Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<snip> On the other hand, I would go along with Jim Brick's 50 year prediction when it comes to PJ project work, documentary photography, and fine art - film will be around for a long time, if for no other reason than the fact that by starting with film and with the high quality lenses used on cameras like the Leica, N and M, digitally stored and printed images end up better than they would if they were shot with digital equipment. <snip> If you think film and lenses are better than new digital equipment, your daydreaming in technicolor. I have seen the Megavision S2 take a Hassy image of a person down to the iris in an eye and with software it actually made it clear. You just can't do that with film. I guess if I had $10K invested in an ancient M system, I would probably be in denial too! Thinking like that reminds me of what H.M. Warner of Warner Bros. Pictures said in 1927, and I quote "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" <snip> The real question I have, the real hope I have, is for products like those mentioned earlier today, which will allow a "traditional" camera to store take and store digital images...I'd love to be able on occassion to put a digital card, rather than a roll of film, in my M6 or N* F and have instant photos...and then be able to load film and shoot in my normal manner.... <snip> I think they will reserve this type of digital card for a modern camera capable of using it, like a N* F5, or EOS-3 rather than the very small market of expensive mechanical cameras. Peter K