Re: [Leica] Digital Longevity

["Pat Perez" <patdperez@yahoo.com>]

In that case, you might want to consider Lea's Mamiya she's selling. Fairly
light, astounding image quality, and basically as automated as a Leica M7
<g>. Poor focal length selection, and slow lenses, but higher speed film is
good quality these days. Of course, you only get 10 on 120, but at least it
will handle 220 for 20 shots. My Brooks Veriwide only gets 7 on 120. Talk
about needing to be careful before tripping the shutter!

Pat
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Jelliffe" <pbjbike@yahoo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Longevity


> I've always had more "keeper" images when shooting 120
> for the same reason.  Only 12 frames, better make 'em
> good...Just don't like the system weight or the speed
> of shooting with MF enough.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> --- Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> > My experience as well - from the world of amateurs I
> > have found that I
> > shoot way too many digital images and do not do
> > proper editing whereas
> > when I shoot traditional I am selective as which
> > frames i scan. This is
> > in part due to the hassle of scanning vs. already
> > having the image
> > digitized.  Some would see this as the benefit of
> > digital - so much
> > easier to get images in the digital realm.
> >
> > ernie
> > On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:46  PM, David
> > Rodgers wrote:
> >
> > > Neil
> > >
> > >>> It seems that photographers are doing what you
> > would expect them to
> > >>> do with digital and shooting hundreds of frames
> > for each shoot where
> > >>> they would have shot dozens before.<<
> > >
> > > Low cost per frame was digital's big draw for me.
> > I factored
> > > everything and found that I wasn't really saving
> > that much. Had some
> > > problems and spent more on repairs in one month
> > than I had the
> > > previous 10 years  using Leicas.
> > >
> > > I also learned that my style of photography --
> > portraits, landscapes,
> > > postcard and decart images, some documentary and
> > editorial support,
> > > etc. -- doesn't benefit from high volume. In fact,
> > I came away with
> > > fewer quality images even when shooting 10 times
> > as many frames.
> > > Shooting digital wasn't as much fun, either.
> > >
> > > About a year ago I was all ready to sell my
> > Leicas. I'm sooooo glad
> > > that I didn't. I'm back to film. Digital cameras
> > weren't a good fit
> > > for me. I sometimes wonder I'm alone in that
> > experience.
> > >
> > > --
> > > DaveR
> > >> __________________________________________________

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