Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, you sure rack up those numbers fast...$1500 for CF cards? You can get a 1gig, 80x card for about $139 - call it $140. So even if you need four of them, that's $560, not $1500! And disk space? I just bought an external 250 gig usb2/firewire drive for $299. Where are you getting these numbers? :-) Yes, if you already have a fortune invested in an R system, and don't want to dump it, then it might make sense to go with the back...But if not...My point is that you were saying the full-frame Canon is expensive, when in fact it offers infinitely more in the way of both features and image potential than the R back, yet is virtually the same price as the R back. So if the Canon is over priced, what's the R back? ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:16 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] new 1ds mark II On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 10:50, B. D. Colen wrote: > Well, Feli, think about this for a minute - For 8K you get a 16.7 mp > FULL frame, 4 fps, autofocus, full featured camera that can use the > vast array of Canon AF lenses and all accessories; and for , what, 6K > you get an R9 with an add-on digital back that is NOT full frame, has > a, what, 10-11? Mgp sensor, is manual focus only - and you are in all > seriousness saying that the Canon is expensive? Get a grip, man! If > the Leica price is reasonable, then you have to say that Canon is > GIVING that beast away! :-) Expensive for little old me, mon a mi. 8-) $8000 bucks for the body, plus $2000 for the 24-70/2.8 L and 1.4/50. Then you'll need a pile of CF cards, so figure another $1500, plus $1000 for disk space to get the ball rolling. That's a lot of cash. Now, if it was $4500 and I made a living as a photographer and had to shoot digital I would be tempted. To me the Digital-R back really only makes sense if you have a lot of money invested in R glass/bodies and I only own the humble 2/50 Summicron for my R6.2 and SL. ;-) Feli _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information