Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] All bets are off
From: locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke)
Date: Fri Sep 17 18:48:17 2004

I'm sure the R back will be fine and current R users will pick it up.

The question is what will people like me do. Someone who needs to upgrade
gear in the new year.
I already have some Nikon lenses and digital bodies but I also will need
some new SLR film bodies in the new year.
Right now all my film work is shot on chrome with M6's. (And a burrowed F4
if I need long glass)

Do I stick with Nikon? The D2X eliminates all the complaints I have with the
D1x and the D100 ...and based on the spec sheet is a damn fine camera. Nikon
didn't wait 3 three years letting Canon have all the glory to turn out a
dud. I THINK I might actually learn to like digital with the D2x where I
only tolerate it now.

...or do I ditch the bit of Nikon gear I have and get a R film/digital combo
kit?

...and what about that rumour of a digital back for the new F6?  :^)

These are business decision that have to be made soon by many photographers
and all this gear is really about pro use. Those that can affort it as a
hobby still don't have the same considerations as a pro user.


Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland
http://blog.greglocke.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of eric
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:15 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] All bets are off
> 
> How much faith do we all have in a R digital back to fufill 
> our digital needs?
> Or are most planning to go canon/nikon digital route?
> 
> Eric
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