Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are just toooooo sensible Nathan, what are you doing on this list ;-) and I mean big :-) On 12/10/2005, at 2:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair