Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You go Mark. I recently picked up an absolutely mint Canon F1 with 50mm F1.4 lens and clean NRC for $100. Why do I boast this on a Leica list you ask? Well first of all, over thirty years I actually wore my original out. With an A adapter I can mount all my screw mount stuff for the macro things I have a mind to do. Or, mount enlarging lenses on bellows for other fun effects. Or, he, he, he, check out Erwins statement that the 50mm L lens is better than a Noctilux. Some poor guy traded in a fabulous camera for peanuts (the store made a buck or twenty) to go into digital. For what he got, he could have given the camera to somebody he cared about to really learn photography. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:44 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Digilux 2 Phong wrote: > > I am hoping for a bright viewfinder, low shutter lag. > Also I rather have good autofocus with good confirmation, > than poor manual focus, just for the sake of having > manual focus. I must say I have little faith that > Leica can pull off a good package, and keep the price decent. > > That said, I am moving slowly back to shooting more film. > After 3 years of giving digital my best, I still like > film better for most of my photography. My position > is contrary to many: while a digital camera will always > be part of my photographic toolbox, I anticipate that I > will be shooting more and more film, though not > necessarily 35mm film. I expect my film output in 2004 > to exceed my digital output for the first time in > 4 years. ><Snip> Some fella on some list was bemoaning the fact that he sold all his film cameras and the Aurora Borealis sky stuff he was witnessing which comes round every hundred years was much more suited for film and he kind of blew it. I assume he was getting a whole lot of noise on the digital end. "God!" I thought, "He sold every single one of his film cameras" just like thousands of other. well I wont call them names. Don't burn your bridges folks. And it's that "trading" thing I keep bemoaning about. I say if you need gear get the money to buy it! Don't get it from putting up anything not glued down on ebay. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.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