Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Slide mounts/scanner feeders/workflow
From: "Nathan Wajsman (private)" <nathanw@bluewin.ch>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 07:34:55 +0200
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Why, Chandos? So long as you can buy film, which is for a very long 
time, you do not have to care about what Tina or Ted or any other pro 
uses. That is the beauty of being an amateur--nobody is going to force 
you to go digital--it is purely your decision, not driven by deadlines, 
the need to email the picture to the editor 5 minutes after it was taken 
etc.

I too have a substantial amount invested in Leica, but I do not care in 
the slightest what happens to its value. I mostly sell stuff when I want 
to buy some other similar stuff, so as long as the prices go down more 
or less uniformly on all Leica M gear, I will be fine. The return I 
expect from my Leica investment is measured in images produced and the 
pleasure I derive from it, not money.

Nathan

Chandos Michael Brown wrote:
> Tina,
> 
> I think that you've inadvertently (and accurately) sounded a death knell
> for the LUG as a place where professional photographers gather to
> discuss the use of M gear (forgive me folks, but I know jack about the
> slrs).  I'm an amateur photographer; I've spent a substantial sum of
> money on my gear, but I am depressingly aware that I'll recover
> comparatively little of it.  I own four M bodies and eight or nine
> lenses, and I doubt that I could convert these into even a basic
> equivalent digital outfit (one body--a couple of decent lenses) without
> a substantial outlay of cash, which I don't have for this purpose.  I
> suspect that there are many who confront the same issue.
> 
> I admire you (and the others who are making and acting on the same
> decision); at the same time, I find this vaguely depressing.  
> 
> When Ted goes digital, we are lost.
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> (Re: [Leica] Slide mounts/scanner feeders/workflow)
In reply to: Message from "Chandos Michael Brown" <cmbrow@wm.edu> (RE: Re: [Leica] Slide mounts/scanner feeders/workflow)