Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, What does all that have to do with Bobs questions? Gene -------------- Original message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>: -------------- > On 2/19/07 9:15 PM, "grduprey@mchsi.com" typed: > > > Bob, > > > > Not sure what you are worried about. The Digilux 3 is readily available, > > and > > for a difference of $500 and the warranty differences it is easily worth > > the > > premium. If you do not want ot pay the extra, get one of the Oly or > > other 4/3 > > format cameras and buy the R adapter and then use R lenses on it. A huge > > deal > > either way. From what I have seen with my M8 so far, those kicking it > > are > > full of beans. Sure there are some initial bugs, but it would appear > > they > > have been solved or were pretty minor to begin with. So far my M8 works > > as > > advertised. If you are thinking of buying a Leica or Panasonic Digital, > > do so > > and enjoy it and ignore the disenters. > > > > Gene > > > > > > If what you are doing is filling magazine or newspaper pages with their > halftone screens then 4/3s would fill the ticket to perfection. > > But it seems to me if you wanted to have a show of prints later then you > have size limitations which may not appeal to you. > > The sports illustrated bathing suit issues used to be pretty good or I was > too young to know any better I think the former. They hit the tubes big > time > about 8 years ago they are terrible now. The gal who'd been the art > director > for decades they got rid of. > > I know some of those guys marketed those shots in all kinds of ways one of > ways were gallery display shots on walls. For the "Art" market. Which was > the "Tim" market was well as the "Harry" market. > > Big inkjets from 4/3 format look great just as long as you can experience > them (in a few bars) > Far far away. > A good "viewing distance". > > When you walk right up to them they get fuzzy. Like stage scenery. > Don't start checking out the "grain". > > But shooting those models with that D3 camera and lens had had to work out > real well. > > Didn't see anyone with any reflectors though. Those disk things. > You always use those for those. Used to be foam core. Now they're flappy > disks. Silver on one side. White on the other. With a thin candy shell. > > Mark Rabiner > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information