Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom: I feel the same... I've had a 6 mpixel Kodak/Nikon since summer but nevertheless still prefer the R8. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Winchester, MA tlianza wrote: > > Hi to all, > > After I bought my Nikon D100 I swore to myself that I would concentrate on > Digital Photography and not make any purchases in the Leica areas either SLR > or Rangefinder. The whole digital imaging thing seems really Great. I've > gotten to the point where my digital images generally match or exceed the > quality of the analog images that most people percieved in the images I > showed them. I can push an A sized print out on my Canon i850 printer in a > minute or two and it is beautiful. On the other hand, I'm finding myself > dealing with "raw" files and managing "libraries" and numbering systems, > keywords, and archival issues... frankly, this is not photography and it is > not fun. Just before christmas, I needed an image I took of my son over > twenty three years ago. I went to the negative file, opened the book with > the appropiate year and within minutes had it. I wonder how I'm going to > find those D100 shots 20 years from now? Over the past few months it has > really hit home that digital imaging is very attractive, very easy, and we > can produce excellent quality, but the workflow is rather inefficient when > compared to film. And there is no magic.... To this day, I remember sitting > in the darkroom developing my first contact print from an old brownie 620. > I have never forgotten the feeling of watching that image pop (they pop much > faster today than in the old Velox days...). I find that I use the digital > at events and in the theater (from the balcony), but it is not getting > nearly the use that I had thought it would. The fact is, when I'm > travelling, I tend to grab the messenger bag with the M system. There is > just too much crap to carry around with the digital.... it's OK when I'm > near home. > > I got a great bonus the other day, so I went out and ordered a new camera: > an M7. I opened the box in the The Camera Shop (yeah, that's the name of > the camera store...) and I just stared at it for a few minutes with a silly > smile. I ordered a chrome .72x. I slipped my 35 'lux onto it and ventured > up to Vermont to wander around in -5 degree F weather. Being the Geek that > I am, I "didn't need no stinkin' instructions" and I have to say that it > just felt great. I found the exposure compensation was a bit awkward with > gloves on, but overall it was a great experience to be out there in nature > with a new "buddy". I also took my ol' R7 and my NEW 35-70 zoom (Yet > another item I swore I would not buy...) out for a walk too. These are > cameras that can take the cold and it showed. The zoom got a little > sluggish as it got really cold, but it was useable. I found the cameras > could take the cold better than me....I forgot a hat, big mistake when below > zero. Tonight, we're in for a blizzard here in Southern New Hampshire... It > should be nice walking around in the higher temps....it has been just brutal > these past few weeks... I'll really be testing out that exposure > compensation tomorrow.... > > Take care... > > Tom Lianza > Technical Director > Sequel Imaging Inc. > 25 Nashua Rd. > Londonderry, NH 03053 > tlianza@sequelimaging.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