RE: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties

["Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics" <saganicc@MSKCC.ORG>]

I agree, even SLR wasn't doing it for me.  That moment of darkness when the mirror goes up actually was a problem.  With a RF the moment I want is captured and I know that it is so.  

There is no sense arguing if apples or oranges are better.  These are two separate and different mediums which are not mutually exclusive.  Look what photography did for painting - specialization.  Similarly digital will cause specialization in film photography.  I happen to think this is a good thing for artists but bad for folks trying to eek out a freelance living.  The real kicker is the expense, much of it is hidden.  Once your over the cliff gravity takes over.
Chris Saganich


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From: jplaurel@nwlink.com [mailto:jplaurel@nwlink.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:44 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties

The benefits of the M rangefinders and their lenses are many, not just
sharpness as your comment below implies.  In fact, I rarely use an M on a
tripod.  Doing so misses the point of the camera.  So, where do you see the
benefit of that M glass?  For me, it's being able to use a lens wide open
knowing that, if I focus accurately, I'll get a usable image.  Add to that
very good flare resistance and low vibration allowing you to shoot at slower
shutter speeds and you soon realize that the existing light abilities of
this system are considerable.  Nothing like it exists in the digital world.
In fact, the capabilities of these little cameras allow you to capture
images that are extremely difficult to get with any other device.

This is why I sound so frustrated in my posts about the Canon 10D.  I want
the convenience of digital, but I am not yet able to reproduce the types of
images which seem to come so naturally when using the M.

- --Jim Laurel

Adam Bridge wrote:
> I think most of use seldom use more than what digital gives us. Do you put
your
> M on a tripod to shoot or only shoot at 1/1000th? If you don't are you
REALLY
> getting the full benefit of that Leica glass? I don't think we do, I think
we
> slip into the domain of digital imaging simply by hand holding and
shooting at
> slower shutter speeds, so we never capture what we might otherwise
achieve.

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