Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After I sent my last email, I left for the museum of natural history, here in Los Angeles. My youngest is out of school, and that's where she wanted to go. As I was looking at the dioramas, I kept thinking that they should have a scene with a mechanical camera user, preferably a Leica, but a Rollei would do in pinch. s.d. On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > Could be. > Then again one more generation of R digital might obsolete the Canon. > > If I were doing the kind of work that MICHAEL KAMBER is doing - I'd > probably feel much as he does about the M8. When I was doing pj > work on a daily basis - a life time ago - I'd probably not put up > with M8 idiosyncrasies. But now - each time I pick it up - still > in love with the little thing. > Same with the R8/DMR - except "big thing." > The love has a lot to do with mounting Leica glass, loving manual > focus with precision optics, and the feel of the system. > > The 5D and 20D and their auto lenses without iris rings and useable > manual focus feel dull by comparison. > > If Leica does not continue to improve their M and R digital - I > might move back to Nikon - even though my last Nikon experiences > were less than enthusiastic - they were quite a number of > generations ago - and not digital. > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:04 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote: > >> Point taken! >> One more generation of Canon digital development might obsolete >> the R8 decisively. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information