Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep I'd call it an "alternative" like shooting with a Minox camera is an alternative to shooting with a Rolleiflex TLR Camera. Its another camera you can point down the street. To me street photography means Tri X. 400 speed film. Black Gold; Texas Tea. Last time I did it with film it was with Neopan 1600 @ 1600. A Minox sized sensor with digital does not give you a viable 400 ISO to get an 8x print with. You can depend on image stabilizing and shoot at 1 or 200. That's playtime as far as I go. If I'm there I'm going to get the shot. Or I'd be home watching television. I don't think of pocket point and shoots as viable "street photography" cameras. They are just a tad less serious than that. They do great macro you can upload to the internet and kids opening presents. There are some very small and lightweight DSLR's out there. This CANON REBEL XSi would give you several times better quality than point and shoots - it has a 1.6x crop circle. They don't even tell you the crop factor with point and shoots because you'd cry. 7X? I was out of school that day. Suffice to say a normal lens is around a 9mm. That should tell you the story right there. A normal with the 1.6 would be close to 28mm. 28mm * 1.6 = 44.8 With my calculations I borrowed a computer from NASA and cut and paste. 28 beats 9! I'm aiming at a 45 as my new normal. The camera which will give me this is the just out Leica D700. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: "W. R. Smith" <wrs111445@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:37:36 -0700 (PDT) > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] CANON REBEL XSi 12.2 megp. --an alternative > > I'm looking seriously at the not-?yet- released?Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3 w/ > a > Leica?24-60mm lens as my "dream digital streetshooter".? It's pretty > exciting. > ? > Bill > ? > > > --- On Tue, 8/5/08, slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > > From: slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] CANON REBEL XSi 12.2 meg p. > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 12:18 AM > > Stay away from the XTi and XSi Rebels. > They have very poor white balance in available light. > The 40D is not that much more, now, and is a much better camera. > The X series also need the grip for better control. > S. > > > On Aug 4, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I was intrigued by this new Rebel Canon XSi DSLR and it's 12.2 mega >> whatever. Not to forget the 3" viewing screen on the back! >> >> I just thought I'd throw this out for comments good, bad or ugly as >> it seems >> to work like a dream with Leica glass and focus confirmation lens >> adapters. >> >> Please no bitching about LEICA and why they can or can not come out >> with >> something as light and easy to use as this machine. >> >> The LEICA glass is beautiful on this camera! :-) >> >> If you have time for simple straight forward comments they'd be >> very much >> appreciated as I have a major shoot in 10 days and I expect this >> will be a >> major work horse along side the M8. >> >> Comments please. >> >> Thanks, >> >> ted >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information