Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wash out you mouth BD! My black R8 is the best looking, most handsome, and yes, most BEAUTIFUL camera in the world... except for my 11x14 Korona of course. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com bdcolen wrote: > > Don't bet on getting it "very cheap in a year's time." One, I'm going > to > guess that you aren't going to see any major jumps in resolution from > the 11-14 meg range for a while - although I could, of course, be > wrong; > and, two, with cameras at the 11-14 meg range, most photographers will > not feel the need to immediately trade in their equipment to jump to > the > next level - at least not for resolution, which at the present high > end > exceeds the needs of people shooting for newspapers, magazines, and > most > print uses. Obviously, if there are vast improvements in color > rendition, low light sensitivity, etc., and number of high resolution > frames that can be shot per second, that could effect things. But I > suspect the days of regular annual or 18 month trade-ins may be coming > to an end. > > And "ugly?" Who cares. The R8 is uuuuuuugly, but its fans love it - > and > even think it's beautiful. ;-) The question is not, "what does it look > like?" The question is, "what do the images it produces look like?" At > least I thought that was what photography was all about. :-) > > B. D. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html