Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary, I must admit that I do dislike the size and weight of my 1D2, but do not compare it to a point & shoot. I have one of those, too, the Canon G6, but that is strictly for use when I need something for the jacket pocket. Can you change lenses on your C8080? What is the highest usable ISO speed? I know the answer to the first question, and regarding the second, I suspect that it is similar to all other point & shoots, somewhere around 200. So forget about sharp subway pictures etc. Yes, occasionally you will get lucky, but I just do not see my P&S as a replacement for a DSLR. Now, a digital M with the image quality of a DSLR and usable ISO speed up to 1600 and a price that would let me keep my house--that is an altogether different and more attractive proposition. Nathan Gary Todoroff wrote: > <<From: B. D. Colen > << > <<Again, the couple was shot from my lap for Gd's sake - I'd hardly be > surprised if the point of focus was off. ;-) > > Which is EXACTLY why I am sticking to my guns that the whole DSLR approach > for digital photography is WACKY for LUGgers! My 8 megapixel Olympus C8080 > is the size of a Leica M, the flip screen LCD lets me shoot from my lap, > and > I'm not in the horse and buggy days of having to always put my eye up to a > viewfinder with a silly mirror and focus requirements. On top of that, most > stupid DSLRs are getting close to the size of an old 4x5 press camera - at > least that's where all the "pro" models seem to be headed - HUGE!. > > When is someone going to put the smarts and quality of the latest digital > sensor technology into a pro camera that is not the equivalent of the first > motor cars with the front guard to keep the horses from kicking mud on the > passengers! The current DSLR approach still seems to believe the camera is > going to hold FILM! > > Worst of all, Leica doesn't seem to get it. They put the majority of their > digital eggs into the what? A DSLR!!!! Just think - all those Leica M > lenses > out their just waiting for a professional digital body that makes sense in > the worlds of photojournalism and candid photography. > > Well, off to LHSA tomorrow to see I can talk sense into any Leica reps - > Was > ist los? Wannsinn, sage ich! > > Maybe I'll get calmed down a bit with some great LUGgers showing up today > on > their way to SF. Tom Abrahamsson, Ed Schwarzreich, Henning Wulf and wives > are stopping this afternoon on their way through the redwoods. Should be a > great LHSA "appetizer" before we all drive south tomorrow. > > Gary Todoroff > (Tree LUGger) > > P.S. I posted a somewhat calmer discussion about the digital "rangefinder" > vs DSLR approach as an eBay Review at: > http://reviews.ebay.com/Olympus-C-8080-Rangefinder-Camera-vs-DSLR-Approach_W > 0QQugidZ10000000000004230 > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/148 - Release Date: 10/25/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- 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