Disclaimer: I´m a hobbyist with very limited photographic skills
I would really appreciate a digital Contax G3 with a 24x36mm sensor around 4Megapixel as an addition to my Contax G2 to save on peripherals like lenses and flash, call me cheap
Additionaly I would like to have an AF assist light and/or support for one in a flash. TTL fill flash would be nice, too. Usualy I don't use a flash on the Contax G2, but with low light the TLA30 suits me well, a TLA360 is on my whishlist.
The Leica Digilux misses two critical points in my opinion. No CF II/Microdrive Support and no TTL Support with an external flash.
I´ve got a Canon G1 with Speedlight 420ex, the 420 is the smallest flash with decent functions on the Canon G1/G2, and I had the opportunity to try a Leica Digilux1 for a day. The picture quality is nearly the same as with the Canon G1, except the higher resolution which doesn't matter with 4"x5" prints and I realy like the controls. In low light it is worse to focus than the Canon G1, the AF assist light is a big help then. SD/MMC Media are on a serial interface which is slower than the CF's parallel interface, so transfering the pictures to the card takes longer. Most of my digital shots are in Canon RAW Format, the closest match to this is TIFF on the Digilux and the 64MB Card holds around five pictures then. Usualy I have around 60 to 70 pictures from an evening out and that amounts to 15 SD Cards. On the G-Move in Hamburg we took around 900 pictures with two Canon D30 on the trucks and 150 with the Canon G1 in crowded clubs!
The Canon doesn´t look very pretty anymore, but it´s realy tough an can stand a blow on crowded dancefloors, the Digilux seems to be as tough but I cannot afford to destroy one, just to find out
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I´ll take a very close look on the digital TVS at the photokina.
Regards
Volker
P.S. also I´ve mostly used SLR´s I´ve been brought up with rangefinders from my grandpa's Contessa to my fathers Robot, Rolleiflex and Linhof Super Technica
. The first SLR in the family was my Yashica FX-D in 1982 after I realized that shooting Gribraltar from a passing ship with a Rollei 35T showed a nice landscape and my friend with his Nikon F3 and 300mm with 2x converter had the girls on the beach.