Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/28
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Hi Felix!
How much does the ID actually weigh with that zoom lens? As I
pointed out in an earlier post, my Leica D with it's lens weights 500 gr.
Does the ID weigh four times that with the zoom?
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net
Felix Lopez de Maturana wrote:
> >My Canon 10D is supposed to be here Monday, with a 24-70 Canon lens and
> an
> >adapter for my R lenses. I know I'll save time and money. I looked at
> the
> >1Ds but it's huge in my hands. If you get it, let me know what you
> think.
>
> <Tina
>
> Tina
>
> The EOS 1Ds "is" huge and too heavy. Even used to hand Nikon F5 and
> Leica R8 with winder it's very large even for me a man of 125 kilograms
> (260 pounds I believe)! And, besides, the 24-70 f:2.8 "is" too large and
> heavy (I use the 28-70) but images are excellent. The very large number
> of features and buttons of the camera may impress the new user but, as
> always, is a matter of practice. You can set the camera customized at
> your choice and then is right easy: for instance: manual focus, centre
> weight metering and aperture priority as the only way of shooting. Or
> let it on "everything automatic" as finally I do after checking that the
> camera is better then me, except some really tricky situations.
>
> The 10D, you'll see, is much easier of handling, battery last many, many
> shots and a Giga CF card or microdrive stores many pictures...Just the
> problem is to see back the pictures of 30/60/10D when you've shooted
> with the 1Ds!
>
> I see clearly in my future M7 and 1Ds as only film and digital cameras.
> And probably in a couple of years only the second one. Speaking with
> Canon people last week I sincerely believe that in some years no "high
> end" SLR will appear. A lot of consumer or prosumer but not admiral
> flagships. So it's probably a good investment.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Felix
>
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