Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with you, John. BTW, you just described the mythical, magical digital M. I have no doubt the sensor technology to create it will become available sooner than we think. But the question is whether it will be economically feasible. Fewer people appreciate lens quality when so much can be done with Photoshop. As always, connoisseurs chafe under the tyranny of the market. - --Jim John Collier wrote: > #1 A viewfinder like the Leica M camera. No compromising here, it is > more important to me than the LCD display so often emphasized in > digital discussions. I do not want a squinty horrible little viewfinder > interfering with my view of the world. > > #2 Manual focus. It can have af but it also has to have an easy to use > manual focus as well. > > #3 Minimal shutter lag > > #4 Interchangeable lenses with the important primes having large > aperture options. Perhaps not f/1 but no smaller than f/1.4. > > #5 Able to actually record detail in lowlight. It seems many (most?) > digital cameras do not like long exposures in weak light. > > > That is it for me. You will notice I did not list file size as I think > that the digitals have arrived there already. This would take over some > of my shooting and I would save a bundle in film costs. For me to go > completely digital, I would need a film recorder that can make > excellent quality 35mm slides from my digital files. Most of my work is > in chromes. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html