-D macro lens attachment.
Since writing the above notes, I have published a more comprehensive article, 'My Way with the Leica Digilux 2'. See https://www.davidaskham.com/my-way-with-the-leica
(Updated November 2022)
Apart from receiving a replacement sensor, a wide-spread problem resolved by Leica at no cost to owners at the time, my Digilux 2 (D2) has performed faultlessly. (Unfortunately, Leica is no longer able to support this camera, due to the unavailability of spare parts) Although I use my D2 rarely, nowadays, it is fair to say that it is a trip down memory lane and still a joy to use. Given advances in image processing software and photographer skills, even better results are possible today. Noise reduction software even makes ISO 400 more usable now than when first launched.
Despite its relatively old technology and fairly low-resolution 5 mega-pixels sensor, the D2 is winning new converts worldwide. Photographers appreciate its exceptional lens, (28-90 mm equivalent f/2 Vario-Summicron), automation and yet wonderful ergonomics for manual operation. For those interested, look at the Leica User Forum>digital Forum and locate the thread entitled: "Do Digilux 2 Photos have a Distinctive Look?". Currently, it has had over 440,000 viewers! Here is the link: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/20016-do-digilux-2-photos-have-distinctive-look/ (Make sure you are signed in to access this thread)
My portfolio shows a random selection of some of my 6,000 retained Digilux 2 pictures from my library. Here is a picture of the camera with the optional ELPRO-D macro lens attachment.
Since writing the above notes, I have published a more comprehensive article, 'My Way with the Leica Digilux 2'. See https://www.davidaskham.com/my-way-with-the-leica
(Updated November 2022)
