Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] digital replacement for Contax T?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Sep 23 13:19:47 2006

I don't think so. I've been getting away from raw for street stuff simply
because it takes so long to read to the card. A lot happens in the 5 seconds
or so between shots.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric
Korenman
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:13 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] digital replacement for Contax T?


the samung looks great.
Can it write RAW?

eric



On 9/23/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> I've been enticed by: 
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091408leicadlux3.asp
> and
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0607/06070302samsungnv10.asp
>
> Finding a single-focal-length small digital is a daunting task.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Eric Korenman
> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 1:38 PM
> To: LUG
> Subject: [Leica] digital replacement for Contax T?
>
>
> Yeah I'd love to have an M8. blah ditty blah.
>
> But what I am really looking for is the best digital replacement for 
> my pocket ultra sharp film cameras. IE - what digital cameras compete 
> well to replace the Contax T (or T3, or Rollei 35 for that matter)
>
> I have strongly considered the Ricoh GRD. While the GR1v I owned was a 
> stunner, 28mm FOV is a bit too wide for my taste.
>
> Dream camera (at this nanosecond) would be somthing like the GRD with 
> a 40mm lens and faster RAW write time. Also considering the LX2 but I 
> haven't gotten my hands on one yet. A digital Leica CM would fit the 
> bill nicely.
>
> cameras I should consider?
>
> Eric
>
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