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

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Subject: Film vs. Digital [was Re: [Leica] Re:Leica D200]
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed Nov 2 22:05:35 2005
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Dick,

The Digilux 2 was not meant to compete with the SLRs. It is a point & 
shoot, admittedly a very expensive one, but still a P&S. As such, its 
performance should be compared to the current top-of-the-line P&S 
cameras, and in that comparison the Digilux 2 does not do so badly as 
long as you forget about the price.

In the world of DSLRs, you can easily buy something today with which you 
will still be happy in 5 years. I do not expect to replace my newly 
purchased 1D Mark II (released in 2004) unless it breaks and the cost of 
repair is too high.

And BTW, the images I have shot with my 20D did not suddenly get worse 
when the 5D was released...

Nathan

Richard S. Taylor wrote:


> There's another reason to go back to or stay with film.  Digital cameras 
> today are where computers were ten years ago.  They're in a horsepower 
> (MegaPixel, noise level)/Feature (e.g., LCD size) race. Buy one today 
> and it's obsolete in a year or year and a half at most.
> 
> My Digilux 2 was obsolete within months of purchase.  Any of the newer 
> DSLRs outshine it in speed of response and low noise performance.
> 
> I was seriously thinking of getting a Canon 20D, but then the 5D 
> (full-frame, 2.5" LCD screen) was announced, so I waited.  I saw the 
> same thing happen when the Pentax *istDS was replaced by the *istDL. The 
> product cycle on both was about 15 months.

-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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