Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hej, Ernie, we're Leica users ... we're not spoiled by meters and the like :) Daniel On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, enitka wrote: > Mark - the AIS lenses may attach but with Nikon DSLR you won't be > able to use the in camera exposure meter. > > ern ie > > > > >I just had a little discussion meeting with a Musician I'm doing a head > >shot for and the producer who's doing the webpage musician hightech > >promo thing which also involves sending tunes over the internet as well > >as images. Most of these technologies I'm aware of. But certainly not > >how to string them together into a working package. > > > >I told him I'd be shooting the thing on film and have the scans made at > >the time of processing as I usually did. > >He gave me a withering look. Asked me if I had a digital camera. > >I said no. > >Another even more withering look. > >(But I'm not sure if he knew what i was talking about on the scan at > >processing time thing.) > > > >I'm wondering if the reason why these guys like digital so much is > >because it gets them the whole "take" to play with. > >Instead of the few shots I'd normally give them. > > > >I can see my Leica's and Hasselblads sitting there while i shoot this > >guy with an Olympus with a non removable zoom digital camera. I can see > >that arrangement becoming a habit. A nightmare. > > > >I don't know if getting a Nikon digital body and taking my Nikon lenses > >out of the attic would make a less humiliating approach to full digital me. > >I did read that only the very latest this year Nikon digital cameras can > >be used with older Nikon lenses. Like AI or AIs. Of which I'm > >particularly fond. But not fond as compared to Leica and Zeiss but they > >do bring back fond memories when I had seven bucks in my back pocket and > >that was it. No money for Hypo. > > > > > > > >Mark Rabiner > >Portland, Oregon USA > >Photography > > > >Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com > >Email: mark@rabinergroup.com > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html