Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi John, I agree totally. I am still retaining my investment in Leica lenses and use Canon EOS digital bodies with a novoflex adaptor. Cheers, Paul >Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:08:39 -0400 >From: John Payne <jpphoto@hci.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Capture - Full Circle Back To Film >Message-ID: <B92EE487.19BD%jpphoto@hci.net> >References: > >Hello all, >My reply seems to go against the overall opinion but I'll voice it anyway. >Keep in mind this comes from someone who make a living shooting 5-6 days per >week. I own a studio in NC doing commercial, portrait, wedding. I began >shooting digital 2 yrs ago easing nyself into this technology with a Nikon >D1. I have been a Leica/Nikon/Hasselblad shooter since 1975 so I wanted to >go with something that felt familiar to mu nikons. The D1 series certainly >do this very well. Below are some of the benefits I find , > >Knowing as I shoot if lighting, exposure comp. is what I want. Much more >fluid to use than polaroids and without the cost. >No heavier for all practical purposes than a F5. >It saves me several hundred dollars each week, at least $250, in film and >processing. >Working with models, the feedback on the monitor is tremendous in providing >confidence to the subject. >Yiewfinder is no problem on the D1 series. I have not used a prosumer >camera. >Creativity!! If I can imagine it, it is much easier to attain than in a >darkroom and once saved, I can repeat the print anytime. >The ability to create backups that are as good as the original. Burning 2-3 >CDs from a wedding is much more reassuring than only 1 set of negs. >Color/b/w/sepia/any more of dozens of interpretation from the same file. >Hauling less equipment to a shoot. >Lovely prints to 30x40 on an Epson 10,000. > >Very few reasons to shoot film if I'm doing personal work or paid work. >Again, my experience is with SLR bodies and price points are in the 2-3K >range now that can pay for themselves quickly. >Best regards, >John Payne - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html