Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, but you miss the point this time, Sonny - I own Leica glass, and I want a digital rangefinder so that I can use it. Should I have to chuck my 35 summilux asph because the camera won't give me good 800 iso results? Or my Cosina 50 1.5? What do I do with my 21 2.8 asph? Ask it to shoot at f1 or 1.2? I'm not suggesting for a minute that you shouldn't use your noctilux at 800 with a digi - I am suggesting that a reasonably good 800 now allows me to use 2.8 and f 2s at 800, and I want to be able to function that way with a rangefinder. It's ludicrous that Leica, the company that gave the world the useable rangefinder, and, for that matter, the concept of low-light photography, should have difficulty supplying that. On 9/30/05 5:05 PM, "SonC@aol.com" <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 9/30/2005 3:43:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > bdcolen@comcast.net writes: > > one should not have to buy a Noctilux because it won't produce good > results > at 800 or 1600. This is, frankly what has me worried about the digital M > - > aside from the price. ;-) > > > > Ah, dear B.D. and what if one owns a Noctilux and wishes to use it for > digital at 800 iso? See this is what you are missing about the DMR, the > sales > of them are relatively low, but people already own the camera and the > glass. > > Witness all the people who struggle to make good pictures by cobbling up a > Canon with it's gawdawful ergonomics with Leica glass. I can't believe you > are constantly bringing up the price as an argument. > > Sure it is cheaper to own an Oly like you, or a Pentax *istDs like mine. > But at the same time I got this chunk of glass that sucks the light out > of a > room, and I want to use it. If I had an R8 and a few lenses, I'd > probably > be > in that line for a DMR. So now I wait, and wish. > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information