Re: [Leica] Re: [LUG] Digital storage??? and delurk

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

At 11:26 PM 12/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>> Hello all
>
>This is a first post so a small intro, (didn't get around to that roll
>call!) my name is Sean Murphy-live in Vancouver Washington. Third owner
>of a beautiful IIIc kit (lenses filters cool accessories all from the
>same period - that's a story for later). We had our first baby this year
>so I got a Minilux. Its all the new Leica I could afford; as I was
>spoiled by that Leica glass, and the IIIc is to slow to catch a 10 month
>old in action!  The the IIIc and the Minilux both have Summarit formulas
>(1.5/50 and 2.4/40) and its almost the same form factor. Best of all my
>wife can shoot with it too!
>
>I work as Director of Technology at a Pre Press systems integrator based
>in Portland Oregon, which has over the years, given me access to the
>best scanners, ink jet, dye sub, imagesetters, digital cameras, software
>etc... I've scanned Kodachrome 25 from my IIc on 8000+ dpi scanners for
>instance. I thought I would mention a few thing here and if any are
>interested, I''ll keep posting on the subject. After all it is a Leica
>not a digital imaging list!
>
>...
>
>I could go on but I won't unlees there is more interest, this all
>confirms that it would take about a $25-35K dollar scanner at today's
>technology to really match what a Leica can capture in terms of
>resolution and fidelity.
>A the pace of imaging tech it will be about 4 - 5 years before that
>comes down to Leica pricing!
> 
>Thanks for tech tolerance!
> 
>Sean
>

Sean,

Many, may, many thanks for the post. I'm not involved completely, yet, so
much of what I posted is what I read. Your posts on this subject will be
very very welcome.

Thanks,

Jim