Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This digital devaluation thing is getting really laughable for the simple reason that, 1. the value of our Leica film equipment has taken quite a dive in the last 18 months - I know that good M6TTLs have dropped from the $1400 range to as low as about $1000 or $1050. And, the only reason one should need to trade up from a good digital SLR is that it didn't suit you in the first place. If the vast majority of your prints are 8x10, then a 5 mgp SLR is more than sufficient to get outstanding results. But as there are now cameras with up to, what 14 mgp, why would you worry about a so called digital dance with death. Decide what suits you, buy the damn thing, and stop reading the ads until your camera falls apart. For god's sake - that's what we all did with our Leica Ms! :-) If we all suffered from CPES - Camera Penis Envy Syndrome - then everyone on this list would have long ago left their Ms and Rs behind to get the latest, fanciest, most expensive SLRs with the fastest autofocus, frame per second rate, and IS lenses. But we didn't. So what makes you think you have to suffer from that condition re digital shooting? Digital photography and cameras have no evolved to the point where you can pick a camera and stick with it. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rick Dykstra Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:12 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Digital Module R sensor vs EOS 1D IIS On 10/12/2004, at 2:50 AM, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > I shoot slide film in my Leicas. I love my local > custom lab. I'd rather fight than switch. > Good for you Emanuel. There should be a song or a movie about the last of the film shooters. I may well be one of the last slide shooters too. I worry about getting started on the Digital Dance with Death. D3. Not to be confused with Dollars of Digital Devaluation. That other D3. Rick. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information