Re: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

> > [Tina wrote:]
> >> If it is true that this is really the Leica digital answer, I will be
> >> switching to Canon for my SLR digital photography.  Probably the 1DS
> >> since
> >> it is most sturdy model.  It's about the same price as the proposed
> >> refit
> >> for the R8 with all the advantages of autofocus and lenses designed
> >> for
> >> digital.  My purpose in using digital is economy, convenience,
> >> economy,
> >> immediate results, economy, easy transport through airports, economy,
> >> PowerPoint presentations, economy, CD storage vs slides, economy, and
> > stock
> >> sales.
> >
> > I am simply amazed at what people will spend for a little convenience
> > and
> > instant gratification.  How exactly is spending $7000 for a digital
> > camera
> > that will need an upgrade in 18 months, and how many more $1000's on
> > new
> > glass square with a desire for "economy."  What is economical about
> > such a
> > purchase?  What exactly is so horrible about a film camera?  You can
> > spend
> > $2K on a film scanner with an auto film loader from that "N" company
> > and get
> > pretty much the same result (without the instant gratification) and
> > still
> > use the best glass in the world---and save a good $10-15K in the
> > process.
> > Am I missing something here or has the world gone completely mad?
>
> You are missing something, and coming close to insulting Tina with your
> remark about "a little convenience and instant gratification." The
> money Tina saves on film, and the time she saves processing film and
> scanning it with the auto feeder Nikon that she has used for years now,
> will pay for her new 1Ds long before it becomes obsolete.
> Gilbert

and not to mention the fact that Tina is often many weeks and many
thousands of miles from seeing the fruit of her labors ...by the time she
returns from a mission in Honduras to South Carolina she must be aching
(understatement!) to see her precious and beautiful  images....

Steve


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