Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, A DSLR like the Canon 20D you were contemplating has no perceptible shutter lag. I have been shooting with one for most of the past year, and I cannot think of any image that I have missed because of that. In fact, I have experienced the opposite: because there was the idea in the back of my mind that digital=shutter lag, I would sometimes press the shutter *too early* and a result the moving object ended up not where I wanted it in the frame--because there I was compensating for a shutter lag that wasn't there. As for the buying and selling, it is entirely up to you. Just because a new model comes out does not mean that you have to buy it. I know people who are still shooting with the Canon 1D, and on the Miranda forum people are still buying and selling older Canon DSLRs like the D60 or even D30. I just sold my 20D and bought a second-hand 1D Mark II; in other words, I upgraded to what is in fact an older model! I did it because I wanted the better focusing, the ruggedness, and the weather-sealing of the 1D II. And yes, I knew about the new models like the 5D and 1D Mark II N, but neither of them had features that would compel me to cough up the extra money. I am sure that 2 or 3 years from now I will still be shooting with my 1D II. I am also sure that at least 1 and probably 2 new generations of models will have been released by then. But the release of a new model does not affect how my pictures look. If it has compelling features, I might upgrade, but frankly the existing kit is so good that I cannot really see what those would be. Nathan Richard S. Taylor wrote: > > My Digilux 2 spends most of its time in the bag now for just this > reason. I got really tired of trying to figure out ways to work around > the delays. Having to deal with the noise at high ISO, was another big > issue. > > There's another reason to stay with film, too - at least for me. The > digital camera market is still far too unstable to allow reasonable > buying decisions to be made. We're still in the Wild West of camera > development. > > A couple of months ago I was almost ready to plunk down real money for > either a *istDS (when I was feeling frugal) or a Canon 20D (when I felt > richer). Just as I was ready to make a decision, up comes the > preliminary announcement of first the *istDL, then the Canon 5D. "Uh, > oh," I say to myself, "better wait." > > Further, the value of used digital cameras is pretty low and at least > one camera store here in the Boston area won't even take them in trade. > I all ready have too much invested in obsolete technology with the > Digilux 2. The last thing I want to do now is spend big-bucks on a > camera that will be behind the state of the art in 18 months. > > The combination of film and commercial scans provides, to my mind > anyway, the best of both worlds, with inherent archival storage thrown > in, too boot. > > Besides, using film will let me put some miles on my still pretty much > brand new M7 that was otherwise languishing in the closet. The delay > between shooting and seeing the result is something I can live with. > > I've even put my Olympus Stylus Epic back to work. > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com