Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced

[Teresa299@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/03 9:08:49 AM, mvhoward@mac.com writes:

<< The only possibly interesting thing about this is the technical 
achievement of grafting a digital back to an existing film camera, 
while allowing its use as either by switching back and forth.  But in 
the Real World, the question is how interesting is that?  Especially 
when you take those $5,200 into consideration. >>

Oh come on.   In the real world using a Leica anything is a joke.  People 
think you're crazy to spend a thousand dollars for a 50mm lens, a couple thousand 
for something slightly more exotic.   If you like Leica glass and think it is 
worth it for the money, you ignore the naysayers.  If you don't think the 
Leica glass is worth the money you go for a Holga ,  drive a Ford Fiesta, sip 
ripple and wear Prada knockoffs sold at Wallmart.   Yeah, $5,200 is a lot of 
money. So were the original digital offerings that came out from Canon, Nikon and 
the other gods of the digital world.  I imagine that as time goes on and 
technology moves forward prices will go down, 10MP goes up.   For those of us who 
like film and traditional cameras, I like this approach.  At some point in 
time, if I want the immediacy of digital, I have that opportunity using it on a 
system I already know and use for traditional film.

I give Leica a thumbs up on this one.   And expect that it will expand in the 
future.


- -kim
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