Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/13

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Subject: [Leica] Film + Scanner
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 00:42:10 -0400
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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
>
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-- 
-Lew S.


Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Film + Scanner)
In reply to: Message from douglasnygren at yahoo.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] Film + Scanner)