Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:57:41 +0530
References: <661311123.798865.1318988947552.JavaMail.root@mail11.pantherlink.uwm.edu> <222744381.2752681319053900588.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs12> <CA+yJO1D_RcH5T+xVdvWH8Trzqm0mjWDAUnZsGYYk3UDUyMuw0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Neither would I trade my Nikon D700 (-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> I absolutely love mine and wouldn't trade it for any other DLSR.
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you need a R8/9 DMR package.  Very simple to operate and use,
> > and the menu is simplicity itself.  Yes, it is large and heavy like a D3
> > series Nikon or 1Dx Canon, but far simpler to use.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gene
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu>
> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:49:07 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the
> > mega-pixel wars?
> >
> > Too much complexity, and this thing probably weighs as much as three
> M9's.
> >  I want cameras that are simple and basic and small.
> > >From what I can tell, an M8 or M9 is simpler than the irritating DSLR's
> I
> > have to use at work.  I'm always fighting with menus and the ever
> changing
> > ergonomics.  I use three different models - a 5D Mk II, ID Mk II, and my
> > 30D, and each one has slightly different control layouts, so I keep
> making
> > mistakes when I have to hurry.  The 30D is my favorite, since it is the
> > smallest and has the fewest features, but I I would like a digital OM4
> > (manual focus with a huge bright screen, minimal controls, and small
> lenses)
> > even better (or of course an M9).
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> > UPAA POY 1978
> > University Information Technology Services
> > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> > amr3 at uwm.edu
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars?)
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Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars?)