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Subject: [Leica] nikon in NY times paws and geek chic
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri May 6 11:41:29 2005
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No, of course not. People are, however, reacting to the attempt by Nikon 
to impose what amounts to a proprietary standard in an era when open 
standards are the norm. I certainly hope they reconsider, because I 
would hate to see Canon become a quasi-monopoly.

My own personal choice for Canon DSLRs when I went digital was based on 
one thing: the ability to use Leica R lenses, something which is not 
possible with Nikon, Olympus or any of the other DSLR brands.

Nathan

mak@teleport.com wrote:

> must we all shoot with Canon? While the EF F1 Fin F1New were impressive 
> the last time I pawed over Canon gear was when we were in jr high and my 
> 15 yo girlfriend had an FTb. come to think of it the FTb was sort of in 
> the way...
> 
> Nikon and Leica stuff has geek chic that techno Canon lacks...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Mason <masonster@gmail.com>
> Sent: May 6, 2005 11:16 AM
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] nikon in NY times
> 
> FS: Nikon gear.
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/6/05, George Lottermoser <imagist@imagist.cnc.net> wrote:
> 
>>please find below a great story about Nikon published today in the New
>>York Times. -- Mark
>>
>>From:    "The New York Times Direct" <NYTDirect@nytimes.com>
>>
>>"How can you review a Nikon camera without mentioning that the company
>>is now encrypting its photo files? Nikon apparently thinks that my work
>>belongs to THEM, not to me! If they someday decide to change the format,
>>they can hold my photos hostage forever!"
> 
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