I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
to front only the essential facts of life,
and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,
and not, when I came to die,
discover that I had not lived.

Leica D-Lux 3 vs Canon G9

When it comes to point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras offering manual control and able to provide access to the RAW files, the field is a rather limited one. Two of the most promising are the Leica D-Lux 3 (essentially the same as the Panasonic LX2 with the addition of a red dot and some pretty trivial software tweaks) and the Canon G9. As a number of people have asked about comparisons between the D-Lux 3 and the G9, I thought I should provide some initial impressions having recently obtained a G9 to go with the D-Lux 3. Read More...