Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Film vs. Digital
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Nov 2 17:10:50 2005
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On Nov 2, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> So many folks get their knickers in a knot over digital equipment  
> being obsolete before it comes out, it's a wonder they ever bought  
> a camera in the first place.
>
> I use my digilux 2 lots of times, but never think about it in a  
> negative thought as I know what I can get out of it and what I  
> expect. Therefore always a positive thought. Particularly when  
> there's a 20D Leicanon hanging off my other shoulder.;-)
>
> It's a complete waste of time constantly comparing digital camera  
> advances and the immedite death of each arriving on the scene!
>
> Hell, in reality this "advancement is going to go on for a very  
> long time, certainly as long as the manufacturers know the "dummies  
> out there" will buy whatever they put out there! ;-)
>
> But once they find out the buyers aren't taking the bait of  
> improved this or that any longer, they'll settle down and only  
> produce things of great value for each and every one of us that do  
> not require an up-grade every one or two years.
>
> And so the fairy tale of digital cameras goes on! :-)


Ted, I love my Nikon D70, Pentax istDS, and my Canon 20D esp'y with  
my  leica  R lenses...

but I just discovered this new camera/for me  that I absolutely love  
to shoot with, and it gives me even better results ... it's a Leica  
M3 with a Summicron 50/2...

wow !... and I mean wow!

Steve


In reply to: Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (feli) ([Leica] OT: Nikon D200)
Message from zoeica1 at yahoo.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Re:Leica D200)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) (Film vs. Digital [was Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200])
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) (Film vs. Digital [was Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200])
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) (Film vs. Digital [was Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200])