Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica/Nikon/Canon
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:50 +0000 (PST)

Eric Welch writes:

> I don't think this is necessarily true. We are very capable
> photographers.

Forgive me, I din't mean to imply otherwise.

> What it takes to avoid blooming is to use a slow ISO and strobe the
> situation. As photojournalists, we often don't have the luxury of
doing
> that. There is no other way to avoid blooming in similar lighting
> situations. It's a fact of digital.
>
> I'm sure they'll eventually fix it. But for now, a hybrid system
would
> be a
> better deal, but our publisher has given the mandate. Go digital.

Yes, that's the position over here too. It's a business case, which
is fair enough in the circumstances.