Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lea, noted your pronunciation guide. I also wondered why the word Recognize is pronounced by most people as rekeegnize. As English is only my second language, I wasn't about to argue with them. Then there is EyeRack for Iraq, and EyeTalian. Well.... Kenneth -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+skennethpai=msn.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+skennethpai=msn.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lea Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:43 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership...answers to questions Since that's an i at the end of Missouri I always say Missoureeee and it drives me nutty when folks say Missourah. Where did that come from???? Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Anderson" <joelmail@mchsi.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership...answers to questions > Hi Lea, > > I looked at your website. Great work. Interesting company. I see you are > a fellow Missourian, so I thought I would way hi. Looks like we wrote > pretty similar responses to this post. So now the grand test: Do you say > Missour--eee or Missour--ah? :) > > >You can make art with oils or crayons, Leicas or digitals. It's been > >worth it for me. > > > >Lea > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Emanuel Lowi" <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> > >To: <lug@leica-users.org> > >Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:46 AM > >Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > > > > > > In addition to what Frank says (with which I > > > > wholeheartedly agree), there is also the fact that > > > > all the P&S, including the high-end ones, have very > > > > limited manual options and terrible ergonomics. Lots > > > > of little buttons to push etc. The DSLRs, at least > > > > the two Canon models I have held in my hand (Canon > > > > Drebel and the 10D I bought), feel and handle just > > > > like their film-based cousins. Not like a Leica R8, > > > > since these are modern autofocus SLRs, but much like > > > > the film-based Canon EOS cameras. > > > > > > > > > > I have a few questions for the many people in this > > > group who have adopted the digital technology in > > > substantial ways during the past year, but who were > > > previously mostly Leica M users. > > > > > > 1) How does the act of photographing with your digital > > > equipment compare with your prior experience of the > > > act of photography with your Leica M? By this, I mean > > > the "groove" you get into when shooting; your ability > > > to get inside the moment while still recording it; > > > your ability to detect a picture instinctively and > > > then react to get it; your ability to work without > > > thinking about your equipment while events are > > > unfolding; your enjoyment of taking pictures. > > > > > > 2) How satisfied are you with the final results you > > > get with your digital gear, compared to what you got > > > with your Leica M. This is a big one, so consider the > > > actual technical quality of the pics vs. what you may > > > have been getting with, say, your various choices of > > > colour slide film: colour quality and tonality, > > > sharpness, the WOW factor. > > > > > > 3) Do the final results you get come to you with less > > > or more effort than what you had to go through before: > > > buying and carrying and loading and rewinding film, > > > dropping it off at a lab and then picking up your > > > slides a couple of hours later, vs. the battery > > > management issues and time spent Photoshopping at the > > > computer. > > > > > > 4) How do you feel, after being M users, now being > > > electronic SLR users? > > > > > > 5) Is it really worth it? What does your > > > heart-of-hearts tell you? > > > > > > Emanuel lowi > > > Montreal > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information