Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Leica D200
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Tue Nov 1 21:55:02 2005
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David C. Mason wrote:
>> If it takes great photos who cares if its full frame or not?<<<

Matt Powell responded:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200
> Because there's no such thing as good, cheap, small and fast
> wide/normal lenses for the APS-sized cameras.<<<<

Matt mon ami,

Wait they will come! Maybe not as fast as most would like, but this complete 
digital evolution is in such a state of daily transition one hardly knows 
day to day what's next.

> If they were to come out with a digital-only 20/1.4 or 35/1.4 (to
> match the fast 35 or 50 I usually use on an SLR), great - but the
> trend seems to run toward largish, expensive constant-aperture zooms
> (at f/2.8 or f/4) and I don't think I'm going to see my desired
> primes.<<<<

Well like I said, build the camera and lenses will come.... "if the demand 
is large enough for prime lenses." And of course there's a decent profit 
margin to be made. :-) If not? Well I suppose one has a choice..... go back 
to film! :-)
ted 



Replies: Reply from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) (Film vs. Digital [was Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200])
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Message from wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
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