[Leica] DMR wins award

[leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)]

Really $7900??  I thought word the DMR was more in $5000 range.
Or are you including cost of the R body?

Eric
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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:53 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] DMR wins award


> It's hardly fair, Henning, to compare the DMR at $7900 - cost of a back
> and front ;-) - with a Digital Rebel at $800 or $900. If you want to do
> comparisons, compare the DMR with the Canon EOS1DMkII or 1DsMkII.
> Obviously the DMR is going to still win, simply because the R has such a
> gorgeous viewfinder, but the comparison isn't going to be nearly as
> odious. Likewise, if you want to look at Olympus, look a the E1, not the
> E300. Again, the DMR will win on viewfinder, but it won't be quite as
> much of a trounce.
> 
> Meanwhile,looking at the present cost of the DMR and an R9, that little
> combo is now dead even with the full frame, full featured, autofocus,
> Canon EOS1DsMkII. Which also mounts Leica manual focus lenses. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Henning Wulff
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:22 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR wins award
> 
> 
> At 7:20 AM +1100 3/8/05, Rick Dykstra wrote:
>>Saw this on another list.  The DMR won an award from the Digital
>>Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA).  Not exactly sure but I think 
>>the category was 'Digital Back for Professional 35mm Camera that can 
>>still use film'.  Slam dunked the competition!  Still, well done 
>>Leica.  It looks like the DMR is just around the corner.
>>
>>http://www.photoworkshop.com/double_exposure/publish/LeicaWinsAwards.sh
>>tml
>>
>>What really got my attention at the same site though is the new
>>Digital Rebel with 8 lotsapixies.  One view would be that other 
>>brands' entry level consumer grade lightweight plastic SLRs are 
>>close to out-gunning the DMR, for less than a quarter the cost.  I 
>>expect that everyone who buys a DMR will be convinced that it offers 
>>more.  Hmm ....
>>
>>Rick.
> 
> See the first section of:
> 
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-mar-05.shtml
> 
> IMO the viewfinder is the worst thing about the 20D, and the DRebel 
> was worse. To go even further down that path may be cheaper, but how 
> far can you go and still have an idea of what you're shooting?
> 
> Not to say that the DRebel isn't a better solution for most people 
> than the DMR, but the R-DMR solution certainly offers things that the 
> competition isn't covering.
> 
> One of the things I like best about the Leica M's is their 
> viewfinder, and therefore to see the devolution of this important (to 
> people who take 'seeing' seriously) item to something like an EVF or 
> the viewfinder on the new Rebel or Olympus E-300 seems grotesque.
> 
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