Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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