Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, this is the LUG, where that's only one true answer (tm). Of course each one of us has our own OTA. Some people even have 2 or 3 all by themselves! And if everyone would just accept mine, then there's no issue.... and that would make an awfully quiet list :-) p.s. did anyone else see this Michael Johnston blog guest-posted by L.T.Gray on the perils of trashing the CURRENT Leica products? http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/06/tsk-tskbad-very-bad.html On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Look people, all of you, the whole point of starting this thread was to > bring up another option. Different lenses have different flavors, > different > films have different flavors, and different sensors (and their associated > circuitry) have different flavors. > > The Sony option is another flavor. Don't get your shorts in a knot because > it's not your favorite flavor. I like french vanilla ice cream, SWMBO > likes > Rocky Road. It's all good. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> > >Sent: Jun 12, 2011 9:55 AM > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option > > > >doug, finding a good adapter to work with r lens and canon is fairly easy > on > >ebay. u can also rent a canon 1d body and test it out. i think it is the > >best alternative for having access to second body while using the dmr. the > >canon 1dsii which is 16 meg can be had for about 1.7 k and it is wonderful > >camera. the key to adapters r the micro adjust so u can get the camera and > >lens working reliably. > > > >the idea of changing mounts is way too radical and between sony and canon, > >canon has more options available and seems more sensible > > > >On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:24 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at > >earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > >> Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> > >> >The Leica Digital Modul R started to ship June 2005 that's six years > ago. > >> A > >> >half dozen years. It came with a SanDisk 256MB Ultra II card . I > think > >> >that's enough time for the level of digital technology to reinvent > itself > >> a > >> >couple of times at least. And it was a 1.37x crop circle. > >> >Many of us including me were still shooting with a D100 in June 2005. > At > >> the > >> >very end of the year the D200 came out I experienced a huge leap. Now > I'd > >> >consider that camera to be a near paperweight. I'm sure I could sell it > >> for > >> >50 bucks but I'd have to live with myself. The D700 is much more a huge > >> leap > >> >than the past one for me by a mile it came out in 2008 and put Nikon > back > >> in > >> >business with Canon as it had fallen far behind. > >> >I don't think a guy can be faulted for wanting to be more up to date in > >> >what's going on digitally results wise and everything else wise. > >> >Just because something is made in Denmark does not mean its > >> technologically > >> >unstuck in time. > >> > >> The DMR's image quality isn't the issue. Its availability is. > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > >-- > > ------------------------------------- > > regards, mehrdad > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]