Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very soon, all news photographers will be using digital cameras, eliminating film processing and sending the pictures directly to their editors. Will the Leica be obsolete, then?=20 I would say yes, for this kind of fast news photography. But not for documentary work and photo-journalism. Many news pictures are really good= , but I like the photo-journalist approach best, ie when the photographer spends some time with different assignments.=20 What camera is used by news photographers when they make pictures on thei= r spare time? I don=B4t think they bring their EOS cameras when they go for their holidays. Maybe they bring a Leica? It is hard to see how the R8 can compete with the new digital Nikon F5. W= hy does Leica invest so much in a new SLR, when they can=B4t compete anyway?= I think that the R7 is good enough, and in my opinion a better business strategy would be to develop a Leica CL2, or a M7 with automatic exposure (like the Minolta CLE). /Hans >=20 > All the same is even more true for Leica... no autofocus, no 28~70, and > only just now a 1/250th sec. flash synch (R8). News Photographers work > under VERY adverse conditions, and look to maximize the percentage of good, > useable frames that they shoot. Autofocus, fill flash, and wide-ranging > zooms are tools that WILL maximize the percentage of usable frames. >=20 > There is no excuse for not using the BEST technology available, when yo= u > are paid to "bring back the bacon". >=20 > Greg. >=20 > Greg Mironchuk > 409 Central St, Saugus, M= A 01906 > 617-941-8030 * 617-362-74= 17 page > gregm@world.std.com >=20 >=20