Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The sad reality, Rick, is that this is already happening - look carefully at the FS listings over the past six-12 months and you will note that a number of our brethren have been selling off their M systems, undoubtedly to go digital. Digital is real. Digital is here. Digital is now. Some of us will keep shooting film with our Ms - for a while. But the hand writing is already on the CCD. Leica's Digoflex isn't going to change anything - except that it may keep some of you tethered to Mother Leica longer than you otherwise would be. :-) 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 Rick Dykstra Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:42 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Will the Digital R hurt the M system? Imagine this. You own both R and M cameras and lenses. For years you've selected one or the other for a job for the system's features and suitability, or when shooting for fun, whichever one you've felt like using. The output has not been an issue. Getting prints for the relys from slides without loss of quality has always been a hassle. Putting up with what labs do to your negs and how they interpret them has always been a pain. Now you have a digital R back. Which camera do you choose when you want to quickly email pics of the kids birthdays to their grandparents? Which camera do you choose for pics of your new car to add to your website, or shots of the family holiday? When you're asked to add the kid that turned up late to the team photo you took earlier in the day? So, when the tax return arrives and a new Leica lens is on your mind, which system are you going to augment? "Hmm? Haven't used the M6s for ages. Can't get Kodachrome! I'll buy that new APO-Summilux 1.4/80 ASPH R, the one DLUGers have been raving about, the one that flipped Erwin's lid, right orf. A 1.4/116 - how good is that?!" Goodbye M system. Rick. - -- 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