[Leica] M7 vs Digilux 2

[jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)]

You noticed how, with electrons being so cheap, it's easy to frivolously
shoot the digital? Even though it's closer to my hip, I don't do any
hip-shooting with a Rolleiflex TLR because I'm more aware of wasting
film. Not so with the digitals. As such, they are great for
experimentation. Call the photographic sketchpads.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted
Grant
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 6:53 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] M7 vs Digilux 2

As some of you know I've been using, well playing with a Digilux 2 for a
several months now and just having a great fun time making exposures, as
it's so great to use because you never take any lousy photographs when
you
down load to the computer! ;-)

Well you know why don't you? ;-)

Heck you've already deleted all the lousy ones so what's in the machine
makes you look like one of the "World's Greatest!" ;-)

I mean open "browse digital" file and there they are....all beauties!
;-)
And not a touch of Photo-shopping either. :-)

However the other day I had a serious shoot and it was the first time in
three months I'd handled an M7. On the first moment of taking it in hand
it
was like a revelation of feeling, heft, comfort, whatever. But without
question, it was a feeling I'd not experienced before when handling only
film cameras.

It was such a unique sensation it kind of caught me off guard and I
found
myself almost fondling each M7 in turn with the different lenses
attached.
And the "feeling of a real camera or whatever, it was quite noticeable."

No big deal, but it was a strange handling experience after so many
years of
M's or R's of some kind. Bottom line, it felt good having the M7 in hand
and
I took on a more serious note towards what I was shooting.

Not that I've been frivolously shooting digital, because I have put some
very nice stuff on memory cards. Although it's been a kind of easy going
shooting even where I used it one day on a serious shoot, I never felt
like
I was actually seriously taking pictures.

So I figure I'm not any where near selling off the stable of film
cameras
yet. :-) Love the digital, but? ;-) I suppose I'm just an old fashion
film
kinda guy! :-)

Some ramblings for a Saturday afternoon.

ted










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