Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm wondering how many people are wondering which camera to get. A D800 or a ... (what's was it called again?) from a company who makes third party lenses? Has anyone seen one? Heard of anyone using one or seen the results of one in a paper or magazine? Anyone going smaller format than full frame is smart enough to be wanting to pay less money. Not more. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Howard Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:12:41 +0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Sigma SD-1 Lower Price > > >> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:11:24 -0500 >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigma SD-1 Lower Price..... >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> A camera which falls in price from ten grand to two grand in a year is >> not a >> dream camera. Its a failed concept. The idea that the serious photo world >> is >> going to get excited about a cropped camera system failed. Not matter how >> you stack the RGB matrix; it is a cropped camera. >> >> -- >> Mark R. > > The Nikon D800 with 36.3 Mp (real - not fudged) and a price just over > $3,000 > will > be arriving at photo dealers in March with the D800E (no moire filter) > arriving a month later. > Sigma didn't have much choice but to lower its price no matter how you > count > pixels. > Howard > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information