Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gimme a break, Austin, I need all the 'looks' improvements I can get...:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 12:35 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] digital results Hi B.D., > Don't bet on getting it "very cheap in a year's time." I think competition will bring the price down significantly, whether it's what you'd call "very cheap", is another issue... > 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; I don't think you're wrong, in fact, I think that even if we do see higher resolution, the image may not be any better, as smaller sensor geometry means higher noise. > 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. Agreed. > 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. Sounds right... > And "ugly?" Who cares. I don't think it's "ugly", but I've never held one in my hands... > 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. :-) Oh, come on now B.D. EVERYONE knows, and especially YOU, of all people, it's not how good your pictures look, but how good YOU look while taking them. Gee...get a clue...I'll even spot ya' a few bucks for a vowel ;-) Regards, Austin - -- 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