Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica of course does have a digital camera but I suppose you meant SLRs. For what it's worth, I had a Fuji S2 Pro for a couple of months and it was a joy to use and produced astonishing results. I sold it with the full intention of buying another one or its successor at a lower price. I wasn't using it enough as my 18 month year old son has reduced my photography output to a trickle. 6 megapixels is should be enough for anyone(to paraphrase Bill Gates) and Nikon's announcement of a 12-17mm lens that only covers the reduced frame size is as strong a statement of intent as you could get that Nikon won't be going down the full frame route. In two years at the outside I'm going to sell my film SLRs and go digital. I'll keep my beloved M6 though. Neil - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Ridings [mailto:daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no] Sent: 11 February 2003 08:37 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] xxx was Mark revisits history A little off-topic, but here's my logic. I'm a Leica user, this is a Leica list, I want a digital camera, Leica doesn't have one, so ... You Leica users, what would you do. I too have a batch of AIS lenses and am used to metering anyway. Nikon or Canon? The full-frame argument is ok, but it's not essential to me. A rectangle is a rectangle. I don't mind picking up a couple of autofocus lenses to use the camera full throttle. Which route have LUGers gone? I'm banking on prices dropping around March (at some kind of expo that is popular with the digital producers). Canon doesn't make the D60 anymore, prices of the D100 have actually dropped here in Norway, so much so that they're cheaper than they are in Sweden (now THAT is dramatic). I'm leaning towards Nikon. I'll probably start (and most likely finish) with a D100 kind of camera (price range). Any flames? All the best, Daniel On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, bdcolen wrote: > :-) Sounds like a familiar point - well made, but not often well taken > here abouts. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kyle > Cassidy > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 3:50 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: [Leica] Mark revisits history > > > Mark sed: > > "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." > > But I find this in the LUG archives from 1951: > > "I can see my Speed and Crown graphics sitting right there while I shoot > this guy with a dinky 35mm negative on a german import camera. I can see > that arrangement becoming a habit. A nightmare." > > -- > 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html