Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let me start saying I love the M series, I use it for doing up close human interest stories, in low light situations and when the task of carrying a fully loaded digital kit all day in the field would be so much of a hardship it would distract from my picture taking ability. That said: I use the D1x a lot. I shot a catalog (parts on seamless), it consisted of 70 parts, the images were only going to be 4X6. I was able to (with one click) balance the color without any filters. The client wanted an end product of electronic files. By saving the client film, processing and scanning charges I saved the client about $800 and was able to turn the job in one day. A press conference occurred at about 3pm, most papers like to get images by about 4 to make a deadline, I was able to transmit to the wire within about 15 minutes the images. Were they of overwhelming optical merit? No...but...Translated into newspaper quality they looked great. This group can look down it's nose at digital capture, but it has paid for the investment I made in it tenfold by increased jobs. I will continue to use the M's as a specialized tool, but if I were to say I use the M or nothing ,I would lose about $40,000 of business a year. Roy Feldman Ford Photographic rfeldma1@ford.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html