Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 12:37 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] digital results Wash out you mouth BD! My black R8 is the best looking, most handsome, and yes, most BEAUTIFUL camera in the world... except for my 11x14 Korona of course. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com bdcolen wrote: > > Don't bet on getting it "very cheap in a year's time." One, I'm going > to guess that you aren't going to see any major jumps in resolution > from the 11-14 meg range for a while - although I could, of course, be > wrong; > and, two, with cameras at the 11-14 meg range, most photographers will > not feel the need to immediately trade in their equipment to jump to > the > next level - at least not for resolution, which at the present high > end > exceeds the needs of people shooting for newspapers, magazines, and > most > print uses. Obviously, if there are vast improvements in color > rendition, low light sensitivity, etc., and number of high resolution > frames that can be shot per second, that could effect things. But I > suspect the days of regular annual or 18 month trade-ins may be coming > to an end. > > And "ugly?" Who cares. The R8 is uuuuuuugly, but its fans love it - > and even think it's beautiful. ;-) The question is not, "what does it > look like?" The question is, "what do the images it produces look > like?" At least I thought that was what photography was all about. :-) > > B. D. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html