Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's true. I just had to replace my computer so as to be able to run the new W7 Adobe products. I got 8x the amount of ram, 4x the amount of hd space, an outrageously improved graphics card, 3x the cpu speed, not to mention 2x cores on the chip for 1/3 the price. On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Douglas Nygren <douglasnygren at yahoo.com> wrote: > Lew wrote that shooting film and using a scanner is okay until the scanner > tanks and then it takes longer because you have to process the film, scan > before using Photoshop. He doubts other companies will make a dedicated > B&W camera and if they do he implied it wouldn't be a range finder. > Let me respond: > I've thought about all that and would agree. Like Lew, I am a street > shooter and for that a range finder is prima. Es gibt nichts Besseres. > SLR's are too slow, too clumsy. > In regards to the scanner dying, I'll wait until that occurs. Why rush a > replacement? By then, the M9-M ?will be replaced by who knows what. > BTW, isn't it strange that while computers get better and better, the cost > doesn't rise whereas as Leicas improve, their costs skyrocket. I can't > help thinking that Leica Corporate knows a cash cow when they see one. > Cheers--Dougals > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- -Lew S.