[Leica] Canon 20D ;-)

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

> Skip to a year and a half from now.
> The Digital back would have been out awhile and gone down in price.
> Part of the reason would have been that the digital body had come out and
> had proved itself to be pretty sweet. All that Leica R glass out there for
> chump change to put on it. The prices going up again as the Leica R system
> having proved itself digitally was grabbing a bigger share of it's mini
> market.
> Plus the Leica Digital M will give us a high price alternative to the
Epson
> R2D2 out by then. The Leica M glass lineup would have been tested tried
and
> true for digital use.
>
> What kind of a quandary are we going to be in maybe none? Ted and Tina and
> Henning having gone digital with Canon. Others and myself with our Nikons.
> All these magic silently focusing plasticy wonders of glass! Just short of
> true Leica magic... Will we be able to part with them? Will we want to
trade
> them in and regain the true meaning of our basic Leicaness?
> Tune in then and fine out.
>
> I think some of this silent wave Nikon glass I've got will retain a lot of
> it's value and really be able to sell for something. The question is will
I
> want to sell the stuff and migrate to a new system? Leica R would be new
to
> me. Leica M is existing and by the way I've  been shooting like crazy
Leica
> style as I've been loving my new 40 Summicron. Film is expensive but fun!
> But color and mono c41!  Having your whole roll scanned during processing
is
> mainly a great thing but has it's drawbacks other than financial. I walked
> several miles with my M6 and 40 with very new Cosina Voigtl?nder finder
> tonight. That lens is so light with finder it makes for a compact
> lightweight package on my M6. Fits right into a nice bag I've got with my
> wallet, keys and a box of 4x5's.
>
> I probably won't be selling off Nikon stuff in a year and a half from now
> when I predict Leica has established a firm foothold into digital serious
> photography. Integrating digital bodies into both it's R and M systems.
I'll
> have to summon up the cash from elsewhere.
> Eaaaarrrrn it.
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
>
>
Well one could buy all these dumped M and R,s from those who stampeded to
Epson and Cannon and sell it back to the confused souls later.
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