Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica ] for sale
From: nhcharch@netscape.net (Noel Charchuk)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:53:03 -0500

BD, what caliber does your son use when shooting skateboarders? Where can I sign up to join in? I would welcome him up here to shoot some snowboarders too.
Oh, you mean he uses a camera?!?! Dang, sorry, I read it wrong.

; )
Noel
"bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

>He, the F5 is a hell of a camera - it may not be what most people on
>this list want or need, but it's a high speed, high power, SLR that will
>take virtually any lickin' and keep on tickin' - which is what it's
>intended to be. But I'm sure it's sales have dropped like, well, like an
>F5 off a cliff, given that it is basically a PJ camera, and PJs are all
>switching to digital. Where it's essential is for shooting high-speed
>sequences when the shooter needs the resolution of film, rather than the
>comparatively low resolution of the higher speed Nikon and Canon pro-SLR
>digitals. My son, for example, who shoots skateboarders, can't even
>consider a digital SLR yet.
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
>Christopher Williams
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:54 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] [leica ] for sale
>
>
>How about the F5pw?
>
>F5 - paperweight.
>
>We've had one here for 2 years, no sales since the D1x,D1h, and D100.
>
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <DentKimTerry@cs.com>
>>
>> << Boy,  am I missing something here...A Nikon F5 demo for $2500? B&H
>sells
>>  the Nikon F5 NEW for $1,929.95... >>
>>
>>
>> It was listed as an F5A which I assume stands for anniversary edition
>which I
>> think originally sold for over $3000.
>
>
>
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