Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do have to laugh, Richard, reading your description of "these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated, computers that pass for cameras these days." :-) When I read that I am reminded of what everyone said about 35 mm cameras and film, and their quality, as late as the early 60s; the legions of newspaper and magazine editors who scoffed at the idea that "those toys" could produce good images. ;-) On 1/18/06 11:36 AM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Right, but, at least for me, buying a first generation digital M > won't mean buying into an entirely new system and it will be a system > that I enjoy using. > > I seem to be unable to express adequately just how much I dislike > hauling around these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated, > computers that pass for cameras these days. > > >> But let's be honest here - when you get the M digital body you are >> stepping >> on precisely the same treadmill. By the time it comes out, it will already >> be last year's technology, if that. The question is whether that >> technology >> is good enough for you for the foreseeable future. And that brings us to >> the >> question of how real the "digital treadmill" really is. Does one need to >> continually trade up? I'd suggest again that the 20D produces terrific >> results, and unless one has a specific problem or need, the introduction >> of >> the 30D shouldn't cause 20D owners to lose sleep. Think about how much of >> this is really just the latest example of the "mine's bigger than yours" >> phenomenon. What this really reminds me of is the annual introduction of >> the >> new car models each fall in the 50s and 60s - God forbid the neighbor has >> tail fins bigger than yours. ;-) >> >> >> On 1/17/06 8:53 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Jim Laurel wrote: >>> >>>> The digital treadmill marches on... Damn, I'm tired of it. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Me, too. ...and it's why I'm still shooting film. I can wait this >>> out. We'll certainly have good digital bodies for our M lenses in a >>> few years. The digital M is beginning to look like a sure thing and >>> given the rumors, we may well have a Zeiss-Ikon digital and maybe >>> even another Epson digital to choose from. >>> >>> Besides, >>> >>> - I enjoy using my M7 and M3. >>> >>> - Competent DSLRs and lenses are all BIG. I hate carrying big >>> cameras and lenses around. >>> >>> - Film is easily processed and digitized. >>> >>> - No new camera is going to help improve my ability to see and >>> produce good prints, my primary interests at the moment. >>> >>> - $4,500 spent on a 5D and a couple of Canon lenses today (I almost >>> did this) is $4,500 less I'll have to spend on a digital M two years >>> from now. >>> >>> I just picked up a used 28mm Summicron. It'll make a great "36mm" >>> lens on my digital M. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Dick >>> Boston MA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>> Some of you might be interested in this: >>>>> >>>>> Rumours: Canon EOS 30D to be announced end of February? >>>>> >>>>> http://www.photoscala.com/node/view/1204 >>>>> >>>>> This is a site my photo processor told me about last week and I've >>>>> just started to check into from time to time. >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> Boston MA >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >