Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed. $2500 would be doable - BUT - it has have image quality equal to what's being produced by the D60, E-1, and better Nikons if it's going to be more than something for play. And the images thus far available do NOT meet that standard. Hopefully, by release time they will. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Michael E. Berube Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:34 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:46:04 -0700 (PDT), Photoethnographer Karen Nakamura quoth unto the boundless Ether... >But it looks unlikely that we'll get it for less than $2500 for the >near future. A lot of us paid $2500 for the new Leica D100 when it came out. A (mostly) manual body that has (close to) the same 6.1MP sensor but takes my Leitz and Vogtlander glass doesn't seem too out of line. I'd rather have a useable digital M body that I can use for work AND play than a new 'quaint but classic' MP or an video display only fixed lens digicam with a tiny sensor that I can only really use for play. (Which is how my only film cameras left...the IIIc and M4P are now assigned.) I just hope that it becomes widely available here in the States at whatever price and that it lives up to its promises. Be well, Michael Eric Berube GoodPhotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information