Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One area where a film camera beats digital is this. Every year a new generation digital camera comes out, which makes the existing generation digital camera seem to be just a tad lacking (and who wants a camera that's lacking?) There are individuals who say they don't care that something a little better is out there (and unlike me actually mean it). With that kind of attitude chances are that person is still shooting film, anyway. OTOH, it's unlikely that your film camera will never be superseded by another film camera. So your Leica will always be the best looking girl at the dance. Why did the world weep when Kodak announced they discontinued Kodachrome? (I thought them made this announcement some time ago, so now I'm experiencing a second bout of angst). Will anyone shed a tear then they stop making the Foevon X3 Pro 10M sensor? Will we observe a moment of silence when someone invents a pattern that's better than Bayer? Only time will tell. :-) Dave R -----Original Message----- From: Richard Man [mailto:richard.lists at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:31 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Which M to sell to get which M8? Geoff, I see several areas where MP/M7 wins over M8: - the smell of fixer in the morning - tri-x - Antarctica - 15 is 15 - 1 roll tri-x + developing = $5. $3000 premium is 600 rolls of tri-x. - analog prints command a higher premium - 10 years later, your film M still works with the latest film. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Geoff Hopkinson<hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Mark I'm just barracking for Truth, Justice and the M8ing way ;-) > It really is a done deal on that comparison on larger prints! > I agree its really nice to keep every camera but fiscal reality forces tough > decisions. -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com