Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: [Leica] Will the Digital R hurt the M system? > Imagine this. You own both R and M cameras and lenses. For years > you've selected one or the other for a job for the system's features > and suitability, or when shooting for fun, whichever one you've felt > like using. The output has not been an issue. Getting prints for the > relys from slides without loss of quality has always been a hassle. > Putting up with what labs do to your negs and how they interpret them > has always been a pain. > > Now you have a digital R back. Which camera do you choose when you > want to quickly email pics of the kids birthdays to their grandparents? > Which camera do you choose for pics of your new car to add to your > website, or shots of the family holiday? When you're asked to add the > kid that turned up late to the team photo you took earlier in the day? > > So, when the tax return arrives and a new Leica lens is on your mind, > which system are you going to augment? "Hmm? Haven't used the M6s for > ages. Can't get Kodachrome! I'll buy that new APO-Summilux 1.4/80 ASPH > R, the one DLUGers have been raving about, the one that flipped Erwin's > lid, right orf. A 1.4/116 - how good is that?!" > > Goodbye M system. > > Rick. If you're using the M system only to shoot family snaps you should've said goodbye to it a long time ago. There are many more affordable options, both digital and film, that will do the job. But to say that an R8/R9 with a digital back---which will weigh as much as the R8/R9 with MOTOR winder---will replace a rangefinder M camera which is infinitely easier to handle, to carry, to use, to utilize in low light, in tight spots, PLEASE. The only thing your conclusion demonstrates is that you're more a dilettante than a photographer. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html