Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At that range, $1200, you're already within the SLR price zone anyway. I'm wondering if Sony is working on trying to become the digital version of Leica in snob appeal, and pro user irrelevance? Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Fiber optics? I don't think so... >Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2003, 10:55 PM > > At 7:20 PM -0700 8/15/03, Jerry Lehrer wrote: >>Eric >> >>Wouldn't that new Sony (not SONNY) camera sort of knock Leica's >>one year from now, maybe, R8/ 9 conversion back, into the proverbial >>cocked hat? >> >>Jerry >> >>Eric Welch wrote: >> >> > It's the new Sony 8mp digital camera they announced to day ($1,200) > > Not all 8Mp are created equal. The Canon 1D has proven that a good > 4Mp chip is worth more in image quality by far than any P&S 5Mp, and > probably 8Mp as well. Photoreceptor size is more important than Mp. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.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