Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, that is a terrifyingly high price to pay for digital entry. On the other hand, more than one user has referred to the Canon D1s - 11 mgp - as a "hassleblad" killer. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:36 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Focus I was asked to shoot with a 4x5 these past three weeks. Lo and behold, the same photo editor, a die hard film user, asked this week to do a special section piece digitally. The times they are a changing. But, I'll be damned if I'll cough up $20 large for a digi back for my Rollei. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Focus >Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2003, 10:02 AM > > The Natchitoches Times has been digital for several years. The NSU > Potpourri, our campus yearbook, was one of the first in the nation > to go all digital, photography, pre-press, the whole shebang. Been > that way for several years. > > Lots of the smaller rural newspapers went digital long before the big > ones did. > > As to the criticim of people touting digital on a Leica List. I > shoot both. I have my M6 in my camera bag at my feet. I carry two > cameras with me, just about everywhere. One is my M6 and the other is > my Lika Leica. And guess what? I shoot pictures with both. > > Within easy reach, meaning I do not have to leave my chair, I can put > my hand on a loaded Leica IIIf, a loaded Leica m6, and a LC5 with a > full charge of batteries and a clean SD card. I am capable of > shooting 180 shots without reloading. > > SonC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:30 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Focus > > >> And, jeffery,most newspapers have shut down, or are in the process of >> shutting down, their film darkrooms. Even as small a paper as the >> Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune has gone 100% digital. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeffery >> Smith >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:54 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Focus >> >> >> BD said: >> >> >although you will find it more and more difficult to get it >> >commercially >> processed. >> >> Will? Several major labs in New Orleans have already closed down, and >> I suspect that more will as wedding photography is going pretty >> digital these days. I started my move to digital when I had to rely >> on just 2 places in town to do my 6x6 stuff. >> >> JLS >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html