Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) > You miss a major point here, Gary; the fact that digital continues to > "improve" does NOT mean that people have to upgrade every 18 months. I'm > willing to bet that for 99% of pros' needs - certainly for what Tina > does - a D1s with it's full-frame, 11 mgp sensor - will meet their > needs for as long as the camera continues to function. We're no longer > talking about the jump from 1 to 2 to 3 mgp. And as to the glass, one > assumes one can get a reasonable check for one's investment in Leica > glass if one makes a switch. And it's hardly unheard of for pro's to > switch systems when one system clear surpasses another - it happened to > Nikon when all it had was the dog called the F4 and Canon had the EOS1. > > As to a "little convenience and instant gratification" - I'd say it's > more like having the tools that allow one to compete in the market place > and make a living. We're not talking here about happy snaps of the > grandkids and macro flower shots for the camera club. > > B. D. Once somebody else has one bigger and better (in this example say a 14 mp vs. an 11 mp digicam), the need to keep up with the competition overrides rational thought process. Very few pros in the photo game will be willing to admit the guy across the street has more juice or "mp." As I said before, I am amazed at the rationalizations people have for spending colossal sums of money on digital when logic tells you we are deep in a growth curve of a nascent technology that is still changing so rapidly obsolesce is barely ahead of product introduction. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html