Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So.. tick tock.. is the DMR going to appear on April 1 (what fools these LUGers be) or realistically, sometime in May? Or at all? Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@compwrx.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR wins award >I have, and it is far superior to the D10 and digital Rebel that I have >previously looked through > I also like the feel of the camera. It has substance. The anti-shake > seems to work well. I only shot 10-12 frames in the store, recorded them > in my card and looked at them at home. I was impressed. But at 6mp??? > That seems to put it out of the main-stream for the price they are asking. > If I had Minolta glass it would be very tempting. Image stabilization > with old lenses. I was looking for school as they want anothere digital > and have 3-4 Minolta lenses lying around gathering dust. They all seem to > work on the 7D. > > Aram > > >> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:10:16 -0500 >> From: Dan C <bladman99@yahoo.ca> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR wins award >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20050312211016.00843280@pop.mail.yahoo.ca> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Have you looked through the viewfinder of the Konica Minolta 7D? >> >> -dan c. >> >> At 02:52 PM 12-03-05 -0800, Peter Klein wrote: >>>Gene: The only two midrange DSLRs I could stand to view through were the >>>Pentax *ist D and Olympus E-1. If you have R glass you want to use, the >>>EOS cameras are your only real option. But if you are just interested in >>>using a decent DSLR, my advice would be to hold, look through and shoot >>>with each one, and buy the one that feels the best. They all work. >>>Unless >>>you have a special need for which one is better suited, ergonomics and >>>glass can usually guide you to a decision you can live with. >>> >>>For me, the viewfinder test narrowed it to two cameras, and the fact that >>>I >>>have Olympus glass narrowed it to one. Of course, I helped rationalize >>>the >>>decision by saying that my two finalists seemed the most Leica-like of >>>DSLRs. :-) >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >