Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I think that you grossly exaggerate costs to transition to a mostly digital set up. If you stay in a flat bed scanner the new Epson 4800? Is $449 and scans up to 4X5 at 4800dpi with a stated density range of 3.8. Therefore you could scan most of your original negatives/slides with this latest release. On the printer side, the newest HP is about $299 for a 8X10 machine and the latest Epson/Canon are under $500 reaching A3 sizes. As with all technology, by buying newest out it will remain competitive for about three years. However, just like your used lenses, if it does what you need, then there is no need to change or upgrade. If on the other hand you don't change your habits, the Epson 3200 will become a few hundred dollars and a used Epson 1270 might be as low as $100. With reasonable PS skills both will produce good A3 prints. I suspect that the digital revolution has reached a plateau just as PC's and Mac's have. You can get newer, but it doesn't really do what you currently do any better so why upgrade? With respect to digital camera'a, the difference between the 8MP and the replaced models (5-6MP) at 11X14 size prints were negligible. In any case, welcome into the light. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:32 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] A Grudging Concession to Digital, Made With Regret At 03:56 AM 2/25/04 -0500, Dan C wrote: >Just think of what the results will be when you use a better scanner and >printer. > Thanks, Dan, for a most thoughtful post. The truth is that I am astonished at the results I am getting from an inexpensive scanner and mid-range printer. I do not want to find myself so committed to digital that I have to spent $12,000 every six months to upgrade my scanner and printer just to stay current. I have normally been satisfied with the purchase of used Leica lenses, and I will probably continue to buy technology from the last generation. Darkrrom technology pretty much settled out before the Second World War, and the advances after that were incremental, as in the change from normal enlarging lenses to APO models. Once digital reaches a similar position of stability, if it does during my lifetime, I will be more interested in purchasing new and top-of-the-line gear. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- 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