Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, I'm in the same boat as you; huge film based investment and unwilling to part with it. Primarily because I still don't believe that digital can give me all I can achieve with film. No need to go into the details; just my personal opinion. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to play with some high end digital stuff; just can't part with the $s. :-) Bob - --- Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: > Bob, > Yes, the RAW mode would satisfy most of the > complaints I aired. However, in > RAW, close to 18MB are expended for each shot. With > the 256 card I had that > would only be 12ish shots which would not be enough. > Next time I will > venture out with a Gig card and try my luck again. > I am beginning to > suspect that I will stay with film for a few more > years at least. It is a > classic time/money scenario. I already have the > film equipment so it only > takes time to process and scan. > > If I spent 3-9000 dollars I could go digital in a > way that equals what I get > with film and avoid the processing/scanning loop. > The high end figure comes > from the price of a 1Ds which is the closest > equivalent for film. > > Thanks, > > Don > dorysrus@mindspirng.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