Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Philippe, I'm not very attracted for the digital and I'm classical mad, in other words, actually I only know the Leica and Rolleiflex TLR, for me digital is attractive as a complement and for me it has the following inconvenients: On Leica I would prefer the format 1:1, you are dependend of the batteries and of the technoly that changes very fast, when you shot you should thinking before which kind of image do you want to use finally depending if you enlarge or not, printing B&W gives not a tonal range as the chemical process (I'm sorry I never say analogue, IMO this word can be applied on other processes, but not on photography). The advantage of digital is that you have onky one camera (Color & B&W) and you can shoot every picture at a different sensibility. I don't know anything about the 5D, I only see the Nathan's pictures and the optics looks very great. I don't know which is your outfit..., but I would try to keep the classical, I'm very happy with my 2 35mm lenses one Summicron 4th generation and the Summilux pre-ASPH, both are really compact and this is what I like. I hope with my opinion not give you more troubles Saludos cordiales Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Philippe Orlent Enviado el: s?bado, 10 de febrero de 2007 19:14 Para: LUG Group Asunto: [Leica] not entirely OT: the recurrent dilemma Since I won't be buying an M8, and waiting for an M9 -not being sure if it will be worth all the bucks, and if it will be full sensor- is not really an option, I have some decisions to make. Digital has always been a bit on the side: not that I don't have good digital cameras, but the ones that I have, have their quirkinesses. Until now, that wasn't a problem, because most of the time that I was really concentrating on photography, it was still an analog process. But the beast of full digital has been roaring in my head for too long now. So I've come to the conclusion that, to keeps things simple and pleasant, digital is the way to go, even if my hearth still tends to these mechanical beauties that were made in former eras. I'll go the Canon 5D route, and I have almost decided on lenses, too. I'm pretty sure that a lot of you switched to or embraced Canon, so some first hand experiences would help to smoothen out the 'fear' for the steep costs involved. What are your impressions of the following lenses? Canon EF 24-70mm L f2.8 USM Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM And, if you'd only keep one lens on your analog M, which one would that be? I was thinking of selling everything except for one good M body, and then buying a Summilux 35 ASPH to glue on it forever. A perfect B&W street dedicated machine, so to speak. Other -and wise(r)- suggestions? Thanks, Philippe _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information