Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: OT What a prosumer camera is
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:16:25 -0700

If such photos cause workflow problems, the photojournalist needs a 
faster computer regardless of whether they use this kind of camera or 
even a 6mp camera. Many times a photo must be cropped pretty severely, 
so the larger the file the better. And who knows when you'll need a 
four or five column  vertical photo. Newspaper reproduction is much 
better than it used to be at many papers. And the better the image, the 
more flexible it is for cropping or other adjustments.

One time I had to chase down a butterfly which was migrating through 
the area. The only way to get it was with my 70-180 2.8 Vario APO. They 
were skittish little critters. I couldn't get very close to it. And so 
I had to crop extremely into the frame. And it ran pretty large. So 
lots of info in the negative paid off. (Fujicolor 100)

At the last newspaper I worked at, we wanted at least
On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 04:11  AM, Félix López de Maturana 
wrote:

> 4. I can see this is not a camera for PJs as the huge size of files
> produces makes workflow not very quick nor comfortable.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad 
judgment. - Will Rogers

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