[Leica] decline in LUG membership

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

Apropos the digital rebel- I considered the talk that lenses for digital
should be designed for digital sensors, and thought seriously about the
Canon Powershot Pro1- with 8 megapixels and a 7X zoom lens designed around
the camera, it seems that it would cover just about all the shots I'd want
to take. Same price as the Digital Rebel, but with a lot more resolution,
and I would assume that their firmware is up to snuff, as well.
Has anyone used this camera? Any comments on it- And to stay on topic, even
if I get a digital camera, they are going to have to pry my beloved IIIf
from my cold dead fingers... on second thought, I might even take it with
me! :o)~
Dan (Please! Just one more, and I'll be done!)Post



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership


> I must confess that I am one of the Leica owners who have just switched to
digital for much of my photography. The tipping point for me came when my
Danish friend came to visit and I saw firsthand what can be done with a
Canon 10D. Of course I had seen the excellent work posted by, say, B.D., but
one thing is to look at something on a web site and another to hold the
camera in your hands and see the results on your own computer.
>
> This does not mean that I will ever leave this list. It is by far the
best, friendliest, most interesting mailing list I have ever been on, both
photo and non-photo. I have met many wonderful people here, both virtually
and in person, and I intend to remain active, even if many of my images will
be non-Leica.
>
> But I am also not abandoning Leica completely. I have sold my R8 and one
of the R lenses but kept the SL2 and four of the R lenses (the 100mm Apo
Macro now has an R-to-EOS adapter on it). I am also keeping the M6 and four
M lenses, as well as my two CLs, which I have used for most of my Seville
images during the past year. And this equipment will NOT be in a display
case. In fact, I am in Spain and Portugal this week, and I have the CL
outfit with me here, not the DSLR--simply because of the small size.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, Netherlands
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> http://www.fotosevilla.com
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: Tina Manley <images@infoave.net>
> Datum: maandag, augustus 9, 2004 6:01 pm
> Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership
>
> > At 11:37 AM 8/9/2004, you wrote:
> > >Perhaps - just perhaps - it has to do with the fact that even
> > many Leica
> > >owner/users are moving over to digital and the list is far more a
> > gear
> > >list than an image list. Just a thought.
> > >
> > >B. D.
> >
> > But if they've switched to a Canon or Nikon forum hoping to find
> > the same
> > kind of conversations we get into on the LUG, they will be very
> > disappointed ;-)
> >
> > I delete 90% of the Canon 10D e-mails without reading them.  Can't
> > do that
> > with the LUG.  You might miss something!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
> >
> >
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