Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect, Doug, that what Leica will do is give us a gorgeous piece of photographic equipment that will last as long as its owner wants to keep using it. And while we all keep getting hung up on the fact that the target is constantly moving, the truth is that for most people on this list, a good current sensor of 5 mgp or above will provide good enough quality images so that one really shouldn't ever hve to replace the camera. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: Digital M/Digital Rebel was Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica on 9/20/04 12:56 PM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: > It's odd, though, Jonathan, that Cosina managed to pull the whole > thing off in next to no time. We don't know how long the thing was in gestation before it was announced. > But if the damn thing's going to be obsolete in 15 minutes, and > doesn't have to be capabable of going off to boarding school with > little Skipper, Jr's little Skipper III, then why does it have to have > that Leica build and price tag? Confused minds really do want to know. > :-) Good point, and I'm curious to see how Leica handles this question. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information