Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin Puts on the DM-R
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Aug 28 18:31:07 2005

Enjoy, Mehrdad.


On 8/28/05 9:28 PM, "mehrdad" <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Leica must have cut his allowance since their financial trouble
> started. the DMR is a fine unit.  it is also my preference and
> experience that kodak made CCDs or influenced CMOS technology has much
> better color and dynamic range that anything sony (nikon's source) and
> canon do.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/28/05, Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote:
>> B.D.:
>> 
>>> http://img.dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos5d_preview/img_0128-raw-rit.jpg
>>> 
>>> The question isn't the DMR and Leica's survival, but with Canon pushing 
>>> this
>>> out the door at about 3K, it's every other company's ultimate 
>>> survival....
>> 
>> That's simply incredible.
>> 
>> I just returned from an out of town trip.  There's a reason only my M came
>> with me.  Small.  Compact.  This was a business trip first and foremost.
>> Photos were a secondary concern.  A big, bulky digital SLR wouldn't have
>> made the cut.
>> 
>> Of course, I still needed to make sure I had enough film.  Turns out that 
>> I
>> really only had enough time to break away for photos so that I only shot 1
>> roll and a few frames into a second one.  Film is a real pain taking 
>> through
>> airports these days.  Not sure it was entirely worth the hassle of
>> hand-checking my film on each part of the trip.
>> 
>> I want a digital M the same size as my current one.  I'm not sure Leica 
>> can
>> market it at a price I'm willing to spend, though.
>> 
>> --
>> Eric
>> http://canid.com/
>> 
>> 
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