Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, Mark - you're confusing the Nikons with the Kodaks...I have get
to see a press guy with a Kodak...the Kodaks have bombed...the initial
ones were used, because they were early on the market...but as soon as
the D1s and the EOS1d came out...end of Kodak....
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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Rabiner
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:02 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summilux vs. Summicron
On 11/9/04 11:18 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> typed:
> First off, interesting that you should site the Kodak "pro" cameras as
> your example, which have been stinkers from the word 'go' and which
> have probably sold to no one but Kodak execs ever since Nikon and
> Canon began producing digital pro cameras. (And you might note that I
> specifically mentioned the Canons and Nikons)...and for many working
> pros, Doug, particularly in photo journalism - an SLR may be ready to
> send to grave yard after 18 months to two years of hard wear and tear.
>
Just read this having just posted my last post.
Which would normally be the case in this time warp.
The Kodak cameras were and are very popular among the most visible pros
BD. The press guys
who I thought you were keyed into. As well as others.
Lets not confuse the internet would with the real world.
On the internet they get a bad rap.
This had not stopped their wide professional use.
Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/
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