Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re:M8 sighted!
From: jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon Jul 31 21:08:46 2006
References: <018101c6b4d2$93583080$c000a8c0@yourevf1tfj8b7> <"019e01c6b4dc$3c6 14410$0a01a8c0"@MacPhisto> <27AEB4C2-0B43-49EF-833F-9D829A0D29D4@mac.com> <"039 c01c6b50e$93fc1a60$0a01a8c0"@MacPhisto> <"9b678e0607311839v2f9da2celf5edf68508 4fad78"@mail.gmail.com> <040e01c6b522$cdb6c2a0$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <9b678e0607312035k21727174ga0b3a4a697dffb12@mail.gmail.com>

I am just coming from a photo tour where John Shaw was one of the 
leaders. He specifically mentioned that additional pixels were no use to 
him, and the Nikon D2x was just fine, and this from a wildlife and 
nature photographer. He also mentioned that he would not buy the 
rumoured full frame Nikon when it came out, as things stand now.
Cheers
Jayanand


Don Dory wrote:

> Chris,
> But if you switched you could use Leica glass.....
>
> However, on a serious note. What is with the longing of the Nikon 
> crowd for
> a full frame sensor.  The results coming out of the D2 series are just 
> fine
> for just about any use one could want.  Nikon has spent a lot of time 
> coming
> up with good wide angle lenses for the APS sized sensor such that only 
> the
> 14mm on the full frames goes wider(corrected fisheyes discarded as having
> poor edges).
>
> The next few months should be very interesting as the whole DSLR market
> shifts once again.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 8/1/06, Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I know one of the Canon reps from New Orleans, he's still trying to 
>> get me
>> to switch. Nope.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Don Dory" Subject:M8 sighted!
>>
>>
>> > Christopher,
>> > Your take was different than mine.  Several of the reps were very
>> interested
>> > in the M6 and 50 ASPH that I was using.  Most of the time they were
>> properly
>> > proud of their products but not dismissive of the competition.  
>> Probably
>> it
>> > was the D2X around your neck that set them off.
>> >
>> > Don
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from jem.kime at ntlworld.com (Jem Kime) ([Leica] M8 sighted!)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] M8 sighted!)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re:M8 sighted!)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re:M8 sighted!)