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

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:30:14 -0400

Do the math, George - Your 85 I going to turn into a 119...

Besides which, I believe that what Rober Capa said was "If you're pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," not "if you're pictures aren't good enough, you don't have a long enough lens." :-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser
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Subject: RE: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced


bdcolen@earthlink.net (bdcolen)6/26/03

>But for the rest of us, having  much loved
>85 or 90 turned into a 125 or 130 is a royal pain in the ass. If I had 
>wanted a 135 I would have bought it. ;-)

While the price seems prohibitive for me, I¹d really enjoy my 85/1.4 becoming a 110/1.4. I have not been seeing real wide for quite a number of years (age? dunno?).

On the ³not full frame discussion² - It¹s simply a shift in thinking about your gear. When I¹m in view camera land, I love the fact that I can take my deardorf out with 8x10, 5x7 and 4x5 backs and with a few lenses have a wide array of framing choices.

On the ³no good for sports discussion² - I haven¹t shot sports professionally in decades. So for my professional concerns this Leica digital back feels very right: 
    Digital Portraiture using current system? Yes.
    Digital Corporate/Annual Report. Yes.
    Digital Special event using current system? Yes.
    Digital Landscape / Nature using current system? Yes.
    Digital Fine art using current system? Yes.
    Digital Architecture using current system? Partial (no super-wide)
    
So, when an art director or editor says, ³can you do it digital?² 98% of the time I could say yes. 

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