Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Certainly the battery dependence is a defense, but a pretty meaningless difference given how easy it is to carry extra batteries and change them regularly. The shutter lag, and write time, however, very real issues. Of course the new Nikon D2H is reported to have a shutter lag of 37 miliseconds,which I believe makes it faster in that regard than the F5. What's the shutter lag on the M3? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Afterswift@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Staying w/ film for a while - handled a D100 (and a 10D, and...) In a message dated 8/4/03 1:50:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > But the question is why you put half the thought into your digital > shots. My point is that comes from your view of digital as not being > "real." Turn off autoeverything and shoot your digital camera the way > you'd shoot an M. - ----------------------------------------- I'm now doing just what you suggest. I've set my 5050 at 1/250 for field work and I'm trying to work with it as I do with my M3. The nature of the Olympus 5050 is such that it resembles a view camera in some ways and a PS in others. Since the 5050 has a zoom lens and my M3 uses separate lenses, part of the extra time involves switching between lenses -- and deciding to do that. I made sure that the 5050 would have an optical finder, closely related to the finder in the M and CL. I'm still in the learning process. But certain differences in approach between film and digital are becoming obvious. The M is much faster and responsive in actually making the exposure. Leica lenses are needle sharp. Shooting B&W with a Leica is the real thing. In a digital you're still playing with color inside the circuitry. And a digital is 100% dependent on battery power. Now and forever. Best, br - -- 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