Chinese restaurant in Scarborough

A Chinese restaurant located on Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough, Perth, WA
Leica D-LUX4, F/5.0, 3/4 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, -1, 3:2, 20:44 29 August 2010
Image cropped and level adjusted

Old poles in Perth

Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:09 29 August 2010


Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:11 29 August 2010


Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:12 29 August 2010

The Scarborough Beach in Perth

The pictures taken after lunch while walking along the Scarborough Beach on my first day in Perth, Western Australia. Some pictures are enhanced by Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2007.

In my first glance at the Perth airport and the Scarborough Beach area, the city looks like an American town. Everything is big and has enough space, people drive fast, and the street layout is well arranged vertically or horizontally based on rectangular street grids (not like Sydney at where almost no any street runs in a straight line from the beginning to the end).


Rendezvous Observation City Hotel Perth
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1000 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:20 29 August 2010


The arch at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1000 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:21 29 August 2010


Lamps at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/625 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:23 29 August 2010


A seagull watching the sea
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1600 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:23 29 August 2010


A seagull at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1000 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:24 29 August 2010


Lamps at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:25 29 August 2010


A girl demonstrating another little girl how to jump into the sand
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1000 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:26 29 August 2010


Sands at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1250 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:28 29 August 2010


A boat sign on the arch ground
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1250 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:31 29 August 2010


People resting at the beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/1000 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:32 29 August 2010


Trees and lamps at the Scarborough Beach
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/625 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:39 29 August 2010


The old fashioned Sunmoon Resort where I am
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/625 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:45 29 August 2010

Flying to Perth

The pictures taken on the early morning flight from Sydney, New South Wales to Perth, Western Australia. Some pictures are enhanced by Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2007.


Leaving Sydney
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/100 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 06:20 29 August 2010 (Sydney Time)


Leaving Sydney
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/200 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 06:21 29 August 2010 (Sydney Time)


Leaving Sydney
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/50 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 06:25 29 August 2010 (Sydney Time)


Landing at Perth
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 09:01 29 August 2010 (Perth Time)


Landing at Perth
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 09:02 29 August 2010 (Perth Time)

Breakfast and newspaper in Canberra

Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/30 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 09:19 20 August 2010


Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/30 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 09:18 20 August 2010

Shiretoko Five Lakes in morning

The Third Lake, Shiretoko Five Lakes, Shari, (Shiretoko Peninsula), Hokkaido, Japan
日本の北海道東部（知床半島）、斜里郡斜里町知床五湖（三湖）
Leica D-LUX4, F/8.0, 1/40 sec, 12.8 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, 16:9, 09:42 7 June 2009
Image cropped, level adjusted, and colour saturated

Leica feedback on D-LUX 4 aperture holding issue

Today I received the feedback regarding that aperture holding issue of D-LUX 4 from Leica via its Australian representative at ADEAL in Melbourne.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Bellgrove
Date: 29 April 2010 14:35
Subject: Re: WG: Support Anfrage: Leica Support/Digital compact cameras/Technical support/D-LUX 4/Handling
To: Bing Bao

Good afternoon Bing,

Thank you for your email, Leica in Solms has forwarded your email to us as their Australian representative and asked us to provide the answer.

Unfortunately there is no current fix available for this problem. We understand that the Product Management team at Leica are investigating this issue and could have a fix for it soon. Any fix would be be included in future firmware upgrades which are available on the Leica web site. Perhaps we could advise you to check this site from time to time and also subscribe to Leica's email newsletter. This newsletter usually advises its subscribers of firmware changes.

I hope this is helpful.

Regards

Michael Bellgrove
CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT COORDINATOR

ADEAL PTY LTD
2 Baldwin Road
Altona North Vic 3025
Phone : +61 3 8369 XXXX / Fax : +61 3 8369 XXXX
Web: www.adeal.com.au Email: sales@adeal.com.au

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Luehring, Lothar wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemens,
please help this Customer.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / kind regards

i.A. Lothar Luehring / Leica Support Specialist

Leica Camera AG/Informationservice
Solmser Gewerbepark 8
35606 Solms
tel. : +496442208-XXX
Fax: +496442208-XXXXX
E-Mail: *

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Von: Deiss, Ulli
Gesendet: Samstag, 24. April 2010 23:55
An: Luehring, Lothar
Betreff: WG: Support Anfrage: Leica Support/Digital compact cameras/Technical support/D-LUX 4/Handling

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Von: Bing Bao
Gesendet: Samstag, 24. April 2010 23:54:39
An: Deiss, Ulli
Betreff: Support Anfrage: Leica Support/Digital compact cameras/Technical support/D-LUX 4/Handling
Diese Nachricht wurde automatisch von einer Regel weitergeleitet.

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Dear Leica customer,
This is an automatically generated e-mail confirming the receipt of your inquiry.

Best regards
Leica Camera AG
Customer Service

Serial number	*
Purchase date	*
Details of inquiry	Hi Support I am a Leica D-LUX 4 user from Australia. I recently found an issue of Auto Review that, I think, should be a defect of D-LUX 4 firmware, which is inherent from the LUMIX firmware of Panasonic DMC-LX3. The issue is: while Auto Review is working on the "HOLD" option, the aperture is on hold, too. That means, the lens does not return to full open aperture after shutter fired until Auto Review stops showing the last shot. The issue also applies to the other options of Auto Review, of course, except the "OFF" one, though the duration is less than 2 seconds with other options ("1 SEC" / "2 SEC" / "ZOOM"). This is really not good for the lens, one of the most expensive parts of the camera. The aperture of this lens should be better at the wide open position while not at work. As you know, the aperture is fully opened when the camera is power off. As it is not necessary to keep the aperture working while reviewing a photograph because the shooting procedure has finished, I speculate it should be a defect of the firmware, and hopefully it can be fixed in the near future. At present, my fix is just to turn OFF the Auto Review, at all. Do you have any method to get rid of this issue? I am looking forward to hearing from you about Leica opinions on this. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Bing Bao
Salutation	Mr
Title	-
First name	Bing
Last name	Bao
Country	AU
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House No.
Address line 1	-
Postal code	2000
City	Sydney
E-Mail	*
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