Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica must have cut his allowance since their financial trouble started. the DMR is a fine unit. it is also my preference and experience that kodak made CCDs or influenced CMOS technology has much better color and dynamic range that anything sony (nikon's source) and canon do. On 8/28/05, Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote: > B.D.: > > >http://img.dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos5d_preview/img_0128-raw-rit.jpg > > > >The question isn't the DMR and Leica's survival, but with Canon pushing > >this > >out the door at about 3K, it's every other company's ultimate survival.... > > That's simply incredible. > > I just returned from an out of town trip. There's a reason only my M came > with me. Small. Compact. This was a business trip first and foremost. > Photos were a secondary concern. A big, bulky digital SLR wouldn't have > made the cut. > > Of course, I still needed to make sure I had enough film. Turns out that I > really only had enough time to break away for photos so that I only shot 1 > roll and a few frames into a second one. Film is a real pain taking > through > airports these days. Not sure it was entirely worth the hassle of > hand-checking my film on each part of the trip. > > I want a digital M the same size as my current one. I'm not sure Leica can > market it at a price I'm willing to spend, though. > > -- > Eric > http://canid.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad