Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 05:38:15 -0700

on 6/25/03 11:03 PM, Martin Howard at mvhoward@mac.com wrote:

> Douglas Herr wrote:
> 
>>> $5,200??  Come on.  Pull the other one too.
>> 
>> Martin, I suspect the R digital back would make more sense to someone
>> with 20 R lenses than to you.
> 
> And why would you then buy the digital camera back instead of spending
> about $3,500 less on a good film scanner?
> 
> M.
>

Martin, this sounds like it's devolving into a good ol' film vs. digital
debate.  Whyu does anyone spend $8,000 on a Canon EOS 1Ds?  Check the
archives; I'm sure the answer is there.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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